Tag: Nature

Rainy Day

I had lunch with Chris Boraski last week. Over slices of pizza we chatted about work, entrepreneurship, kids, etc. It was nice. I've lived in Skillman for over twelve years and I still don't know too many techies who live in my neighborhood who I can hang out with during the day. Chris is the Founder at [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"][InfAspire](http://infaspire.com), a mobile software and web development company. After lunch I drove up to the Chris' neighborhood where he suggested that I could get some interesting shots of the river/stream that runs right behind his home. It was a rainy day and the local streams were flowing rapidly. I ended up driving a mile or two further up the road where I took these shots.

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Awesome

Technology will always be based on the dream of what we haven’t got. Nature is fixed, and a redwood has no say in whether or not it grows big. But behavior? All you have to do to get what you wish is to choose to act differently, which means you already have everything you need. A form of amazingness completely based on how you choose to think and act? That is, indeed, awesome.[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"][Frank Chimero](http://frankchimero.com/blog/2013/02/all-kinds-of-awesome/)[/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

May 9, 2011 - Flutterby

Today, I met up with some colleagues to photograph wildlife around one of our employer's campuses. We are entering an annual wildlife photo contest sponsored by the Wildlife Habitat Council through our employer.  One photo will be selected for their 2012 calendar. The photos must be of wildlife — flora or fauna — that live in the forested areas on campus.  It was a warm day — somewhere in the high 60's °F — and we chatted about random photography related topics ( Aperture vs Lightroom, lenses, camera formats ) as we walked the two-mile loop road around the campus.

We did not spot much wildlife although we could hear a cacophony of bird calls. What was also strange for this time of year is that we spotted no deer or squirrels. I would also have expected the streams and marsh areas to contain fish or amphibia but we saw none of that either. Perhaps it was the time of day. Animals and insects may be avoiding the noon-time sun.

This was the sharpest photograph I took during the entire hour we spent walking around. I have no idea what kind of butterfly this. Please let me know if you do.

UPDATE: One of my friends on Facebook has informed me that this is an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. This specimen is a dorsal female.