Quite a storm over the last day...that was a lot of shoveling, I managed to take a break to get some shots

I haven't posted much lately...something's been bugging me though...

I haven't taken as many shots lately, but this guy showed up recently and sat still enough for me to mess around with the extension tubes and radio triggered Sunpak.

Ok...I remembered again that I have this site here to update...

I found these odd Star Wars toys in a bookstore. Even though they smell horribly of smoke I had to take them. Why anyone decided to make a run of Star Wars characters on Motorcycles I'll never know. But they gave me a reason to get my lightbox out of the basement.

Back to the nature of things

Still working through files from vacation last month.

Yondota falls. I really wish the rain had held off a little longer here. These falls extend quite a distance with drops and bends. Here I was laying on the rocks using more rocks to support the camera. I'd already stowed the tripod since the rain started up again and it wouldn't have opened low enough anyway.



Jackson B. Frog. There were a good number of these guys. I found them accidentally just as I almost stepped on one. I was heading to take photos of water through a dam and saw something jump. I think it's wishing I was gone.

A couple of close ups from our trip up north. Here two mushrooms I happened to catch in time before destroyed either by feet or time.

A couple from the weekend

I didn't intend both to be black and white but it just turned out that way...

A shot from the Bobaflex set at Taste of Madison event last weekend:


and one from Caroline's Spine:

Ever feel like you are being watched?

Up close on death

Well that's where they get the stuff...

I'm finally starting to get to processing my files from vacation. This was one of many mushrooms I tried to get down to their levels with. I had to lay on the hill and wait for the sun, clouds and trees to cooperate. There is a good bit of softness to the image but it's what I was going for. A shallow depth of field with magnification and grasses in the vicinity that would be out of focus. I did a little sharpening in post but not that much.

Fireworks from July

I'd been meaning to post up a couple of these...Fireworks over Elver Park in Madison

Again...haven't posted anything here in a while...

From a recent walk on Langdon St. in Madison.

Getting later

Getting later, originally uploaded by Ʀαdio Ϛilϵncϵ (was ssqwilson).

It's an older one but thought it might like a spot on this page

Abandonment and Decay

I recently had the opportunity to go on a ride with a couple of very skilled photographers I've met at flickrmeets to shoot abandoned buildings. First it makes you look for the interesting or beautiful in total crapheaps. Then periodically I was left wondering, "Just what happened here?" There are often partly packed rooms left as they are. Others are clearly a dwelling that was cleared but never re-occupied and animals or partiers found their way in. I decided ahead of time that most of these were going to be b&w. It seemed that would be the medium best suited. But the trunk below offered interesting contrasts with the rust and other stains that I decided to keep the color.

A couple of recent photos:

Macro shot of the center of an orchid. I like that when you look close in on flowers you often find strange looking structures


And some not so unfamiliar

Been a few days, but here's a series I did in the office...

Some people like having exotic pets...


But when they encounter strange circumstances they can become unpredictable:


and they can turn on you...


If only there was someone to save her!


After a long fight the mysterious stranger was victorious!


And of course found time to pose for photos and autographs...

This was recently included in the Madison Snaps section of the Isthmus' Daily Page website:

A couple of older photos.

I took this in...hmm...90-something while on vacation somewhere, I can't really remember, Spain maybe?



Even older...I took this in fall of '87 at Lawrence University. Dizzy came to play with the jazz band and I took this during the rehearsal. Then the negative sat undeveloped for years until I took up photography and had equipment to develop the film and make the print. I was surprised the negatives were still in decent condition.

Well, it's only been a few months...

Some shots of creatures coming out of Lake Monona, Madison: