The Cormorant, the Dragonfly, and the Bee: children

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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Dragonfly Festival

I had the privilege of photographing the 2nd annual Ashland Dragonfly Festival. This is a free fair put on by the Ashland Arts Alliance. The August 15 event began at 4 in the afternoon and continued 'till dusk. Included were several music performances, dancing, vendors selling their crafts, floating torches and luminary lights on Mill Pond, plenty of food to eat, face painting, and many more fun activities. I took over 600 pictures with my Olympus gear, and 12-40mm lens. I've chosen to share with you the following images. Enjoy!

Happy Dancing

Indian Pose

Mid-Dance Pose

Another Mid-Dance Pose

The Official Lighting of the Floating Fire

Pond and Sky Perspective

Colorful Sari

Torch Between the Shores

All Smiles

Clapping to the Beat

Evening Sky

Drum Circle Participants

Drum Connection Leaders

Late Afternoon Sun

Check Out the Fire!

Communicating

Mother and Daughter Drumming; Father Looks On

Drum City

Relaxing by the Pond

Long Tresses

Contagious Laughter

Floating Lights

Floating in the Sky

Just Out of Reach

The Festival Winds Down

Quiet Returns

Saturday, July 11, 2015

Ripples

Continuing with the water theme, here are some living creatures causing reflections and ripples in water.

Unknown Child Tentatively Wading

The Duck Team Heads Out

Swan Circles

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Afternoon Variety

After walking around the Res. and frustratingly taking no pictures because nothing seemed photo worthy, I returned home and took all these pictures from afternoon through late late afternoon.

All pictures in this post taken with my Olympus 75-300mm lens. For non-photographers, this is a telephoto zoom lens, not a macro lens; so I had to stand a short distance away to take the closeups. All handheld. All pictures are uploaded with a max dimension of 1000px.

Found at the Library. Check it out!

Flower and Bee

Mom's Echinacea

Study in Green

Globe Thistle

Butterfly Plant Welcomes Bee

Enough Tart Cherries to Share

Dog Watches On

That's Enough Cherries, Dad!

Had to Go Back for the Camera for this Shot

And This One

And This One Too

Monday, June 29, 2015

Meet the Neighborhood

Deb and I go for walks around the neighborhood pretty much every day, weather permitting. Our neighbors are wonderful. We often stop to chat and learn how everyone is doing. The children and pets are particularly photogenic in my/our view, and it is with great pleasure that I present to you several photos of the neighborhood children and pets, with an occasional adult thrown in for good measure.

I don't have photos of all the children. I may add more photos of neighborhood kids or pets to this post or another post in the future. I should add that there are a lot of babies and small children on the block. We think it's something in the water.