— One knows summer has arrived in Texas when even sunflowers start to wither with the intense heat. A walk to my neighborhood park shows plenty of evidence about the effects of summer heat.  That was the case this week … Read More

— Sometimes it is good to look at nature without colors. Often colors will get our attention and take away details. In the leaves above, I wanted to see the details our eyes can perceive when we desaturate the scene. … Read More

— After my arrival at the Copperfield Nature Trail pond, once I saw colors around it (see the first post in this series for a brief introduction), I decided I had to get closer and photograph more of the details. … Read More

— In mid-November 2021, I decided to take a quick walk in our neighborhood park, Copperfield Nature Trail (Austin, Texas). If you have been following my photos here for a while, you know this park is one of my favorites. … Read More

— If you live in Austin, you know we do not get much snow here. Sometimes it does not even snow every year. So, this past Sunday we had a lot of snow in the area. Some places just north … Read More

An afternoon walk at Copperfield Nature Trail showing fall foliage along my hike.… Read More

— About ten days ago I took a walk at Copperfield Nature Trail, just about 0.8 miles (1.24 km) from our house. My intent was to look for wildflowers blooming at this time of the year. Right at the entrance … Read More

— Yet another walk through my neighborhood nature trail proved to be a joy. I am often looking for landscape shots, as several of my photos here show, but lately with home confinement and not much travel, I have been … Read More

— One of the nicest things about spring in Texas is that the display of wildflowers seems to on-going from February through early June. After Bluebonnets are done with their impressive display all over the state, you then have other … Read More

— On a mid-November cool fall day, I decided to go for a short walk in my neighborhood park, Copperfield Nature Trail. It was a beautiful, cool, sunny day with plenty of light and shadows. Coupled with that was the … Read More