Series: Eye-to-Eye, 1

No, I haven’t taken a trip to Africa. All the photos in this series will have been made locally.
The photos in this series were taken with a Canon S90 — it makes for some really close in shooting. ;-)

No, I haven’t taken a trip to Africa. All the photos in this series will have been made locally.
The photos in this series were taken with a Canon S90 — it makes for some really close in shooting. ;-)

Behind our place, in the woods, lies a depression that catches water runoff during heavy rains and for photography, often offers colorful reflections through the trees. It’s wise to photograph this during the colder temperatures of late fall, as during the summer, when there is water present, the mosquitos will make a quick banquet out…



“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

“some moments are nice, some are nicer, some are even worth writing about.” ― Charles Bukowski, “War All the Time” https://meanderingpassage.com//wp-content/uploads/images/2020/05/EBM-20120707165431.jpg With pandemic required social distancing and stay-at-home, our day-to-day worlds are a little strange these days. Add to that the news bombarding us with deaths, hardships, violence, protest, and the insanity of an…

And here I thought that Salisbury was a little more civilized. Well, I guess they do call it “Common” Eland, so you might expect to see them around. :)
Paul, you’ve heard the saying…”It’s a jungle in my back yard” before haven’t you? ;-)
I love the slight glint in his eye.
Thanks! I liked the glint and how dark and shiny the eye was as well.
Oh, this is going to be fun!!! I like this idea and excited to see the results of the S90. It really would have been cool to see your reflection in the eye, or can you?
Monte, thanks! I hope it’s fun…I certainly had fun making the photos and processing them. No, I was too straight on to catch my reflection. I believe the reflections in the eye is from the gound.
I really love the composition and I really love the idea of the shoot. Great idea! Great image!