

A Little Snow for a Change
It was less than 12 inches of snow, not enough to last very long, but it shut down I-95 and stranded people in their cars for 24 hours. ...


Rain Floods the Winter Creek
Periodically, rain will push the creek up to a minor flood level. The water will spill onto the banks and carry some debris downstream. ...


Searching for Herons in the Winter Creek
In most places, the creek is only a few inches deep, but there is enough flow to keep it clean. Small fish live in favorable spots. In...


Expose for the Highlights
Highlight metering on the Nikon D750 preserves detail in the highlights at the expense of the shadows. Essentially, it's matrix metering...


Summer 2021: Trees In the Woods (2)
Tree bark and kudzu turn golden brown in the late afternoon sunlight. The trees are full of kudzu. Sometimes there is more kudzu than...


Spring 2021: A Walk Along The Creek (2)
There is always something new along the creek. Trees fall and erode, hedges thicken and thin, rocks appear from no where, and the light...


Spring 2021: A Walk Along The Creek (1)
Moores creek runs along the Rivanna Trail. In the spring you can still get down to the creek, but, by summer, the kudzu and bushes are...


Spring 2021: Walking Through the Woods
The beginning of April marks the start of the spring transformation. Familiar paths offer a new landscape. The trees are bare, but...


Spring Preview: Looking Back to 2020
The woods are still bare from winter, but a look back to 2020 provides a preview of what's to come. The trees and bushes sprout first,...


Panoramas in the Woods: End of Winter
There wasn't much snow this winter, which is normal, but the winter took its toll on the landscape. Downed trees and detritus litter the...