Nikkor-Q 200mm f4, pre-Ai, manual focus

Rollei 35S

Ilford HP 5

D76

Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) on the wing. Tamron SP 500mm f/8 catadioptric lens.

A Hooded Merganser pair at the retention pond near work. Maybe there will be chicks before long!

Cz 35mm F2.4 White MC

Dierenpark Amersfoort

Shots taken around the Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta.

Dendrocopos medius

Pentacon 200mm + teleconverter x2 f6.0

After hitting a double, the Dash's Trey Michalczewski waits while Myrtle Beach conferences at the mound.

Nikkor 80-200/2.8 ED AF

MIR 20mm f3.5 M42

Nikkor-P 180/2.8

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

- W. Somerset Maugham

Some cute little wildflowers, Minnehaha Park, Maitland.

Burning Las Vegas, performing at B.B. King's Blues Club, Nashville.

Dragonfly on the boardwalk at Lake Lotus Park.

Opryland Hotel, Nashville.

Nikon D7000, 35/2 Ais manual focus lens

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

- Lumix G2 + M42 mount Helios 44M-6 F2.0 58mm

Nikon D200 AF Nikkor 35-70mm 1:3.3-4.5 + TC-200 Teleconverter 1/250 sec f/16 ISO 100 SB-600 Speedlight off-camera

Background is a photograph

playing around with the Retina Lens

50mm/1.9

Male Hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus). Don't often see these around here, he must have known I had a new lens to try out!

Pentax *istD + Vivitar 135/2.8 (Cosina) [crop]

Hooded merganser at the retention pond near work.

"I wanted to die, then. I wanted to destroy the body I was trapped in, become what she was, no matter what it took. No matter how much mutilation or pain. But he looked away, at me. He pulled my face down and pressed my lips against his like he was almost trying to suffocate us both."

-The Rose and the Beast: Fairyales Retold, Francesca Lia Block

"Blood...sometimes it sets my teeth on edge. Other times it helps me control the chaos."

-Dexter (TV show)

This is real blood but it's not self inflicted. I'm not depressed today, so don't worry.

Male Red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) peeking over a tree limb.

MIR 20mm f3.5 M42

HP5 ilfotec DDX, +2 stop development. London trip

playing around with the Retina Lens

50mm/1.9

Downtown Nashville.

Kwikstaartje

Rollei 35S

Ilford HP 5

D76

Steel works at Beverwijk