This is a leopard moth that was perched on our front porch.

My last cicada picture, demonstraiting how numerous they were.

This is probably the best picture I took of a cicada.

This year was the hatch of a 13 year cicada (batch 19) around here. I've been around for a few hatches, but never lived out in the country. The experiance is quite different, with the sound truely defining for a solid week and a half. The hatch itself was amazingly syncrinous which allowed me to take this series of pictures documenting an emergence.

This shot is from roughly the same position as the last, but later on, allowing the already setted sun to light up the clouds a nice golden and red color.

I really like the lighting and composition of this picture, except for the fact that the light in the sky is too bright. I'll have to try this shot another time and see if there's a way to stop the sky from getting washed out.

Move forward a couple of months now, and this is one of my first pictures with my new toy, a 70 - 300 mm lens. Of course I was out looking for something to take a picture of with my new lens and this goose was quick to volunteer.

Ice on the picnic table.