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Insects & Arachnids
Favorite Focus, January 2023
Mailbox, December 2022: Monarch Watch
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Creation Close-ups, October 2022: Yellow-headed Blackbird
Contest and Event Reminders
Covers, September 2022
Coppersmith Barbet. Photo © Dreamstime.com. Basset hound and common sailor butterfly. Photo © Dreamstime.com.
Creation Close-ups, July 2022: Widow Skimmer
Pictures and Poems, September 2022
You Can Draw a Katydid
A Week by the Creek
Stream and wild lupines. Photo © Dreamstime.com. With a last cautious effort, the sun finally peeked over the eastern horizon. Gaining confidence, it rose fully, flooding the earth with its warmth...
Acquiring Photographic Inspiration: Focus Illustrated and Favorite Focus, September 2022
Capturing Flying Flash Butterflies
Meadow fritillaries and Queen Anne's lace. Photo © Steven Russell Smith. If you are like me, butterflies were the inspiration and springboard for your pursuit of serious photography. Through the...
Favorite Focus, August 2022
Focus Illustrated, August 2022
