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Photo of the week: 01.12.25 — Rocks through fog

After my many years of photography there’s one sad lesson I’ve learned: If I have an opportunity to photograph a one-time, got-to-be-that-day, can’t-be-rescheduled event, the weather is going to screw it up. And I can’t control the weather. Super moon? Overcast. Historic meteor shower? Overcast. Eclipse? Overcast. It never fails. That’s the reason I don’t bother planning to …  Continue reading

Featured gallery: January — Mockingbirds

A few years ago my wife and I were walking through a neighborhood in Lexington, Ky., when we heard a cardinal’s song coming from a nearby tree. When we turned to look we were surprised to see a Northern Mockingbird, not a cardinal. Its song was a perfect imitation of a cardinal’s song.  While we watched for a few minutes, the mockingbird would occasionally mimic the …  Continue reading