We often joke that Florida has two seasons, hot and hotter. We also generally have a dry fall and winter season that gives way to a wet and humid summer. Although our mangoes and avocados put out inconspicuous blossoms, south Florida experiences no explosion of color to mark the onset of the vernal equinox. The mockingbirds sing all year around, though their tempo and volume picks up just as the Palm Warblers depart to breed in far northwestern Canada.

Up north, robins herald...

Hope responded to a classified ad I placed on a popular free classified website. I had posted ads once or twice a week for the previous few weeks. The ads stay up for a couple of months, so there were about ten ads up. Hope responded to all ten, so I assumed she was probably hitting all of the ads she could find, what I have explained as shot-gunning. A model appearing uncommitted can be a yellow flag, so I needed to determine how deep her interest was. I responded quickly to Hope, knowing she was...

I know I should actually post to here, but I already have a blog set up:
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"Why would you want to do such a thing?", you may ask. Simple. This legacy lens is solidly built, has superb optics (even when wide open), and does not cost an arm and a leg. I've had the pleasure of shooting with the Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM — the lens exhibits marshmallow-like sharpness wide open, and the ultrasonic motor leaves much to be desired (it's REALLY slow for a USM). So, I decided to look for an alternative lens within the same focal range.

That's when I stumbled upon the...

The path that leads to to our favorite birding patch is only a few paces outside the entrance gate to our subdivision. However, we must reach the gate by walking in front of about two blocks of residences. Clothed in our rugged garb, we accept quizzical stares from passing motorists as they bring their kids to school or head for the office, all dressed up. We are often recognized as birders, and have acquired some legitimacy by answering questions from neighbors, such as "Did you notice that...

Birding and wildlife photography, as spectator sports, are usually not considered very hazardous activities. Oh, I've stepped on yellow jacket tunnels, bumped my head against hornet nests, stood on fire ant hills, suffered itchy poison ivy rash and chigger bites, tripped over old barbed wire fences and battled deer flies and mosquitoes, but... I'm getting ahead of myself, so let's start at the beginning.

Back in Illinois, illness had curtailed my outdoors activities and caused...

Hi, Im Keith known as Keitho, on exploration in the Southern DR Congo at the moment, where I have the chance to photograph especially moths in the remote forests as they come to "daylight exploration lamps" surrounding the drill rigs we operate.

I have ammassed a vast portfolio of moths during these past several months, and now during the quiet time have begun editing my work, with a view to submitting them to any interested scientific community.

I believe i am in rather...

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Just a few images to store here. Some folks ask me to post my work but my computer is not working properly and is soon to be replaced with a new system.

Here are the pictures AS IS!

This is my second ever Blog! First is to do with my musical adventures, this one will track my photographic learning - I hope.
Just before Christmas I treated myself to a new DSLR camera -Nikon D3100. I am having great fun learning how to use it. So far I have experimented with Aperture priority, great for close-up work and Shutter priority. This seems to be good for action shots. I must get used to reading the display at the bottom of the view-finder so that I can adjust the settings when...