One of the scorekeepers getting ready for the start of competition at the annual VFW rodeo in Wimberley, Texas on Saturday, July 1st, 2017.
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...
A large flock of Red-Winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) were perching in the reed beds at Lake Neglwy (Soil Conservation Site 1 Reservoir) in Kyle...
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...
For our New Year’s Day walk, Drew and I visited the unattractively named Soil Conservation Site 1 Reservoir in Kyle this afternoon after reading...
I was looking for a picture to end 2020 on and this one seemed very appropriate. It’s a reprocessed and toned version of an exposure I took 10 years...
Moving back another two years, here’s the same Caswell House room as seen in yesterday’s post as it was decorated for Austin Junior Forum’s...
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...
Continuing the Christmas theme, here’s a newly-processed picture of the Christmas Tree in the House of Representatives Chamber in the Texas State...
What with the pandemic and everything, Christmas has snuck up on me ever more than usual this year. Having finally realized that the festive season is upon...
This is the famous Andromeda Galaxy, M31, as seen from Pedernales Falls State Park on Wednesday, December 16th, 2020 and represents my first attempt at photographing...
