We took an 8-day “Tastes of Tuscany” tour two weeks ago. We stayed at the hotel at Montecatini for seven nights and used it as a base to tour Chianti Wine Country, Cinque Terre, Lucca, Pisa, Siena, Florence and Vinci. As we drove through the […]
Church Steeples in Frederick
Downtown Frederick is well known for magnificent church steeples especially along Church Street (naturally). I took some of the pictures from top of a nearby parking garage and some from street level.
Shadows
Sometimes the light may not be favorible for shooting the flowers, then, I look for the shadows to save my day of outing!
Lotus Pod/Seeds
I visited Lilypons Gardens several days ago. Lotus flowers have all but gone so I focused on the lotus pods and seeds with some interesting composition results.
More Hummingbirds
I have taken more pictures of hummingbirds visiting my feeder on the deck. I undestand hummingbird is the only kind of bird that can fly backward and I got two of them to share. The last three sequential images show the take off scene of […]
Hummingbirds
I put out the sugar water feeder on my deck last week and within a day a lovely hummingbird showed up so I’ve been busy trying to capture some images. I mounted my Olympus camera with 140-600 mm lens on tripod and ready for action […]
Butterflies at Brookside Gardens
Butterflies like sunny and hot day. It fit the conditions this morning as I walked around Brookside Gardens.
Botanica Wichita
While visiting our daughter’s family in Wichita, Kansas, we visited the city’s beautiful botanical garden yesterday. We particularly enjoyed the indoor butterfly garden and the lotus and waterlily pond.
Gateway Arch at Saint Louis
We are visiting our daughter’ family in Wichita, Kansas vis Saint Louis, Missouri. Naturally, we toured Gateway Arch and also took a brief river cruise on Mississippi River. Here are some pictures of Arch taken from the land and also from the water.
Water Lilies and Dragonflies
I took morning walk along Carroll Creek Linear Park in downtown Frederick in the past two days. Water lilies in different varieties and colors were in full bloom and there were many dragonflies flying around.
Dragonflies and Lotus Leaves at Lilypons
As the weather gets hot many dragonflies appear in the lotus ponds. It’s also fascinated to find some leaves with raindrops reflecting the morning sun.
Stephen Hung Photography 