An Image Of Life And Death

Hope all had a wonderful Thanksgiving..... I know I did.

Turkey is great but sharing special time

with those you love is the best!!!!!!!!! ;0)

Happy Black Friday!

Enjoy those leftovers!

Nature Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

Ornamental Grass In Autumn

With backlight illumination from the rising sun, these

ornamental grass seeds have a

special soft creamy glow about them.

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Nature Flora Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

A copper head in mossy green bokeh!

Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen

neonate Northern Copperhead Snake

Note the bright green/yellow tail distinguishing it as a baby. Getting this close to photograph a pit viper is emphatically NOT advocated..... even if it happens to be a juvenile like this one!

canon rebel xt / sigma 150 / macro / woodland backyard reptile / patchy sunlight / uncropped image / richmond virginia / chesterfield county

Nature Herp Wildlife Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

.....and she did exit in a blaze of glory

Last Rose Bokeh

In joyful brilliance, native Sumac and Japanese Red Maple

accompany Miss Graham Thomas English Rose

on her journey home.

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Nature Floral Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

Hanging Around On A Hanging Round

Home Sweet Home..... compliments of Sycamore!

Peachy keen background..... compliments of Fall colors ;0)

This bug is one of many that were clinging to the green spiny seed balls of the American Sycamore tree - Platanus occidentalis. Autumn surely brings sustaining harvest to many.

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Nature Wildlife Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

Turning The Leaves Of History

An Autumn day ends..... there are new hopes for dawn.

Fall of 2008 macro image by Carolyn Hietala

Standing together..... side by side in Virginia

Tall hopes. Tall expectations.

November 4, 2008

Image by Carolyn Hietala

Hmmm..... I wonder if I turned off the coffee pot

Oh Well. Gotta hurry to get in line to VOTE!

November 4, 2008

This very large ant kept going back into its hole, then quickly out again..... over and over again, touching its face as if it had forgotten something really important. OCD maybe? Still undecided?

Nature Wildlife Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

If we were ants..... what might the last days of campaigning look like?

So glad we are a bit more civilised. Happy Voting!

Nature Ant Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

To know when NOT to hover.....

.....and the tummy always knows ;0)

Hover Fly - Yellow & Black Insect On Wild Aster

Backyard Woodland Diptera Wildflowers

Richmond Virginia - Chesterfield County

Nature Photograph by Carolyn Hietala (click on image to enlarge)

Good AfterMoon Miss Luna!

Ahhhh..... to be MOONED by a beautiful insect.

Honestly, I don't really know if this moth is a miss, ms, mrs or it even might be a mister!? Anyway it's definitely a moon shot ;0)

Nature Wildlife Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

Remember Marimba?

Ahhhh..... The beautiful resonating sounds of rosewood.

Can't think of a better way to remember a tree!

Nature Tree Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

Huckleberry Blue

A dry summer and some very hungry critters made doubly sure that the sweet smell of fresh baked huckleberry pie would not grace my kitchen this year..... so bluely missed.

Nature Berry Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

This is a wild variety native to Richmond, Virginia - Chesterfield County - Woodland Plant

Busy Busy Bee! Busy Busy ME!

Wild Asters of October Autumn.....

with fresh morning dew and an eager Honey Bee in flight.

I love this composition and can't wait to paint it one day ;0)

Busy Busy Me!..... I'll be slowing down my photo posting just a little as my oil painting is taking priority. It's not like I don't have plenty of reference images...... ha. Hope to share my art again soon.

Nature Wildlife Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

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Landscape: The Rolling Hills Of Virginia

October Autumn Colors Emerging

Images taken in late evening through a car window moving at the speed of.... I'm not telling ;0)

Nature Photographs by Carolyn Hietala

Soul Mates..... basking in love's glow

Pearly Crescentspot - Phyciodes tharos

Richmond, Virginia - Chesterfield County

Wild Aster - Butterflies

Nature Insect Macro Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

Life under the wild asters of Virginia

A small jumping spider.....

.....warms in the sun while resting upon a fading blade of ornamental grass. It remains on alert as insect prey and predator move all about.

It's a busy buzzy world amongst the wildflowers in my backyard this Autumn. Bees are urgently hopping from flower to flower, hover flies are hovering, butterflies incessantly flirting; all being watched by this lone stationary arachnid.

I begin to feel a close connection with this spider as we both are observers here. We're sharing intimate views in this tiny, seemingly insignificant universe. I leave with a smile ;0)

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Nature Insect Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

Hover Fly Magnets

Wildflowers & Hover Fly

Wild Asters are Hoverfly magnets! Oh how I look forward to their autumn blossoms as they attract a myriad of insects. With your camera in hand, pull up a lawn chair and capture their antics. Get close enough and you will smell the delicate fragrance of the tiny white flowers. ENJOY! ;0)

Nature Insect Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

What a beautiful world I live in!

Species: Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi

Spotted Cucumber Beetle

My Mom's Graham Thomas English Rose - Autumn Bloom

Nature Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

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Ahhhh.... Virginia's Wildlife! Paper Wasp On Wild Asters

Polistes bellicosus

Insect Nature Macro Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

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Photo taken in Richmond, Virginia - Chesterfield County