I headed in to Austin on Sunday evening to capture some images of the new Wishbone Bridge at the eastern end of the hike and bike trail. Despite a severe...
A Four-Spotted Pennant dragonfly (Brachymesia gravida) on a dried sunflower head seen at Nutty Brown Farm, Austin on Saturday, August 8th, 2026.
A female Comanche Skimmer dragonfly (Libellula comanche) seen at Nutty Brown Farm, Austin on Saturday, August 26th, 2026. One of the techniques I’ve...
I spent another hour this morning photographing dragonflies over at Nutty Brown Farm and managed to pick up images of three species I hadn’t seen...
A view of the Rainey Street area of downtown Austin, Texas with the Austin Rowing Club in the foreground.
A section of the boardwalk on the south side of Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas. 7250 feet of the 10 mile Ann and Roy Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail is comprised...
The new home for Austin’s Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center sits on the shore of Lady Bird Lake in the Rainey Street neighbourhood....
Just for a change, I processed one of my recent Austin skyline drone shots in monochrome. I took this on July 23rd just before sunset and may have gone...
This is another of the dragonflies I spotted during my visit to Nutty Brown Farm a week ago. I’m fairly sure this is a female Widow Skimmer (Libellula...
You wouldn’t believe how difficult it is (for me, at least) to identify Crab Spiders. There are so many species and individuals in the same species...
I almost walked right into this Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) while walking along a shaded row of plants at Nutty Brown Farm last Monday morning....
A Pigweed Flea Beetle (Disonycha glabrata) on a scarlet Amaranth blossom at Nutty Brown Farm, Austin on Monday, July 27th, 2026.
I’m back to Nutty Brown Farm pictures today after I spent a couple of early morning hours there yesterday hunting bugs and birds. Here’s a Swift...
This image of the newest section of the Austin skyline was taken very shortly after sunset last Thursday, 23rd July, 2026 when the glowing western sky reflected...
A view of downtown Austin, Texas taken from the level of the top of the Waterline tower on July 23rd, 2026. At 74 storeys and 1025 feet, Waterline is the tallest...
Here’s another image of the Austin skyline taken during Thursday’s drone-flying session. This shows almost the whole skyline from the eastern...
One of the most useful effects of having an FAA Part 107 drone license is that it frees you from the strict 400ft altitude limit imposed on recreational...
One of the bull riding competitors hopes to hang on for 8 seconds during competition at the Dripping Springs Rodeo on Saturday, May 25th, 2024 in Dripping...
A steer wrestling (bulldogging) competitor makes the jump at Chester Franklin Arena at Veteran’s Park, Wimberley, Texas on Friday, July 5th, 2024...
I’m shifting from one sport to another this week with a trip back to our local rodeo in May. Here’s one of the saddle bronc competitors during...
