Tag Archives: Nature

My world (most of it, anyway) in one photo

Posted on October 26, 2024 by ksedinger

It’s amazing to me how much of my life has unfolded within the boundaries of this photo: (via)

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Aurora and Orion

Posted on October 11, 2024 by ksedinger

Last night, the amazing Aurora Borealis: This morning, Orion in all his glory: I took both of these Ophelia (my phone), by the way! As much as I love Miranda, the Lumix FZ1000ii, phone cameras are amazing these days…and in … Continue reading →

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The Hunter rises again!

Posted on October 9, 2024 by ksedinger

On mornings when The Wife has to work at the downtown Buffalo site (currently twice a week), it falls to me to take Hobbes out for his morning constitutional, so as to save her some time. Yesterday morning I took … Continue reading →

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An abstraction from nature

Posted on September 23, 2024 by ksedinger

A few weeks ago I spent a morning at a particular spot in Chestnut Ridge Park, about as far into the park as one can get without getting out and walking. It’s a spot most people at the Ridge don’t … Continue reading →

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On the wing

Posted on July 10, 2024 by ksedinger

I doubt I’ll ever have the patience to really embrace wildlife photography as my genre of choice, but I have to say that I’m very happy with how these two shots turned out. One nice thing about photography I’m discovering is … Continue reading →

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Aurora

Posted on May 11, 2024 by ksedinger

If you were anywhere north of, say, whatever latitude it is that the Pennsylvania’s northern border sits on, you were under instructions to get outside and look at the northern sky because the sun was blasting out magnetic particles that … Continue reading →

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Today in “Ya never know….”

Posted on April 29, 2024 by ksedinger

Last Sunday morning I ventured out to Knox Farm State Park, a favorite local place of mine, to walk and do some photography. I wasn’t all that excited at the prospect, though, because the morning was quite cold and it … Continue reading →

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Farewell, Hunter

Posted on April 26, 2024 by ksedinger

This is likely my final photo of Orion the Hunter for this season; the time for the winter stars is passing quickly now. Farewell, Hunter, and good hunting in other skies until we meet again!  

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Tone Poem Tuesday

Posted on April 16, 2024 by ksedinger

Composer Eric Whitacre, whom I have featured several times in this space before, is an always fascinating voice to return to. I had, in fact, forgotten about him until the week before the eclipse, when I looked up classical music … Continue reading →

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Sun and Moon (and clouds)

Posted on April 8, 2024 by ksedinger

In Buffalo, the eclipse was simultaneously an astonishingly powerful and deeply disappointing experience. Clouds were in the forecast all along, but for the last several days, local meteorologists were constantly offering up reasons for optimism…which turned to “Sorry, we’re not … Continue reading →

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