The Heritage Middle School Hornet waiting in line at the football game 

Pentax K-x, 95mm, 1/200 sec. at f/10, ISO 320

Robber Fly 

Pentax K-x, 200mm, 1/640 sec. at f/9, ISO 400

Open house at the middle school...son Harold's art, in "Rasta" colours 

Panasonic DMC-LZ8, 5.2mm, 1/40 sec. at f/5, ISO 1600 

Black Buzzard 

Thompson's Station, TN 

Pentax K-x, 200mm, 1/640 sec. at f/9, ISO 320

Tools 

Pentax K-x, 50mm, 1/80 sec. at f/5.6, ISO 1600

Butterfly and Thistle 

Thompson's Station, TN 

Pentax K-x, 180mm, 1/800 sec. at f/5.6, ISO 250

Japanese Eggplant 

Pentax K-x, 37.5mm, 1/125 sec. at f/6.3, ISO 800

End-of-season Harvest 

Pentax K-x, 55mm, 1/2500 sec. at f/6.3, ISO 2000 

Watercolor filter in PS Elements 

The iron rabbit returns...playing around with shadows from window light. 

Pentax K-x, 40mm, 1/200 sec. at f/9, ISO 800

Pentax K-x, 32.5mm, 1/50 sec. at f/8, ISO 800, tripod-mounted, in-camera HDR

Gulf Fritillary Butterfly on Marigold 

Pentax K-x, 55mm, 1/400 sec. at f/7.1, ISO 800

Sunflower

Sony DSC-R1, 42.4mm, 1/200 sec. at f/7.1, ISO 800

Dragonfly 

On Alexander Trail, Thompson's Station, TN 

Pentax K-x, 200mm, 1/640 sec at f/7.1, ISO 800

1968 Lost-in-Space Robot by Remco toy company 

It'd be worth something if I hadn't taken motor the out of it when I was a kid...

Sony DSC-R1, 29mm, .30 sec. at f/8, ISO 800; Tripod-mounted 

Noise added in PS Elements 

Aviator Snips 

Sony DSC-R1, 58mm, .5/sec at f/8, ISO 400, Tripd-mounted; Fluorescent and tungsten light

Homework (low-tech and hi-tech) 

Pentax K-x, 42.5mm, 1/500 sec. at f/6.3, ISO 400 

37.5mm, 1/25 sec. at f/6.3, ISO 400 

Mr. and Mrs. Barry Alexander at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new Alexander Trail in Thompson's Station.  The Alexanders donated generously towards the construction of the trail.

Pentax K-x, 80mm, 1/1000 sec at f/7.1, ISO 640

Trail head kiosk at south end of Thompson's Station Park, marking trail head of new Alexander Trail, which connects TS Park and Heritage Park at Heritage Middle School.  As his Eagle Scout project, my son Oliver managed the project to build and install two of these signs, one at each end of the trail.  See http://www.outdoorencounter.org/Projects.html

Pentax K-x, 28mm, 1/160 sec at f/8, ISO 200

Tunnel on walking trail, Crockett Park, Brentwood, TN 

Pentax K-x, 23mm, 1/50 sec. at f/7.1, ISO 1250

Aloft 

Pentax K-x, 18mm, 1/200 sec. at f/8, ISO 320

Son Oliver running 5K race at Vaughn's Gap, Nashville 

This is the first race that Independence High School runs each season, an informal race, just for fun (which explains the socks...) 

Pentax K-x, 105mm, 1/250 sec. at f/6.3, ISO 800

Charlotte's new Moccasins 

Pentax K-x, 50mm, 1/250 sec at f/9, ISO 640 

Pentax K-x, 55mm, 1/60 sec at f/8, 640 ISO

Ticket Booth at Williamson County Fair 

Franklin, TN

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ8, 6.5mm, 1/13 sec at f/6.3, ISO 400

Sculptures outside Frist Museum of Visual Art, Nashville

Pentax K-x, 28mm, 1/200 sec. at f/8, ISO 250

Converted to B&W in PS Elements 6

Texting...LOL

Pentax K-x, 47.5mm, 1/400 sec. at f/8, ISO 640

Untitled (Girl and Watermelon)

Pentax K-x, 32mm, 1/40 sec. at f/7.1, ISO 1250

Son Ben's "Running Man" sculpture 

Sony DSC-R1, 31mm, 1/60 sec at f/7., ISO 1600

Painting 

Sony DSC-R1, 36mm, 1/50 sec at f/9, ISO 400, on-camera flash at -.3

Healthways, Inc. Headquarters Building 

Franklin, TN

HTC T7380, 4.7mm, f/2.5 at 1/16 sec., ISO 131

Sony DSC R-1, 30.2mm, 1/400 sec. at f/7.1, ISO 200