July 26th, 2014 by Ethan



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July 26th, 2014 by Ethan

A thirty second exposure.
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June 21st, 2014 by Ethan
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May 20th, 2014 by Ethan

Some morel mushrooms I found last week in southwest Iowa. You’ll see four if you look close.
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December 16th, 2013 by Ethan
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November 11th, 2013 by Ethan

A big wolf spider in my basement.
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November 8th, 2013 by Ethan

A beautiful summer night in southwest Iowa.
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November 5th, 2013 by Ethan


Some Fall color at Glenwood park.
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November 2nd, 2013 by Ethan
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August 30th, 2013 by Ethan

A Carolina Sphinx moth feeding on a Four O’Clock at dusk.
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July 22nd, 2013 by Ethan



Four O’Clock stamen super-macro.
Sigma 150mm 2.8 EX Macro + Sigma 2x TC + 68mm Kenko extension tubes.
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July 15th, 2013 by Ethan





Burpee’s Marbles (Yellow & White) Four O’Clocks in my garden.
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July 14th, 2013 by Ethan




Dondiegos mix Four O’Clocks in my garden.
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July 13th, 2013 by Ethan



Some Kaleidoscope Four O’Clocks in my garden.
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July 8th, 2013 by Ethan

Big Toadie has lived in my garage for the last several summers, and comes out at night and eats june bugs and other insects under the outside light. She is a Woodhouse’s toad. It’s great fun to catch june bugs and pitch them to her.
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July 1st, 2013 by Ethan

I shot these daylilies at Hillsdale cemetery yesterday.
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June 30th, 2013 by Ethan

This quail was eating mulberries off of the ground when I spotted it.
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June 29th, 2013 by Ethan

A storm cell rolls across Mills county.
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May 26th, 2013 by Ethan


Catbirds eating grapefruit in my front yard. It was a good one. I ate the other half.
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March 31st, 2013 by Ethan


Two different B&W conversions of the same photo.
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March 16th, 2013 by Ethan

A dark, foggy morning in Mills county.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
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February 13th, 2013 by Ethan

A Cooper’s hawk cruising through the yard on a dreary winter day.
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February 5th, 2013 by Ethan



Christmas lights reflected in a puddle of water on a rainy night. I knew there was a reason why I hadn’t taken them down yet.
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January 31st, 2013 by Ethan



I captured these images of a Brown Thrasher last June on a gloomy evening about dusk. It had a baby just out of the nest and was very displeased with me. Evening is a great time to observe birds, but unfortunately the light is often poor for photos. Getting the “stare down” from mama thrasher definitely worked in my favor for these shots.
ISO 6400
1/160
F 5.6
560 mm
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January 15th, 2013 by Ethan

1/13 second exposure of fog in the beam of my Jetbeam flashlight, with a creative white balance adjustment.
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January 13th, 2013 by Ethan

Fog droplets in the beam of my flashlight. A 1/6 second exposure.
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January 12th, 2013 by Ethan



Tiny water droplets illuminated in the beam of my Jetbeam BA-20 flashlight on a foggy and breezy night.
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January 10th, 2013 by Ethan

The old St. Joseph’s Hospital in Ottumwa, Iowa.
I used the Wheeler Lightroom preset, BLACK, as a starting point for this B&W conversion.
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January 8th, 2013 by Ethan

Sparks from a campfire. I shot this one last summer.
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January 7th, 2013 by Ethan

A full-frame photo of a daddy longlegs shot with my 1D3.
Sigma 150mm 2.8 EX Macro + Sigma 2x TC + 68mm Kenko extension tubes and Sigma EM-140 DG ring flash.
Handheld. It’s not possible to focus and breathe at the same time with this setup.
I don’t think I ever saw the eyes of a daddy longlegs before I shot this. Notice the leg stubble.
ISO 800
F/32
1/300
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January 6th, 2013 by Ethan


I used Lightroom’s Split Toning feature to add some much needed color to this photo.
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January 3rd, 2013 by Ethan
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December 30th, 2012 by Ethan
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December 6th, 2012 by Ethan

A freight train disappears into the fog in rural Mills county.
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December 5th, 2012 by Ethan

My neighbors’ excellent Christmas lights.
I’ve got quite a backlog of photos to post, so stay tuned for some more new stuff…
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April 30th, 2012 by Ethan
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April 7th, 2012 by Ethan



A few yellow morel mushrooms I found this last week in Mills county.
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April 6th, 2012 by Ethan







Some more morel mushrooms I found this week in Mills county.
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April 6th, 2012 by Ethan


I saw this eastern plains garter snake when I was mushroom hunting.
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April 5th, 2012 by Ethan








Some 2012 morel mushrooms from Mills county, in southwest Iowa.
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March 26th, 2012 by Ethan

The constellation Orion, on his way to the southern hemisphere.
42 mm
ISO 400
F/2.8
10 seconds
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March 25th, 2012 by Ethan

In the last rays, of the setting sun…
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March 11th, 2012 by Ethan

A Question Mark butterfly on a pear.
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March 2nd, 2012 by Ethan

A fox I photographed a few years ago.
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March 1st, 2012 by Ethan

2001-2012, RIP Hunter.
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February 28th, 2012 by Ethan

An old photo revisited with the Wheeler Lightroom preset Night Grotto II. All of the Wheeler presets are available Here. They’re fun.
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February 26th, 2012 by Ethan

The Nishnabotna river, south of Malvern. I used the Wheeler Lightroom preset Night Grotto for the color effect.
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February 25th, 2012 by Ethan

A blue jay with a peanut.
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February 24th, 2012 by Ethan

Fog droplets on a bald cypress leaf.
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February 23rd, 2012 by Ethan

A female praying mantis on the front fence.
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