Hi Guys…
well been a while since I last posted… Im always snapping pix… heres some stuff from this fall….
first.. heres a shot from fishing… went out with Dustin the other day… and one of my buddies got the biggest fish.. instead of following my normal instincts of tripping and knocking him out of the boat… I took his photo… (man.. I must be getting old!)
heres an Eagle we saw at dawn yesterday…
the sucker was over 100 yards off… but a big lens helps a lot…
we saw a gull or 2 out there also… (imagine that!).. so I shot one out of mid air..
I spose I can stick to a theme for a bit… looks like birds now….
heres a shot from Crex Meadows near Grantsburg Wi.. LOTS of sandhill cranes show up there in the fall and spring…
for quite a while Ive been trying to get a shot of a pileated woodpecker… they are VERY shy around here… anytime I even move they fly.. but I was able to sneak a couple of shots the other day.. neither is as good as I want… but Ill keep trying… this one was actually shot right out the window Im sitting next to right now… I looked up they other day.. and there he was about 20 feet away on the big oak right outside my window….
and a couple of days before that he was near the front window of the house.. I shot this through SCREEN too!.. so thats why its pretty inferior…
then I got this shorebird in a marsh near where I live… not sure if its a dunlin or a lesser yellowlegs… I think the latter one…. but Id have to look it up.. and Im too lazy/busy for that..
As usually your pics are amazing!!!!!!!
thats it for birds… as I was doing my fall cleanup I found a couple of animals getting ready to hibernate around my yard.. heres a gray tree frog.. we sure have LOTS of them…. unlike your usual frog they dont go to water to hibernate.. they just find a place they feel safe and hole up for the winter.. they can actually surive being frozen solid!!
VERY sharp pics Ken. Thanks for sharing. 
Thanks, Bill
theres a butterfly that can perform the same feat as the frog.. its called a morning cloak… I found one in hibernation on this piece of burnt wood….
Some day Im gonna need to hire this guide for some lessons in photography. SORRY JAMES, but this guy is good.
FISHINFOOL
I finding myself waiting to see what’s next!!
Keep up the great work.
you did a great job on the pix, you should send those in to a wildlife magezine
in the fall.. I usally try and take some shots of the leaves.. sometimes as just individuals…. like this red oak against a white birch…
heres an aspen leaf on one of my lawn chairs… the colors of blue and yellow always seem to work together…
or I tried holding a grape leaf up to the sun with one hand and taking a photo with the other… kinda strange I guess… but trying different things can be interesting…
or taking a shot of one aspen leaf in a pile of oak leaves… with a telephoto.. so that everything is pretty much blurred except a small area…
or taking a shot of one of our blue garden flowers with a red maple in the BG….
or a stand of birch.. with a bit of fall color out of focus in the foreground…
or an isolated maple on the crest of a hill…..
not very fall like.. but I always liked the looks of these two cedars in this cow pasture…
or fall colors reflecting off a fall marsh… near sunset
a pond lilly that survived a couple of frosts… still beautuiful amidst the leaves….
a fall fern against moss….
a fall falls!
this is silver creek falls in interstate park on the wisonsin side… the park is on both sides.. in taylor falls and st croix falls…. its quite a beautiful spot.. this falls is actually a very unkown part of it…
or you can get a bit crazy and mess with the zoom while you shoot at a slow shudder speed… heres the same falls… with me messing around…
After looking at those photo’s I don’t deserve to ever operate a camera!!
I envy your talent, the older I get the more I wish I could take decent photo’s. 
Is photography just a hobby, or do you do it for a living? You have a heck of a gift and a keen eye to take such amazing photos! Thanks for sharing them, I never get tired of seeing your work. 
you can do this technique with about anything.. heres a red maple with the sun shining through the leaves… first… normal….
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