Photos by Big V

I have an entire series of about ten photos taken during this tussle over a rabbit between a fox and an eagle. The bird had a MASSIVE wingspan, well over seven feet wide. The fox had a lot of determination and luck. He didn't get the rabbit he had caught, but after he fell from about fifty feet, he... Sign in to see full entry.

This isn't the clearest shot I've ever taken, but a grouse isn't an easy bird to sneak upon. This young lady and I played 'hide-n-seek' for several minutes before I was finally able to get this shot. Check it out. Sign in to see full entry.

A beautiful scene. Note the ducks swimming on the lake! Check it out! Sign in to see full entry.

I took about a dozen shots of this wonderous event, but it wasn't until I began to look at them that I spotted the owl sitting on the telephone pole. Check it out. Sign in to see full entry.

This was the first time I ever took Lisa to see the falls. Our relationship was growing, and I was showing her my home in Newberry. Things were picking up between us, and a friendship was becoming a love affair. She asked if we could visit the falls and then Lake Superior. It was a lovely (and... Sign in to see full entry.

This was a scary moment. We were traveling down a back road to visit a friend who needed help changing a surgical dressing, and these two creatures just wandered out in front of us. This was taken with Lisa's cell phone, so it isn't the sharpest shot I've ever posted, but you can clearly see these... Sign in to see full entry.

Lisa and I were walking back to the car after spending the day walking around this lake. I happened to turn back and I said to her, "Those trees look just like us, don't they?" We are two trees, standing side by side in the winter of our lives. A rather beautiful thought. Check it out. Sign in to see full entry.

The one thing I most definitely miss about the UP is the stunning colors at sunrise and sunset. Check it out! Sign in to see full entry.

This was one of those 'lucky shots' that you get when you least expect it. I was going to use my cell phone to take a photo of the mighty Tahquamenon Falls when a gust of wind knocked some snow out of a nearby tree. This photo caught the aftermath. Check it out! Sign in to see full entry.

I've seen a few of these as I wandered the forest, but finding one in such an open area was unusual. Check it out! Sign in to see full entry.