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ETHANMILLER.NET

Grotto of the Redemption

July 26th, 2014 by Ethan

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Click HERE for the full Grotto gallery

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Lightning Bugs

July 26th, 2014 by Ethan

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A thirty second exposure.

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Catbirds

June 21st, 2014 by Ethan

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Morel Mushrooms

May 20th, 2014 by Ethan

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Some morel mushrooms I found last week in southwest Iowa. You’ll see four if you look close.

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Christmas Lights

December 16th, 2013 by Ethan

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Wolf Spider

November 11th, 2013 by Ethan

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A big wolf spider in my basement.

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Summer Night

November 8th, 2013 by Ethan

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A beautiful summer night in southwest Iowa.

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Some Fall Color

November 5th, 2013 by Ethan

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Some Fall color at Glenwood park.

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Jack O’Lanterns

November 2nd, 2013 by Ethan

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Carolina Sphinx Moth

August 30th, 2013 by Ethan

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A Carolina Sphinx moth feeding on a Four O’Clock at dusk.

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Four O’Clock Stamens

July 22nd, 2013 by Ethan

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Four O’Clock stamen super-macro.

Sigma 150mm 2.8 EX Macro + Sigma 2x TC + 68mm Kenko extension tubes.

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Marbles Four O’Clocks

July 15th, 2013 by Ethan

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Burpee’s Marbles (Yellow & White) Four O’Clocks in my garden.

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Dondiegos Four O’Clocks

July 14th, 2013 by Ethan

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Dondiegos mix Four O’Clocks in my garden.

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Kaleidoscope Four O’Clocks

July 13th, 2013 by Ethan

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Some Kaleidoscope Four O’Clocks in my garden.

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Big Toadie

July 8th, 2013 by Ethan

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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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Daylilies

July 1st, 2013 by Ethan

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I shot these daylilies at Hillsdale cemetery yesterday.

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Northern Bobwhite

June 30th, 2013 by Ethan

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This quail was eating mulberries off of the ground when I spotted it.

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Thunderstorm

June 29th, 2013 by Ethan

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A storm cell rolls across Mills county.

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Catbirds Eating Grapefruit

May 26th, 2013 by Ethan

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Catbirds eating grapefruit in my front yard. It was a good one. I ate the other half.

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Extremes

March 31st, 2013 by Ethan

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Two different B&W conversions of the same photo.

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Gloomy Day

March 16th, 2013 by Ethan

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A dark, foggy morning in Mills county.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

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Cooper’s Hawk

February 13th, 2013 by Ethan

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A Cooper’s hawk cruising through the yard on a dreary winter day.

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Kaleidoscope

February 5th, 2013 by Ethan

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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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Brown Thrasher

January 31st, 2013 by Ethan

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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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Strands of Fog

January 15th, 2013 by Ethan

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

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Squiggles

January 13th, 2013 by Ethan

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Fog droplets in the beam of my flashlight. A 1/6 second exposure.

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Fog Beam

January 12th, 2013 by Ethan

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Tiny water droplets illuminated in the beam of my Jetbeam BA-20 flashlight on a foggy and breezy night.

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St. Joe’s

January 10th, 2013 by Ethan

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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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Sparks

January 8th, 2013 by Ethan

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Sparks from a campfire. I shot this one last summer.

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Daddy Longlegs Super-Macro

January 7th, 2013 by Ethan

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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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Bubbles

January 6th, 2013 by Ethan

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I used Lightroom’s Split Toning feature to add some much needed color to this photo.

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The Dark Steps

January 3rd, 2013 by Ethan

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Foggy Christmas Lights

December 30th, 2012 by Ethan

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Ghost Train

December 6th, 2012 by Ethan

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A freight train disappears into the fog in rural Mills county.

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Christmas Lights

December 5th, 2012 by Ethan

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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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Cherry Blossoms

April 30th, 2012 by Ethan

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A Few More Morels

April 7th, 2012 by Ethan

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A few yellow morel mushrooms I found this last week in Mills county.

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More Morels

April 6th, 2012 by Ethan

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Some more morel mushrooms I found this week in Mills county.

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Eastern Plains Garter Snake

April 6th, 2012 by Ethan

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I saw this eastern plains garter snake when I was mushroom hunting.

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Morel Mushrooms

April 5th, 2012 by Ethan

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Some 2012 morel mushrooms from Mills county, in southwest Iowa.

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Orion, The Hunter

March 26th, 2012 by Ethan

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The constellation Orion, on his way to the southern hemisphere.

42 mm
ISO 400
F/2.8
10 seconds

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American Plum

March 25th, 2012 by Ethan

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In the last rays, of the setting sun…

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Question Mark

March 11th, 2012 by Ethan

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A Question Mark butterfly on a pear.

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Red Fox

March 2nd, 2012 by Ethan

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A fox I photographed a few years ago.

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Hunter

March 1st, 2012 by Ethan

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2001-2012, RIP Hunter.

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Train Tracks

February 28th, 2012 by Ethan

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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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Nishnabotna River Revisited

February 26th, 2012 by Ethan

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The Nishnabotna river, south of Malvern. I used the Wheeler Lightroom preset Night Grotto for the color effect.

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Blue Jay

February 25th, 2012 by Ethan

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A blue jay with a peanut.

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Fog Droplets

February 24th, 2012 by Ethan

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Fog droplets on a bald cypress leaf.

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Praying Mantis

February 23rd, 2012 by Ethan

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A female praying mantis on the front fence.

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