I rarely make new year resolutions, but I really want to for 2026. So here goes: -- Make (more) eye-contact with strangers when I'm out and about; say hi! 😃 -- I tend to be shy, so: Use my camera (more often) to break the ice and interact meaningfully. Let's all prosper in 2026! 🙏💪

After the sun sets.

Palm in Falling Light Whenever I shoot a series of ICM's, I try to be really picky about which ones work for me, since very few end up being worthy of viewing more than once. For some reason this one keeps jumping back up from the culling/editing floor. 😆 #photography #palmtree #rain #ICM

Dancing Palm During another visit to the park, I was just playing around with the scenes around me, this one being a palm tree in the backlight of a fading sunset. I used a low shutter speed while moving the camera around. #photography #palmtree #sunset #ICM

The Visitor #hospital #hospitalroom

Asphalt athlete. Saw this athlete in the 7-11 parking lot the other day. #blackandwhite #streetphotography #pareidolia

I'm not usually into cloud shots, but this evening's sky caught my interest for just a few seconds before the scene shifted and faded. #photography #clouds #nature

Thanksgiving traffic on my way home tonight. This is the on-ramp to interstate 95 in my area. Going 30 mph all the way home was oddly very relaxing. 🚙 #photography #traffic #cars #streetphotography #sunset

Went to the park yesterday to work out and decompress. I parked, opened the hatchback, and proceeded to really take it out on the dumbbells. Weights, not people. 😏 Mid-reps, I notice these foxtail grasses heavily backlit by evening sun. Workout aborted. 😆📷 #photography #foxtails #backlight

Bought these 2 days ago and only one has opened so far. 🧐

So earlier today, while my tires were being changed, I walked the surrounding area looking for the little scenes. I liked this doorway abstract. #colorphotography #streetphotography #dorway #abstract #design

Used to be long waits getting new tires on my car, now it’s not enough time to explore all the images needing to be taken all about the waiting room. A wonderful thing about this photography thing we do, right? #blackandwhite #streetphotography #waitingroom #design #chairs

Shot this one through a wet windshield tonight while driving with my new 28mm f4.5 Z pancake lens. Much easier to hold and shoot with one hand than with my 135 f1.8 😉 #photography #blackandwhite #nightscape #streetphotography #roadway #highway #nightscene

Managed to catch this quiet, what looks like heartfelt, little moment in a local cafe. I couldn’t figure out what was going on between the two, but it’s better that way…I didn’t need to know. 📷 #photography #blackandwhite #streetphotography #candid #relationships #couple

Last copper-leaf croton, promise haha! Past couple days I re-acquainted myself with a short lens…ended up relearning a few things along the way. For this one, I aimed to show off the delicate gilding that traces the croton’s edges. Nikon Zf · 40 mm Z lens · f/16 #blackandwhite #nature #DOF

Experimenting this morning with a much shorter lens than I’m used to: 40mm f2.0 at f2. Definitely a different look compared to the 135mm I’m usually shooting with…the perspective. #blackandwhite #40mm #crotonleaves

Was out shooting Croton leaves again.🤷🏻‍♂️ I have been trying for some back lighting on the leaves to create a little glow. I dial in exposure compensation according to the brightness I want. Anyway, something drew me to this little silhouette. #colorphotography #leaves #Croton #nature #backlight

Croton chromatica From today, some croton leaves; I over exposed while shooting then adjusted in post for a high-key, somewhat exaggerated look. Nikon Zf, 135mm lens #colorphotography #croton #highkey

Cocoplum leaves. Nikon Zf, 135mm lens @ f1.8 #photography #closeup #cocoplum #new #nature

This bowl of homemade dried banana slices was scary good. I’m afraid I’ll have to try them again. 👻😉 #Halloween #bananafaces #pareidolia

Laundry day abstract. Noticed a little abstract in the wash today. Couldn’t fit my regular camera in there so had to use an iPhone. #colorphotography #abstract #laundry #washingmachine

I'm running out of things to photograph in my backyard... starting to repeat shots. But I'm hoping to get out into the world more now that my situation has changed a bit with certain responsibilities. We'll see. For now, another plumbago shot. #colorphotography #flowers #garden #closeup #blue

Just happened to photograph someone getting a caticure on Caturday. #blackandwhite #Caturday

Went out to view the hedge in my front yard this morning. Verdict: overgrown. Had two options: Get my cordless trimmer and go at it for a couple of hours, maybe more. Or, photograph its delicate new growth.😉 #photography #colorphotography #shallowDOF #bokeh #hope #growth #newness #newday #morning

. . Got up waay too early this morning. Now it's all about coffee. 🙃 . .

Just having a case of pareidolia tonight. Went outside to look for an image and happened to notice this rather stoic looking leaf-man suspended by thin strings of spider web. (Re-uploaded with correct frame.) #photography #pareidolia #leaf #faces

"What?! I almost missed #Caturday?!" My late Bratter never failed to make me laugh. #four-way-vision #multi-tasking #blackcat

Pears are overdone in the art world, so I thought I'd overdo it some more. 😏 Who knows, might be able to use the images around the house. 🤔 #b&wphotography #blackandwhite #pears #still-life #minimalism

From this morning in my backyard. Was in the middle of greenery and some other intense colors, so my camera sensor may have been fooled into giving me a pinkish background. Kind of like it so will leave it as is. #photography #colorphotography #dragonfly #palmtrees #SouthFlorida #artdeco #nature

Just playing in the backyard again with my Nikon Zf, shooting at wide open aperture on a 135mm Viltrox f1.8, at 1/1000 sec., auto ISO. #photography #blackandwhite #b&wphotography #monochrome #shallowdof #bokeh #abstract #design #nature #photographersofBluesky #Friday

Path to paradise, or pathless path? #photography #blackandwhite #b&wphotography #palmtrees #path #beach #ocean #paradise #pathlesspath #scenic #quiet #peaceful #journeywithoutdistance

I feel like I'm always shooting wide open with my 135mm f1.8 lens, but for this one today, I experimented by stopping down to f14 just to see what I'm missing with the DOF. 😆 #photography #colorphotography #flowers #garden #blueplumbago #ferns #delicate #quiet #softlight #overcast #subdued

Evening regatta. I was attracted to the pastels on this particular evening, which seemed to go really well with the regatta theme. #photography #colorphotography #regatta #sailboats #pastelsky #goldenhour #sunset #serene #sundown #endoftheday #ilovephotography

From a shoot in West Palm Beach FL, on likely the main drag Clematis Street. Don't usually get so "street", but it's sometimes rewarding to hunt juxtapositions like these. #photography #blackandwhite #b&wphotography #street #streetphotography #urbanphotography #WPB #uBREAKiFix #BreaktheSilence

Don't mind me... just seeing faces again. 😑 #blackandwhite #photography #face #abstract

Kind of a random abstract I noticed through my bedroom screened window this morning. #photography #blackandwhite #b&wphotography #abstract

I know these are everywhere, but I really wanted to shoot something while I was home today. Nikon Zf, 135mm f1.8 wide open, overcast evening light. #photography #colorphotography #BluePlumBago #flowers #garden #blue #quiet #delicate #softlight

Last evening's light around my back porch, during a long peaceful drizzle, was so soft and expressive. Here's a take of a wrought iron chair just outside my sliding doors. To stay dry I just shot thru the dark screening. #photography #blackandwhite #garden #still-life #wroughtironchair #home

An evening regatta shot I made when I first got hold of the Nikon 200-400mm f4G. The lens length exaggerated the size of the sun relative to the foreground scene. #photography #colorphotography #sailboat #regatta #lake #Vermont #streetphotography #sunset #orange #goldenhour #peaceful #evening

From my sandpiper panning series; neglected to this post one yet. Taken early in the project, it reflects my original vision for what the resulting images would look like. It was fun to branch out from there. #photography #blackandwhite #birds #birding #nature #sandpiper #ICM #beach #ocean #waves

I've never shown this because of the image quality. But I've always liked it's sweetness and poignancy. #photography #blackandwhite #streetphotography #seniors #elderly #beauty

Dog bite? This is the latch to my wooden front gate. Just today I noticed a little scene playing out which I found quite funny.. #photography #blackandwhite #gate #latch #humor #dogbite

Lately I seem to be inside of buildings, looking out. #photography #monochrome #abstract #windows #office #officebuilding #buildings #reflection #design #geometry

. Juvenile doves doing a double take. I had posted this a few weeks ago, but took it down to confirm its relation to the SOOC shot. Confirmed. Taken through a screened window, sharpness is not the best. #photography #blackandwhite #birds #doves #nature #humor #babydoves #streetphotography

Ocean glow. I was experimenting with exposing for the water's glimmering highlights, meaning I stopped way down. Nikon D3, 200-400mm f4 lens, set to f22, 1/3200th sec. #photography #colorphotography #minimalist #abstract #ocean #oceanglow #cameratechnique #stoppedwaydown #pattern #waves

A little art on the runway in Hawaii. #photography #blackandwhite #airport #airlines #tarmac #monochrome #corporateart

For a second I expected an all-out drag race. Nope — just a left turn. 😏 #streetphoto #blackandwhite #monochrome #cars #photography #streetphotography #thisisnotarace #dragrace

In many parts of South Florida, when you walk along the ocean's shore, too often there will be a condo seawall on the other side. I'm always "seeing things" in those beat up walls. #photography #colorphotography #abstract #design #seawall

This was an experiment in trying to see if I could make something of some light coming through fence slats and ferns. Of course the more I culled and tweaked the results, the more I lost perspective on whether it was working at all, or bombing. #photography #blackandwhite #abstract #ferns #lowkey

Housebound again today, so just had to get out and shoot something, anything. Some leaves. 😏 #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #blackonblack #lowkey #leaves #trees #nature #dark #wet #rain