https://www.landscaperambler.com/blog daily 0.75 2024-01-02 https://www.landscaperambler.com/blog/2024no1 monthly 0.5 2024-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/2f7f7d9e-2daf-4926-abb8-207b24b6e5fa/0B9A4806-Editr.jpg Blog - National Aviary - Make it stand out A pair of White-throated Bee-eaters (Merops albicollis) nestle on a branch. This an African native species. | 324mm, 1/640s, f/5.6, iso 1000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/e0f1ac5c-066b-411f-8f52-04d4d37fc5ed/0B9A5179r.jpg Blog - National Aviary - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/ff45eb9c-cd0e-492c-96f5-d5d0275215d4/0B9A5078-CR3_dr.jpg Blog - National Aviary - Make it stand out An American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) in its distinctive orange-pink plumage and unipedal stance. Conservation Status LC | 238mm, 1/1250s, f/5.0 ISO 2500 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/773786ba-d30c-48c1-80f7-fcd19da1d475/0B9A4923-CR3_dr.jpg Blog - National Aviary - Make it stand out Not actual Love Birds, rather two Saipan White-Eye (Zosterops saypani). Conservation Status NT | 300mm, 1/400s, f/5.6, ISO 4000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/a26e630f-6ab6-4d86-a7f2-08da94575f82/0B9A5032-5056+dr.jpg Blog - National Aviary - Make it stand out A Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) poses, and then takes a bath. His color seems to match the flamingo’s! | (right photo) 238mm, 1/3200s, f/5.0, iso 10000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/977f9752-a1be-4575-aad8-0c166fb29aff/0B9A4982-CR3_dr.jpg Blog - National Aviary - Make it stand out One of many mustachiod-looking Inca Terns (Larosterna inca). They enjoy splashing and chasing around the water hole. | 500mm, 1/400s, f/7.1, iso 10000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/9f9b4bbc-1ebd-489d-a6a1-431ae8459e4d/0B9A4836-CR3_d-Editr.jpg Blog - National Aviary - Make it stand out A brightly colored Red Sisken (Spinus cucullatus) in the Grassland habitat. | 400mm, 1/400s, f/6.3, iso 1250 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/6c4d42f4-ba21-486c-b20c-5d78d5b4f74f/0B9A5015-CR3_dr.jpg Blog - National Aviary - Make it stand out This Venezuelan Troupial (Icterus icterus) is related to the Oriole, as its’ colors suggest, and are nest pirates. | 500mm, 1/500s, f/7.1, iso 800 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/d5e5ce1a-0abf-480e-a10e-0e7cbb6c01a4/0B9A5139-CR3_dr.jpg Blog - National Aviary - Make it stand out Bubba, a 26-year old Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus) looking very stoic. He reminds me of Sam the Eagle. 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These are Boat-billed Herons (Cochlearius cochlearius). | 109mm, 1/400s, f/7.1, iso 5000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/6c9e266a-09cd-4564-b3ff-893644991cc6/0B9A4853-CR3_dr.jpg Blog - National Aviary - Make it stand out A striking Shaft-tailed Finch (Poephila acuticauda), an Australian species. | 343mm, 1/640s, f/5.6, iso 1250 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/f3b42920-4b05-4054-b997-84ac30e06c46/0B9A5148-CR3_dr.jpg Blog - National Aviary - Make it stand out One of two Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus), the largest macaw species. They were loud! | 254mm, 1/320s, f/5.0, iso 6400 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/fd1029cb-6377-4157-9756-3bee6924a6c9/0B9A4976-CR3_dr.jpg Blog - National Aviary - Make it stand out The semi-ubiquitous Snowy Egret (Egretta thulapani) having a good, or bad, hair day. Conservation Status LC | 400mm, 1/500s, f/7.1, ISO 5000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/5cfe356d-14cb-454d-90cd-560498789550/0B9A4771-CR3_dr.jpg Blog - National Aviary - Make it stand out One of a pair of Steller’s Sea Eagles (Haliaeetus pelagicus). The beak halo is due to being photographed through glass. | 254mm, 1/640s, f/5.0, iso 2500 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/a7791221-b127-43f6-ba04-52a6922674e7/0B9A4778-CR3_dr.jpg Blog - National Aviary - Make it stand out A Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco). I can’t imagine having a long bill to eat my fruit with. | 100mm, 1/640s, f/5.0, iso 3200 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/b1afe979-a239-4a85-981f-716fc01d0e4d/0B9A4745-CR3_dr.jpg Blog - National Aviary - Make it stand out (What I believe is) A leucistic Eastern Gray Squirrel on the grounds of Allegheny Commons Park, Pittsburgh, PA | 253mm, 1/250s, f/5.0, ISO 500 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/871b5cc3-9aff-463a-8608-d937b6f386f1/0B9A5158-CR3_dr.jpg Blog - National Aviary - Make it stand out A diminutive African Pygmy Goose (Nettapus auritus) preening vigorously. | 324mm, 1/400s, f/5.6, iso 10000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/bb366701-f2e2-4907-8d95-303871823bdc/0B9A5102-CR3_dr.jpg Blog - National Aviary - Make it stand out This Blue-bellied Roller (Coracias cyanogaster) seemed to be posing, from Africa. | 428mm, 1/400s, f/6.3, iso 2000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/cca444ca-e1e4-45f8-a5fd-2b6e690aa3be/0B9A5125-CR3_dr.jpg Blog - National Aviary - Make it stand out This vibrantly colored (and aptly named) Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus) was captivated by the lens reflection. | 343mm, 1/500s, f/5.6, ISO 12800 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/d9920940-d85c-4313-8f31-354477fc4cea/0B9A5170-CR3_dr.jpg Blog - National Aviary - Make it stand out A beautiful and royal-looking Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria). 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Epiphany - Make it stand out Rotten eggs were on the menu at this hot spring | 35mm, 1/25s, f/20, iso 100 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/5c66ef32-5b9e-4f8b-b80b-1a3c515aa980/00.jpg Blog - Epiphany - Make it stand out Final approach to FCA airport (Glacier Park International, Montana) marks the start of a Canadian Rockies trip | Google Pixel 7 Pro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/2ea5e90d-c0e7-467e-969f-52ba2b271863/0B9A1864r.jpg Blog - Epiphany - Make it stand out The trailhead seat and sign | 23mm, 1/80s, f/6.3, iso 100 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/5f710be7-7e1c-4537-be71-ce47d4b87415/0B9A2315r.jpg Blog - Epiphany - Make it stand out A sulfurous pool at Cave and Basin National Historic Site in Banff | 19mm, 1/10s, f/4.0, iso 2500 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/ec426d86-3b84-4930-9a6a-9b2a30fe48ab/0B9A2392r.jpg Blog - Epiphany - 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Epiphany - Make it stand out O Canada | 25mm, 1/100s, f/10, iso 100 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/774871be-2973-4075-800a-acdb6031f611/PXL_20230802_003832457.MP.jpg Blog - Epiphany - Make it stand out Dining at the Fairmont Lake Louise | Google Pixel 7 Pro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1ccbc8d1-8264-4c93-9a40-69b57b72895e/PXL_20230729_154111417.MP.jpg Blog - Epiphany - Make it stand out Horseback riding through a birch grove | Google Pixel 7 Pro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/f187475e-ba01-45c0-827c-0505b3c67b9c/PXL_20230728_202557319.jpg Blog - Epiphany - Make it stand out Pyramid Mountain as seen from a group canoe, Lake Beauvert at Fairmont Jasper Park | Google Pixel 7 Pro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/3a115b7a-bc5b-4965-b83a-14cc435c1dc9/0B9A1890r.jpg Blog - Epiphany - Make it stand out Ancient layers of ice and glacial till rise beyond Cavell Pond | 100mm, 1/100s, f/9.0, iso 100 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1694965587476-DRAZK0ER7KE93457QOJY/0B9A1871r.jpg Blog - 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Epiphany - Make it stand out Mid-morning light drapes across the peaks east of Moraine Lake | 30mm, 1/80s, f/14, iso 160 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1694962461521-27QDW5FW9RMNNTY35BOH/0B9A2709r.jpg Blog - Epiphany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1694962460214-DLFA4W503LFTMG3R5LL5/0B9A2691r.jpg Blog - Epiphany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1694962460365-YO8K4J17THZ3LV0F06Q2/0B9A2702-CR3_dr.jpg Blog - Epiphany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1694962884851-A1A4Y3JZ7XQTJYJPDKBS/0B9A2603-Editr.jpg Blog - Epiphany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1694962885053-XH8KQKX4UNY0BJEQ0JSD/0B9A2613-CR3_dr.jpg Blog - Epiphany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1694962886160-6ZIFIYVHLDVXJ04LHFV7/0B9A2615-CR3_dr.jpg Blog - Epiphany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1694962922785-4TBL8FZVF9ZBP24WSIHO/0B9A2608r.jpg Blog - Epiphany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1694962886451-RPM1DNSBY2SNIC8O5LWV/0B9A2749r.jpg Blog - Epiphany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/7d2702f6-b467-4a15-88c9-29d3947aea74/0B9A1733r.jpg Blog - Epiphany - Make it stand out A Columbian Ground Squirrel standing sentry next to his burrow beneath a picnic shelter (Urocitellus columbianus) | 472mm, 1/1000s, f/7.1, iso 5000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1692905772512-116172RSOIFAH3G0IGFW/0B9A1636r.jpg Blog - Epiphany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1692905772701-02CDSL2EEAVCJJXDS77H/0B9A1662r.jpg Blog - Epiphany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1692905774239-WQJD0LFTU8OLKGI1MG9I/0B9A1663r.jpg Blog - Epiphany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1692905774668-9TR0QXPSAR7LQKRSQ5NV/0B9A1693r.jpg Blog - Epiphany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1692905775999-SUBTBWH0QEJENY3U2FM9/0B9A1701r.jpg Blog - Epiphany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1692905776249-VFQC72C6HMIEQBLH1GX6/0B9A1702r.jpg Blog - Epiphany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/2cf313e1-ba97-4a12-a8fd-6a6de8b91c41/0B9A2238r.jpg Blog - Epiphany - Make it stand out Brown and Black Bears are not uncommon in the Canadian Rockies | 35mm, 1/80s, f/4.0, iso 100 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/fca8a58e-b1ba-4b36-9fa0-8d67c84f903b/0B9A2020r.jpg Blog - Epiphany - Make it stand out An American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) among elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) foliage | 451mm, 1/250s, f/7.1, iso 100 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/7353516e-be4a-4b96-a2e3-7fc28cf798a7/0B9A2647r.jpg Blog - Epiphany - Make it stand out An American Pika (Ochotona princeps) smiles for the camera | 500mm, 1/1000s, f/7.1, iso 320 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/c284c596-63fa-477e-af4c-bf56b1b8f552/0B9A1914r.jpg Blog - Epiphany - Make it stand out Ice, abstracted | 472mm, 1/250s, f/9.0, iso 100 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/c9e1c1e2-8d70-4c96-be9d-e47c2d7eee49/0B9A2331r.jpg Blog - Epiphany - Make it stand out Park Canada distance signage | 123mm, 1/320s, f/8.0, iso 100 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/463078c8-b4d7-4b59-a1ed-adb967f2b452/0B9A2282r.jpg Blog - Epiphany - Make it stand out Gondolas arrive at the summit of Sulphur Mountain above Banff | 27mm, 1/80s, f/9.0, iso 200 https://www.landscaperambler.com/blog/2022no4 monthly 0.5 2022-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1645400852138-YJZA8Z1KOJN3UHKCA8VA/IMG_5743r.jpg Blog - The Case for (good) Tree Pruning - 50mm 1/100 sec f/2.8 iso 200 Thermometer ouside the window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1645400871031-JPTO90R4L457I2CY86B4/IMG_5877r.jpg Blog - The Case for (good) Tree Pruning - 24mm 1/160 sec f/2.8 iso 400 Main barn open door, June 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1645400872167-N7MTGWW1695IDGUL1E1V/IMG_5890r.jpg Blog - The Case for (good) Tree Pruning - 25mm 1/25 sec f/2.8 iso 200 Looking out the barn side door https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1645400863343-LF4V7KQO9E1DHTK616UE/IMG_5822r.jpg Blog - The Case for (good) Tree Pruning - 25mm 1/125 sec f/2.8 iso 200 Kitchen entry, June 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1645400858566-YKKCCFIZ5R3N3CAUCAFN/IMG_5779r.jpg Blog - The Case for (good) Tree Pruning - 24mm 1/200 sec f/2.8 iso 200 Backyard red maple tree, June 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1645400852131-S32BGQT7U1UXD8BX617S/IMG_5764r.jpg Blog - The Case for (good) Tree Pruning - 24mm 1/80 sec f/2.8 iso 100 Back yard, June 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1645400869390-OHRIVRXUD9O1YOSR8227/IMG_5871r.jpg Blog - The Case for (good) Tree Pruning - 24mm 1/200 sec f/2.8 iso 400 Horse stalls, June 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1645400857417-2Y0BNNMYJ69E044X8I0Z/IMG_5783r.jpg Blog - The Case for (good) Tree Pruning - 30mm 1/320 sec f/2.8 iso 200 Howling wolf license plate, June 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1645400863571-QQBP2MCIA4PRSVNEGALE/IMG_5814r.jpg Blog - The Case for (good) Tree Pruning - 32mm 1/250 sec f/2.8 iso 200 Back yard view, June 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1645400866683-DHNGQUAK2L26U99XJTVT/IMG_5860r.jpg Blog - The Case for (good) Tree Pruning - Make it stand out Horse riding stables in 2010 located at current day Tradewind Dr and Evergreen Mills Rd, Brambleton. More images available below in the gallery. 34mm, 1/320s, f/2.8, iso 400 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/63554575-8424-469f-89ef-b856fb87bb15/0B9A0285r.jpg Blog - The Case for (good) Tree Pruning - Make it stand out Nursery grown and mature preserved trees at a recently completed landscape project, Ashburn, VA. 50mm, 1/100s, f/4.0, iso 100 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/463d163b-936b-4124-af65-54e82ad69770/0B9A2448r.jpg Blog - The Case for (good) Tree Pruning - Make it stand out A heavily pruned row of alternating Red Maples (Acer rubrum) and River Birch (Betula nigra). The closest tree has a strap which will soon cause girdling and eventually kill the tree if not removed. The trees also have many wounds and poor past prune cuts. 104mm, 1/125s, f/8.0, iso 250 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1645908143562-XYYSGL7PZYRLCURAXRC6/DJI_0053r.jpg Blog - The Case for (good) Tree Pruning - 3 levels of trees: newly planted nursery material (foreground), mature landscape trees planted in 19th and 20th centuries (midground, right), and mature forest along the Potomac River (background). The Pickens Manor House, Janelia Research Campus. 8.38mm, 1/800s, f/2.8, iso 110 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1645908029170-JZBZWHD7PR5DHBVXLUZH/0B9A0313r.jpg Blog - The Case for (good) Tree Pruning - Reforestation of drainage ditch in process. 24mm, 1/100s, f/5.0, iso 400 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1645908030572-VEW5RAHH6D80D8X9G4QZ/DJI_0067r.jpg Blog - The Case for (good) Tree Pruning - Reforestation of drainage ditch in process. 8.38mm, 1/250s, f/2.8, iso 100 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1645908143397-DOKID5IVY4EBELRVS0SU/0B9A0306r.jpg Blog - The Case for (good) Tree Pruning - Stacked stone wall used to minimize impact to wooded area beyond. 50mm, 1/100s, f/5.0, iso 1600 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/251da584-e5cd-423c-b9b4-85ca54993392/0B9A2440r.jpg Blog - The Case for (good) Tree Pruning A row of Juniper Palms. and one Magnolia Palm. I coined these terms (palm trees are more closely related to grasses, not evergreen trees) after seeing this unique pruning technique. The maples and other shade trees are also limbed up unnaturally high to maximize visibility. 70mm, 1/400s, f/8.0, iso 100 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1645412589445-1QENYH9LOPOM9BGHWZ9I/2011Apr+AbandHouse.jpg Blog - The Case for (good) Tree Pruning - image (c) 2021 Commonwealth of Virginia April 2011 abandoned home near sod farm and present-day Sharipo Dr and Northstar Blvd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1645412588813-PRQ2K2GRMV9D6J8UIYH8/2006Apr+HorseStable.jpg Blog - The Case for (good) Tree Pruning - image (c) 2021 Commonwealth of Virginia Horse riding stables in April 2006 located at current day Tradewind Dr and Evergreen Mills Rd, Brambleton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1645412588235-4AVHPNZ7HQL41K9YD93L/1995Mar+Brambleton+General.jpg Blog - The Case for (good) Tree Pruning - image (c) US Geological Survey Brambleton area in March 1995, before construction with current day road pattern overlaid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1645412588080-XZQFM0FSKFOEYR7EF4C3/1991Apr+DullesExpo.jpg Blog - The Case for (good) Tree Pruning - image (c) US Geological Survey Dulles Expo Center site, April 1991. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1645412589012-H059DDL5RIT0S3NV5DJW/2010Aug+DullesExpo.jpg Blog - The Case for (good) Tree Pruning - image (c) US Geological Survey Dulles Expo Center site, August 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/78d8a181-fd00-4672-be93-83885c9abdd4/0B9A2439r.jpg Blog - The Case for (good) Tree Pruning - Make it stand out A recently pruned Bradford Pear (Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’) with many heading cuts. The plane trees in the background have not been recently trimmed. 147mm, 1/400s, f/8.0, iso 125 https://www.landscaperambler.com/blog/2021no3 monthly 0.5 2021-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1629078146097-WM2KQHUZGNSY8KXUVW7S/0B9A0995r.jpg Blog - From Zeus to Helios - Make it stand out Sunflowers may have over 1000 florets, which develop into over 1000 seeds. 400mm, 1/125s, f/6.3, iso 125 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1629588886420-S070Z1TFJVVFWUBA1P4T/0B9A0925r.jpg Blog - From Zeus to Helios https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1629587239838-6IUTNVDAV7CJSTSI5JW4/0B9A1050r.jpg Blog - From Zeus to Helios https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1629587243740-D02TVZG9IY3PCCALCQDP/0B9A1063r.jpg Blog - From Zeus to Helios https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1629587898025-ADEDKUJJQRDXES6JUS8U/0B9A0984r.jpg Blog - From Zeus to Helios https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1629587243904-4XXDS5DYN37A4A4M391Q/0B9A1074r.jpg Blog - From Zeus to Helios https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1629587240601-IR57B1IE8JCC79WG4FMP/0B9A1056r.jpg Blog - From Zeus to Helios https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1629587295812-V6NVAU0A0S0LDQX22L9P/0B9A1002r.jpg Blog - From Zeus to Helios https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1629587940113-O4VPVY80WR82DXA5RMEU/DJI_0096r.jpg Blog - From Zeus to Helios https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1629555935806-AY0EBL7L96CM05BSOQS3/0B9A1023r.jpg Blog - From Zeus to Helios - Make it stand out A field of sunflowers looking west in the late afternoon. 254mm, 1/125s, f/9, iso 250, 80% crop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1629074045990-OLO3EB22EF2MXPRE3MON/0B9A0943r.jpg Blog - From Zeus to Helios - Make it stand out A woman and her daughter examine some flowers up close. 70mm, 1/100s, f/11, iso 640 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1629074015845-TSRP9MWZDHC9X877S707/DJI_0110r.jpg Blog - From Zeus to Helios - Make it stand out A field of sunflowers looking west in the late afternoon. 8.38mm, 1/2000s, f/2.8, iso 110 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1629076606441-T9RHC69B4MY9M1KINW8M/0B9A0937r-3.jpg Blog - From Zeus to Helios - Make it stand out Mature sunflower flowers facing east in late afternoon. Morning sun draws in pollinators. 24mm, 1/100s, f/11, iso 500, B&W Split Tone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1629072432705-ENO7M9LQBY0HWOIG626J/0B9A1033r.jpg Blog - From Zeus to Helios A woman and her dog stroll along field #1 at McKee-Bershers Wildlife Management Area one late July afternoon. 32mm, 1/125s, f/10.0, iso 320 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1629556442813-6XEW0KWBY2D1GJ1E9AKP/0B9A0930r.jpg Blog - From Zeus to Helios - Make it stand out An artichoke-like bud beginning to open. 70mm, 1/60s, f/11, iso 800 https://www.landscaperambler.com/blog/farewell-brood-x monthly 0.5 2022-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1625439615420-X1FL6WIRV76TN5383UBN/0B9A9961r.jpg Blog - Farewell Brood X - Make it stand out Stacked stone walls are familiar vernacular parts of the Middleburg, Virginia area landscape. 33mm, 1/250s, f/8.0, iso 100 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1625421332119-Z6LKYCQYJJMSM15LQMCY/0B9A4688r.jpg Blog - Farewell Brood X - Make it stand out An adult cicada makes a friend in an alder tree. 500mm, 1/160s, f/7.1, iso 800 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1625420898548-FZDAJ9RYJIRLQCODYMF1/0B9A2697r.jpg Blog - Farewell Brood X - Make it stand out The molted exoskeleton of a Brood X cicada, Magicicada septendecims, clings beneath a branch. 428mm, 1/125s, f/6.3, iso 2500 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1625440723234-NGKFHGV60F4W0VHZ9TUF/0B9A9954r.jpg Blog - Farewell Brood X - Make it stand out This is horse country. Board-on-board fence and rolling topography are also ubiquitous. 31mm, 1/250s, f/7.1, iso 160 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1625441054005-BIAVH1Q0Z80DDQ338J6V/0B9A4678r.jpg Blog - Farewell Brood X - Make it stand out Many hundreds of cicadas gathered in a large Smooth Alder Alnus serrulata tree along the man-made Broadlands Wetlands. 500mm, 1/400s, f/7.1, iso 1600 https://www.landscaperambler.com/blog/2021no1 monthly 0.5 2021-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1622770008546-R5U1Z2ZGS2Z3R8PZRE6N/0B9A1930r.jpg Blog - Origins - Make it stand out A family of Canada Geese, Branta canadensis, go for a mid-morning swim. 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This photo is not of good quality from low light and heavy cropping, but it shows a long tail, usually reabsorbed through apoptosis during adolescence, which I didn’t notice until later that evening. 500mm, 1/200s, f/7.1, iso 2000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1622472414978-1Z4QJT6LSOAYYKXBHZIF/0B9A3839r.jpg Blog - Origins - Make it stand out A Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias, takes a brief fishing spot adjustment-flight. 500mm, 1/1600s, f/7.1, iso 800 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1622914545799-DLVQQG9KGV7RTYSG4P45/0B9A2227r.jpg Blog - Origins - Make it stand out The marshy interior of Huntley Meadows Park midday. 12mm, 1/125s, f/9.0, iso 100 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/1622472811404-ZS7JI1LOUE29NL4A34JV/0B9A3761r.jpg Blog - Origins This male Red-Winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus, pendulum-sways atop a cattail reed. 500mm, 1/2000s, f/8.0, iso 800 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June 20, 2021. 500mm, 1/2000s, f/7.1, iso 800. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/53587ae8-d875-4c00-b05f-a98ebfa4a01e/0B9A4200r.jpg Projects - Sunday Morning Birds This Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) was soaring on and on above us at Mason Neck State Park in Lorton, VA. April 15, 2022. 800mm, 1/5000s, f/11, iso 3200. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/ad21ed46-9440-4850-a6d5-d4812a26b556/0B9A2163r.jpg Projects - Sunday Morning Birds Huntley Meadows, Alexandria, VA. May 15, 2021. 200mm, 1/2000s, f/7.1, iso 1000. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/0e382f2d-aacf-4e37-b639-5d74362990ce/0B9A3565r.jpg Projects - Sunday Morning Birds A female Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) perches on low stems with a horsefly in her beak. Broadlands Wetlands Preservation Area, Ashburn, VA. May 27, 2021. 200mm, 1/2000s, f/7.1, iso 1000. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/93d1e85a-39db-452e-9b60-da35195d4552/0B9A8456r.jpg Projects - Sunday Morning Birds This Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) was surprisingly un-skittish as it probed near us in the shallow marsh at the Isle of Wight DNR Management Area, Bishopsville, MD. June 20, 2021. 500mm, 1/1600s, f/7.1, iso 800. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/4db1b147-6e7e-4d13-b575-83aa146e713b/0B9A6816rx.jpg Projects - Sunday Morning Birds A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) in flight. 500mm 1/2000s f/8.0 iso400 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/342dcd86-5057-468c-952b-0f85df9ec0f2/0B9A8607r-2.jpg Projects - Sunday Morning Birds A Great Egret (Ardea alba) wades among tall grasses in wetlands at the Isle of Wight DNR Management Area, Bishopsville, MD. June 20, 2021. 500mm, 1/2000s, f/7.1, iso 1600. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/c2054e9a-9f33-46e8-9e16-9ee6f470ff6b/0B9A6882r.jpg Projects - Sunday Morning Birds An Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) carries away his prize. Ocean City, MD, June 19, 2021. 500mm, 1/1600s, f/7.1, iso 200. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/e404af05-6941-4ffd-b815-f120aa5c5eff/0B9A0575r.jpg Projects - Sunday Morning Birds A Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) takes a short flight to a new spot at Huntley Meadows park, Alexandria, VA. May 15, 2021. 200mm, 1/2000s, f/7.1, iso 1000. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/06401af4-cfc3-4ec0-af00-1b79f902ccac/0B9A2590r.jpg Projects - Sunday Morning Birds I heard these 5 Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) and was able to just barely get my camera on them as they flew in for a landing at Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax, VA. February 23, 2022. 100mm, 1/4000s, f/7.1, iso 1600. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/a98164ad-25d1-4d9a-b3f7-a4253a4b3aed/0B9A2517r.jpg Projects - Sunday Morning Birds A male Cardinal takes a break from chirping. 800mm 1/500s f/11.0 iso5000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/2a0d2c09-5946-4bb4-9a94-9881da7d7c53/0B9A3967r.jpg Projects - Sunday Morning Birds This Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus) watched me as he searched along the beach among driftwood and piles of spiral shells near the mouth of the Potomac River, Mason Neck State Park. April 15, 2022. 800mm 1/3200s, f/11, iso 4000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/5676423a-a9e5-4f71-9653-593704206bac/0B9A4752r.jpg Projects - Sunday Morning Birds This anxious-seeming Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) kept perching high in this tree, then flying out over near the mouth of the Potomac River where it dove into the water repeatedly hunting (unsuccessfully, while I watched) fish. Mason Neck State Park, Lorton, VA. April 15, 2022. 800mm, 1/4000s, f/11, iso 2000. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/2fdd6ccb-b0df-4a16-8b1a-975bd9ae0179/0B9A4287r-2.jpg Projects - Sunday Morning Birds A Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus), with another we could not see, perched on several snags within a swamp just inside of the beach at Mason Neck State Park, Lorton, VA. April 15, 2022. 800mm, 1/1250s, f/11, iso 1250. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/7a5c379f-78a9-4ee4-951c-9a27debb1a8a/0B9A0758r.jpg Projects - Sunday Morning Birds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/3b9429a2-1b5b-4606-b00a-86b388c4e912/0B9A3896r.jpg Projects - Sunday Morning Birds A Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) harasses a Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) at Neabsco Regional Park, Woodbridge, VA. May 27, 2021. 428mm, 1/1600s, f/7.1, iso 1250. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/cd2510fe-ab20-47ea-8201-3bb18edb55c9/0B9A9570r-2.jpg Projects - Sunday Morning Birds A Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) visits Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria, VA. She carried a stick with her and joined a Great Egret who carried one with himself as well! June 27, 2021. 500mm, 1/2500s, f/7.1, iso 1000. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/0068196c-e227-482e-95e9-ac6fe0e9aa9d/0B9A6810rx.jpg Projects - Sunday Morning Birds A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) in flight. 500mm 1/2000s f/8.0 iso500 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/e09f22f0-e1a7-466f-a5ba-0fc3580eb047/0B9A4456r.jpg Projects - Sunday Morning Birds Wood Stork (Mycteria americana). October 22, 2023, Timuchuan Preserve. 500mm, 1/2500s, f/4.0, iso 200. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/b787af86-d9f0-422e-bc91-f5466316fc88/0B9A4533r.jpg Projects - Sunday Morning Birds Great Egret (Ardea alba). October 22, 2023, Timuchuan Preserve. 500mm, 1/2000s, f/4.0, iso 160. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/ff84c359-2065-473c-8326-af6937cbc025/0B9A4439r.jpg Projects - Sunday Morning Birds Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens) & Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides), Timuchuan Preserve. 59mm, 1/80s, f/4.0 iso 250. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/db29e370-78cb-4035-a153-4fe8d841b8e4/0B9A4468r.jpg Projects - Sunday Morning Birds Little Blue Egret (Egretta caerulea). 500mm, 1/2000s, f/4.0 iso 160. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/543f2481-4b85-41e5-909f-71adec6beadc/0B9A8724r.jpg Projects - Sunday Morning Birds A Common Ribbon Snake at Huntley Meadows. 500mm 1/250s f/14.0 iso1600 https://www.landscaperambler.com/projects/project-four-sports monthly 0.5 2022-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b0f8a9d269b426a3f5d6d6/b24cd659-a84b-4e0e-8f33-a07d5fecc18e/0B9A9131d.jpg Projects - 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