I have arrived safely in Bastrop, Texas (just outside of Austin) for a family wedding after a long drive from Virginia that turned out to be 1560 miles (2510 km).
I don’t have any new photos to post, but thought I would feature an image of a female Autumn Meadowhawk dragonfly (Sympetrum vicinum) that I photographed a little over a week ago. I spotted this beautiful dragonfly at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge and was delighted to capture the shadow that the little dragonfly was casting on a colorful fallen leaf.
Thanks to all of you who responded to my recent request to subscribe to the YouTube channel of young UK-based wildlife photographer Toby Wood. He has now surpassed the required level of one thousand subscribers and his channel is now presumably eligible for monetization on YouTube.
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I hope you’ll have time to visit Bastrop State Park. It’s worth it.
I’ll try to check it out while I am here. I am part of the wedding party and we have a bunch of activities later this week including ax-throwing. Yikes!
Yikes indeed! I have to say I’ve never heard of axe throwing as entertainment!
Always good to see the detail in your photos.
Hope the return drive is ok!
Thanks, Diana. I love road trips and will try to take my time and explore a bit on my trip home. As for the detail, I love being able to capture those tiny details and try to do so with both my telephoto lens and my macro lens.
I love the Bastrop area. Often when driving from Houston to Austin, I would take the more scenic route through Bastrop. Enjoy your time in the Austin area.
You are an amazing photographer! I’ve been trying to contact you for permission to use your photo of American Robin in snow eating Swamp Rose hips (Posted March 10, 2015: Frozen berry). I write about wild roses and would like to use this photo in an article on Rosa palustris to appear in the English publication Heritage Rose Journal. So I need your permission. I can also mail you a copy when it comes out in December or early January, 2023. Probably this is not the appropriate place for this request but I’ve been trying for several days, I apologize.