The photographer, the camera, and the photo.

Red-headed Woodpecker

Freeze Frame

This afternoon's Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.

The Broxton Rocks Coffee County, Georgia

Little Falling Creek Falls. Jones County, Georgia

Grey Heron Skidaway Island State Park, Georgia

Cypress vine growing wild beside a field.

No, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more. Well, I wake up in the morning, fold my hands, and pray for rain. I got a head full of ideas that are drivin' me insane.

Emanuel County, Georgia

Katydid Nymph on a Hosta bloom.

Emanuel County, Georgia.

Take these broken wings And learn to fly again, learn to live so free

Well, excuse me, but I think you've got my chair No, that one's not taken, I don't mind if you sit here I'll be glad to share

Mississippi Kite

High Falls State Park, Georgia Eight-second exposure

Beautifully broken

Abandoned tenant House Laurens County, Georgia

Red-Spotted Purple Butterfly

Sumter County, Georgia

A mule-powered sugar cane press and a tenant house at Jimmy Carter's boyhood farm in Plains, GA.

Parrish Mill Pond at George L Smith State Park Emanuel County, GA.

Dragonflies in my yard.

Gulf Fritillary butterfly

It appears that no one is currently living in this old farmhouse, but the yard is still well-maintained.

Magnolia State Park, Georgia

When you come to a fork in the road, take it. - Yogi Berra

Basement Abandoned Central State Psychiatric Hospital Milledgeville, GA

Tenant house Washington County, GA

The cul-de-sac on the street where I live.

I took a detour through the Oconee National Forest yesterday. This doe posed briefly for me. I noticed that she has scars from injuries to her right hind quarter and side.

Yesterday, I wanted to try a few long exposures with the R5. The variable ND seemed to work fine at first, but those pesky black bars from the filter ruined my photos. Recommendations for a good, reliable ND that you have personally used and that is under $250 would be appreciated.

High Falls State Park, Georgia

Sunflowers as far as can be seen

Clear-cut bad hair day.

Palamedes Swallowtail

Abandoned farmhouse Twiggs County, Georgia

Field of Sunflowers Bleckley County, Georgia

Crinum Lily growing wild in a ditch

My experience has been that those with the strongest negative opinions about my photos, my gear, and my general approach to taking photos are the least creative and the most angry. They patrol social media to spread their despair. F the haters and share the shit out of your work.

The Leaning Barn Laurens County, Georgia

"Eat a Peach" Bleckley County, Georgia - ripe peaches on the tree.

It's Sunflower season in Middle Georgia.

Hosta and a friend

"Trees are as close to immortality as the rest of us ever come." ― Karen Joy Fowler

This is FDR's bedroom at the Little White House in Warm Springs, GA. This is the original furniture made by Val-Kil Industries, a small factory in New York that Eleanor started to help local farmers generate supplemental income.