Backyard Visitor...

The days are getting shorter and the nights are cooler, it won't be long and autumn will be here once again. A couple of years ago I grew some sunflowers and let them go to seed and here is one of the visitors they attracted.

Desolate Beach....

Here are a couple more photos I took at Reid State Park and Mile Beach. This is on the opposite end of the beach from the previous night photo. For the night pic I was standing on the rocks that can be seen way off in the distance in the first image.

Failed Milky Way Attempt....

I took this photo last Saturday night at Reid State Park looking down Mile Beach. I was hoping to get a shot of the Milky Way over the beach but the conditions were less than ideal. Along with the clouds, the lights of Portland (believe it or not) and the milky way not being in the right position this is what I came away with. This photo is a combination of two images. The sky was exposed for 30 seconds at f2.8 and the beach was the same aperture but a two minute exposure time.

Singing Song Sparrow...

Took this photo while traveling to last June's vacation destination. We stopped to check out the Penobscot Narrows Bridge and this song sparrow was singing just off the parking area.