The Great Squirrel Raid
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
Squirrel raiding a finch feeder. Tore a big hole in it. First it was large enough to fit his paw in. Then, he tore it larger to fit his whole head in.

Squirrel raiding a finch feeder. Tore a big hole in it. First it was large enough to fit his paw in. Then, he tore it larger to fit his whole head in.

Breakout - Baby Bird.
We’ll see if anyone catches the reference…

When spotted in May, they are called May Beetles. When seen in June, they are known as June Beetles.
They’re both the same.
These were photographed in May of this year, thus, they are May Beetles.
They’re in the scarab family of beetles in the genus phyllophaga.

Hot peppers in black and white.

A box of twenty-four color crayons in black & white.
Rainbowâ„¢ brand.
Somewhat ironic.

Okay, you convinced me…
Here is a black skull for Black Friday.
He turned out looking a little more Terminator-ish than I had intended, so I went ahead and gave him red eyes too, instead of blue.

Maybe I should have saved this one for Black Friday…
Anyway… Happy Thanksgiving to all and to all a full night!

I modified this one to highlight her head. Pretty cool effect, I think.

Bunny outside in very subtle color.
Photo converted to black and white. Original color placed in a higher layer, then set at a low opacity. Another copy of the color photo placed on top with everything but the rabbit removed. Then, that layer was set at a low opacity, but a higher opacity than the layer below it. This was done to better highlight the rabbit against the backdrop.

This is a before and after shot (in black and white) of an aluminum lawn chair.
The webbing had deteriorated. Not sure how much was due to sun exposure, how much due to age or how much due to sitting in a basement for probably 15 years.
I found a webbing kit online and ordered it. Was able to re-web the chair but, as can be seen in the right-hand photo, came up one strap short. And that was with very little waste!
The company was kind enough to send me additional webbing at no charge so I could complete the chair.
However, this photograph was taken before that webbing had arrived.