Posts by Hal

Questions, questions, questions

Since I receive many questions about how I go about photographing birds and butterflies in my backyard, I thought I’d...

Dreamsicle

Monarch on zinnia

We delight in beauty…

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that...

My shield

But you, O Lord, are always my shield from danger;you give me victory and restore my courage.I call to the Lord for help, and from...

Psalm 139

This is a portion of my favorite chapter in all of scripture. Seems fitting for today. “Where can I go...

Goldfinch additions

Butterfly additions

Square prints are available. Go to my Contact page for details.

Recent additions

Dogwood Canyon

This waterfall is located at Dogwood Canyon, which is a paid attraction owned by BassPro Shops, south of Branson, MO....

Top of the Rock

I captured this image of the bronze sculpture “End of the Trail” at Top of the Rock near Branson, MO...

Sticking your neck out

You have to stick your neck out if you want to get where you’re going.

A yellow fellow

A few images of a tiger swallowtail in my backyard on zinnias

Pick me, pick me!

Have you ever been on the sidelines with your hand raised shouting pick me, pick me! Or, have you ever been the last one standing when teams chose sides on the playground?

My favorite image

Someone asked me the other day what my favorite photograph was. I told her the following. It was one of...

Lean in real close

Sometimes you just have to lean in real close and be vulnerable if you want to be authentic.

Need a lift?

You don’t have to look down on others to lift them up.Encourage someone today and extend a helping hand –...

Those who stand…

… for nothing will fall for anything.” A. Hamilton I was in the backyard glassing goldfinches during lunch. I glanced...

Swallowtail on zinnia

They’re baaak!

Finally… the goldfinches are back. They usually don’t hang around our yard until sunflowers and zinnias bloom. That finally happened...

Andscape or Landscape?

No, that’s not a typo. And, I know it just may be semantics to some, but to me it’s something...

The lifter of my head

Have you ever had a day like this flower? Rained on.. windblown… picked on… maybe even bullied! There is good...

Water lily

I never thought I’s shoot floral subjects with a 150-600mm lens set at 600mm. But, that’s what happened with this...

“Early in the morning…”

… my song shall rise to thee.” I love Carolina wrens – especially when they sing early in the morning....

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Questions, questions, questions

Since I receive many questions about how I go about photographing birds and butterflies in my backyard, I thought I’d...

Dreamsicle

Monarch on zinnia

We delight in beauty…

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that...

My shield

But you, O Lord, are always my shield from danger;you give me victory and restore my courage.I call to the Lord for help, and from...

Psalm 139

This is a portion of my favorite chapter in all of scripture. Seems fitting for today. “Where can I go...

Goldfinch additions

Butterfly additions

Square prints are available. Go to my Contact page for details.

Recent additions

Dogwood Canyon

This waterfall is located at Dogwood Canyon, which is a paid attraction owned by BassPro Shops, south of Branson, MO....

Top of the Rock

I captured this image of the bronze sculpture “End of the Trail” at Top of the Rock near Branson, MO...

Sticking your neck out

You have to stick your neck out if you want to get where you’re going.

A yellow fellow

A few images of a tiger swallowtail in my backyard on zinnias

Pick me, pick me!

Have you ever been on the sidelines with your hand raised shouting pick me, pick me! Or, have you ever been the last one standing when teams chose sides on the playground?

My favorite image

Someone asked me the other day what my favorite photograph was. I told her the following. It was one of...

Lean in real close

Sometimes you just have to lean in real close and be vulnerable if you want to be authentic.

Need a lift?

You don’t have to look down on others to lift them up.Encourage someone today and extend a helping hand –...

Those who stand…

… for nothing will fall for anything.” A. Hamilton I was in the backyard glassing goldfinches during lunch. I glanced...

Swallowtail on zinnia

They’re baaak!

Finally… the goldfinches are back. They usually don’t hang around our yard until sunflowers and zinnias bloom. That finally happened...

Andscape or Landscape?

No, that’s not a typo. And, I know it just may be semantics to some, but to me it’s something...

The lifter of my head

Have you ever had a day like this flower? Rained on.. windblown… picked on… maybe even bullied! There is good...

Water lily

I never thought I’s shoot floral subjects with a 150-600mm lens set at 600mm. But, that’s what happened with this...

“Early in the morning…”

… my song shall rise to thee.” I love Carolina wrens – especially when they sing early in the morning....