DEEP CREEK BRIDGE

This shot was taken in the first week of June in the Great Smokey Mountain National Park.  This foot bridge crosses Deep Creek just a short distance from the trail head of the Deep Creek hike outside of Bryson City, NC.

BUSY BEE

This shot was taken at the Baytown Nature Center and was recently awarded "Gold" by the judges at June's Bay Area Photo Club in the "Open" category.  This shot was taken with my Olympus OM-D camera fitted with a 60MM macro lens.

HIGH KEY TOAD

I shot this macro of a toad Dianne spotted in the backyard with my 60MM macro lens.  The toad was swimming a an aluminum bucket and was perched on a quartz rock giving the scene a distinctively "high key" look.

HIGH ISLAND CROSS

This shot was taken Sunday evening on a trip to High Island shooting the BAPC topic "Beach".  There was a lot of seaweed on the beaches which didn't make for a great outing.

FEEDING THE LONGHORN

Here's a shot from this years Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.

KALE

Here's a shot I took of Kale in my front yard a few weeks ago.  I used my 60MM F2.8 macro lens and on camera flash.

GRANNY #1

This shot was entered in last night's Bay Area Photo Club Honor's Night under the assignment of "One Light Portrait."  It was lit with a flash reflected from a white umbrella and received a Bronze award from the judges.