Moth at Fort Robinson State Park, July 14, 2019

Moth at Fort Robinson State Park, July 2019. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

I am always drawn to a cooperative butterfly or moth, and sometimes I have a lens that can focus close enough to show the critter. In addition to the great wing coloration, I like the detail of the grass, a combination of points and curves to mirror the antennae and wings of the moth.

Evening at Fort Robinson State Park, July 8, 2019

Ridge lines at Smiley Canyon in Fort Robinson State Park, July 2019. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

I have been drawn to the hills around Smiley Canyon at Fort Robinson. When the sun gets low they show up as a lovely set of lines. This is a simple composition anchored by the single tree in the foreground. I like the on-off pattern of tree to hills to trees to … more hills! Capped by another set of lines in the clouds. It’s nothing but lines all the way down. Here’s something else I want to see more—the tiny line of trees on the distant horizon. I need to set up an Andreas Feininger New York skyline from 20 miles away kind of long lens. A 500mm with a double extender on a small sensor. In the end it will be a blurry heat haze mess that’s just a line of tree silhouettes, but it’ll be MY blurry hazy mess.