Mike -

I have to concur with the sentiment expressed by others.  This series is among the best I've seen on the POD.  I've enjoyed the expressiveness, color, contrast and composition of many of your shots.  Its always nice to see shots that capture the small things that flavor our journey in the wilderness and well as the grand vistas we admire.

Well done!  But better yet, in a single word, AWESOME!

dd

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Sometimes we overlook the simple things.

db wrote on Dec 17^th, 2012 at 9:12am:

You probably use the "db" method to tell waxing from waning
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Since I know the moon moves east relative to the sun, I can just figure it out from there. (The moon HAS to move in that direction: if it moved west, same as the sun, it would eventually catch up and then it would get burnt up, right?)

On the OSB thing, looking again at the picture, I was surprised how subtle the letters are. On the 16+ species of fritillaries we have here in the Canadian Rockies, the "OSB" is much more obvious.

DD, what are your frits in Texas like?

Puckster wrote on Dec 18^th, 2012 at 3:46am:

Good question - maybe this is worth a separate topic.

I never take field guides when I'm canoe tripping, because they're so heavy (the good ones are full of glossy color plates) and you need one for butterflies, one for flowers, one for bugs, one for mushrooms, ...

And you really need a different one for each geographic area - the "all North America" ones usually have only enough room to list the most common species in any category.

But there are almost always times when I wish I had a good field guide with me. If there were a set of searchable guides in electronic form, I'd be tempted to take a couple of steps out of the Cretaceous and buy an e-reader.

I'm looking forward to hearing what other people do.

Joe_Schmeaux wrote on Dec 18^th, 2012 at 11:04pm:


Saw one like (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) today on my walk.

dd