After a week or so of rodeo images, let’s move back to a few more-recent images for the next few days. We had an unusual snow storm in Austin a couple...
One of the competitors in the Mutton Bustin’ event hits the arena floor during the Brent Thurman Memorial Bull riding competition at Dripping Springs...
A bull rider in waiting, most likely a son of one of the competitors, gets his equipment ready behind the chutes at the Brent Thurman Memorial bull riding...
Some of the action during the chuck wagon racing event at Dripping Springs Rodeo on July 26th 2019.
Three members of the 2019 Dripping Springs Rodeo court prepare to be presented to the spectators on July 26th 2019 at the Dripping Springs Ranch Park and Event...
A bull rider offers up a prayer prior to competing in the Brent Thurman Memorial event at Dripping Springs Ranch Park, Texas on June 27th, 2015.
One of the contestants tries to hang on for 8 seconds during the bull riding competition at Dripping Springs Rodeo on July 26th 2019.
I’m pretty sure I didn’t attend a single rodeo in 2020 but I have several good images from 2019 that still haven’t been published so let’s...
Closing out this collection of birds seen last weekend, a Red-Shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) surveys the area around Lake Negley/Soil Conservation Site...
Several cypress trees rise out of the waters at Kyle’s Soil Conservation Site 1 Reservoir and these have been taken over as roosts for a sizeable...
An Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) seen at Lake Negley/Soil Conservation Site 1 Reservoir in Kyle, Texas on January 1st, 2021. This was one of the many...
I often fall into the trap of not photographing the common birds found in this area, forgetting that what’s common here is likely to be interesting...
Yes, I know Christmas 2020 is now behind us but we’ve not reached Epiphany yet so please indulge me with a few more festive images. We’ll start...
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it! I went back to 2009 again for the source images for this picture which I reprocessed with current software. It shows...
I spent some time yesterday evening out at Pedernales Falls State Park. The main aim was to do some astrophotography with Jason Flenniken but I took advantage...
Continuing our theme of small, brown birds, here’s a male House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) seen from the bird blind at Charro Ranch Park, Dripping...
One of the large number of “small brown birds” taking advantage of the feeders at Charro Ranch Park in Dripping Springs, Texas, last weekend....
I spent some time on Saturday morning at the bird blind in Charro Ranch Park, Dripping Springs, getting some practice handling really long lenses. There...
We’ll stick with motorsport and the Silver Arrows today with another Mercedes AMG Petronas picture. This is Nico Rosberg driving during practice...
Here’s another Lewis Hamilton photo that I found in my unpublished collection. This shows him at Circuit of the Americas Turn 9 during F1 weekend...