Closeup/Macro


Monarch Exploring Flowers

These photos are from my trip to the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo Wisconsin. I visited there in July of this year while enroute from Denver to Milwaukee. Its a great place as it has many nice nature trails and a well done habitat for the cranes. One of the things I’m most impressed with [...]

Wehr Nature Center

I’ve been speding a lot of time at the Wehr Nature Center in Whitnal Park over the last few months. One particular place I frequent is the waterfall at the north end of Mallard Lake (also called Whitnal Lake). I’ve been working on the technical aspects of making the water look silky, which has been [...]

Great Blue Heron

I went back to Wehr Nature Center today to try my luck photographing the falls at Mallard Lake again, but I found the falls were reduced to a trickle. I was surprised at first, but then realized it hasn’t rained here in a good month, maybe more. As I walked down the creek, I came [...]

Minooka Park (Waukesha County)

I headed out to Minooka Park earlier today with a colleague for a 3-mile hike. As we walked along a small lake, we saw one of these guys flying around.

He happened to get too close to the frog below and ended up being a late afternoon snack! (look closely at the frog’s mouth, part of the [...]

Boerner Botanical Gardens

I visited Boerner Botanical Gardens last month and had an enjoyable walk around the grounds. While its not as big as other botanical gardens I’ve been to, it does have a nice variety of plants and flowers. It also has a very large rose garden.

Wehr Wildflowers

Also from the nature hike at Wehr, some of the many wildflower photos. I will be adding more to the gallery as soon as I sort through them all.

Butterflies Abound

I went for a nature walk at the Wehr Nature Center over the weekend and saw quite a few butterflies out and about. In fact, I think I’ve seen more butterflies in my last few weeks in wisconsin than I have seen anywhere else. I’ve also seen a lot of dragonflies around and have dozens [...]

Cycling the City

I decided to explore the downtown Milwaukee area this morning, specifically the waterfront. I started out at Veterans Park around 9am, rode down to Lakeshore State Park, back up to Big Bay Park in Whitefish Bay, down to Brady Street for the Festival, back to the Art Museum to check out the art fair there, [...]