I had an opportunity to photograph these gorgeous giant mums our dear friend grew at home a few years ago. I happened to come across these pictures during this coronavirus pandemic days. Hope you enjoy viewing them.
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Hummingbirds
I love taking photographs of hummingbirds because it’s fun and challenging as they seem to be moving all the time. These were the images of the adorable hummingbirds I captured at a local zinnia flower bed two years ago.
Street Photography in Kenya – 2013
Recently I posted my series of “street photography” for seven countries I visited in the last decade, namely, China, Vietnam, Morocco, Peru, Myanmar, Turkey and Namibia. Somehow I forgot about Kenya where we took a safari trip in 2013, primarily we only visited the city […]
Reflection of Black-eyed Susan
Black-eyed Susan flower as seen from a dew drop: I went to Brookside Gardens yesterday with my Olympus mirrorless camera (E-M1 Mark II) with 70-300 mm lens (equivalent to 140-600 mm) for the hummingbird shot but was disappointed to only see one. Instead I just […]
Glittering Dragonfly
I took this photo using my Olympus Mirrorless camera with 12-200 mm (equivalent of 24-400mm) lens. Camera setting were ISO 400, f/6.3, 1/160 sec. and zoom at 200mm. Sunlight made the magic so the wings looked like glittering jewels.
Street Photography in Namibia – 2017
We took a 10-day tour of Namibia in Southern Africa in May 2017. It is a land of beauty and contrast – the incredible red-color sand dunes in the desert of Namib-Naukluft National Park, the Atlantic coastal desert near Swakopmund and the wildlife in Etosha […]
Monocacy Aqueduct of C&O Canal
With just one glace of the Monocacy Aqueduct, visitors are struck with the magnitude of this marvelous seven arched structure. Located at milepost 42.2, the Monocacy Aqueduct is 1 of 11 water bridges along the 184.5 miles of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical […]
Birds at Sunflower Field
I went back to McKee Beshers Sunflower field two days ago for the bird shots. There were lots of goldfinches around as the sunflower seeds have ripened nicely. I stayed over an hour and half but did not spot any indigo butting. Just as I […]
Carroll Creek Park – 2 – 2020.7.31.
Carroll Creek Park, Frederick, Maryland
Carroll Creek Park in Frederick, Maryland – 2020.7.25.
It was cool and pleasant, for change these hot summer days so I took a morning walk at Carroll Creek Park in downtown Frederick yesterday. Water lilies and lotuses were blooming so beautifully that I have never seen before. There were also plenty of dragonflies […]


