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RNT Memorial Daffodil 2021

marcus May 15, 2021

This year’s photo isn’t particularly exciting as far as photos go, but it still represents a significant effort, as I planted these daffodil bulbs last fall to take the photo […]

Toccoa Falls

marcus August 18, 2014

Toccoa Falls, Toccoa Falls College, Stephens County, Georgia At 187 feet, Toccoa Falls is the tallest free falling waterfall in Georgia. Located on the campus of Toccoa Falls College, it […]

Edisto Eclipse

marcus November 9, 2013

This isn’t a particularly great picture, the only reason I’m posting is that I managed to capture a partial lunar eclipse as the sun rose over Edisto Island, SC. The […]

Holcomb Creek Falls MMXIII

marcus June 16, 2013

  Another waterfall that I’ve tried on numerous occasions to photograph. A rainy weekend yielded nice soft light and high water to get a better results than I’ve ever had […]

Martin Creek Falls MMXIII

marcus June 10, 2013

I’ve photographed this waterfall several times before, but have never been happy with the results. This time the water level and light were much better than they’ve ever been, and […]

Spring Star Flower

marcus March 11, 2013

The Spring Star Flower (Ipheion uniflorum), one of the first flowers I see every spring. Always a happy reminder that it’s time to get back out and start shooting again.

Mill Creek Eddy

marcus June 17, 2012
Mill Creek Eddy

About a year ago, I saw another photographer that had done a long exposure of an eddy like this with the cool swirls. Since then, I’ve been looking for just […]

Dwarf Iris

marcus April 26, 2012

Yet another attempt to photography one of these tiny wild irises. I’m still not pleased with the background, but I definitely like this better than my last couple of attempts.

Pink Lady’s Slipper

marcus April 21, 2012
Pink Lady's Slipper

A Pink Lady’s Slipper flower that I photographed while on a workshop in Great Smoky Mountain National Park. We came across these on a hike back from another location, and […]

Wild Iris

marcus April 12, 2012
Wild Iris

For the second time in as many weeks I found myself in the woods attempting to photograph wild irises.  I love these little flowers, but despite shooting dozens of photos […]

Panther Falls

marcus April 11, 2012
Panther Falls

The Angel Falls trail in the Rabun Beach recreation area passes two waterfalls. Angel Falls, that I posted on Monday, is the second waterfall you’ll encounter and by far the […]

Angel Falls

marcus April 9, 2012
Angel Falls

Angel Falls in the Rabun Beach Recreation Area in Rabun County, Georgia. Photographed as part of my Easter morning sunrise worship service. The falls are several hundred feet tall, and […]

38/365 Button

marcus February 7, 2012
365 -- Button -- Circle

Trying to get back on track with the 365. Today’s theme is button, so I photographed a couple of buttons in my car.

February Daffodil

marcus February 5, 2012
February Daffodil

I don’t think I’ve ever seen the daffodils bloom this early. It’s the first week of February and I’ve seen a bunch of flowers that don’t usually bloom until the […]

25/365 Blue Flower

marcus January 25, 2012
365 Blue Flower

25/365 Blue Flower.  Today’s theme was supposed to be “something you made”.  but about the only thing I make other than photos is dinner, and I completely forgot to take […]

24/365 Guilty Pleasure

marcus January 24, 2012
365 Guilty Pleasure

24/365 — Theme: Guilty Pleasure This was intended to be a test shot to experiment with the light before I actually poured the coke. The light, however, ended up looking […]

19/365 Sweet

marcus January 19, 2012
365 Sweet

19/365 Sweet A kiss is sweeter than wine, especially when it’s made with chocolate and caramel.

13/365 In Your Bag

marcus January 13, 2012
365 In Your Bag

13/365 In Your Bag — I stared at both my work bag and my camera bag for quite a while trying to figure out how to get an interesting shot. […]

5/365 Something you wore

marcus January 5, 2012
5/365 Something you wear

365 Project day five — Theme: Something you wore. I know it’s cliche, but I’ve always wondered how to setup the light for this shot, so after much experimenting, this […]

1/365 You (aka me)

marcus January 1, 2012
Me

My intent at the beginning of the year was to start taking a photo a day. I did that one day, then didn’t manage to take another photo for four […]

High Water at Minnehaha

marcus March 29, 2011

This Saturday I helped lead a trip to Minnehaha Falls, in the Chattahoochee National Forest. In the morning the weather looked perfect, with nearly overcast skies, but relatively low chance […]

Spencer and Hiccup

marcus March 8, 2011

Spencer with his current favorite toy. Lately, when I try to take his picture, he insists on having me take a picture of hiccup first. Sometimes, those shots end up […]

The Holdout

marcus November 29, 2010

This is actually the same shot as the one from Friday, in a sense. They were both taken in the exact same spot, with the exact same subject, and completely […]

Minnehaha in Autumn

marcus October 27, 2010

Minnehaha Falls in the Chattahoochee National Forest, is one of my favorite waterfalls to photograph. Because it’s so close to my mother-in-law’s house, and only a short walk from the […]

>–Open –>

marcus July 27, 2010

–Open –>” />Another detail shot from the North Campus Parking Deck at UGA, in Athens Georgia. Shot during Scott Kelby’s World wide Photowalk. 

Red, White, and Blue

marcus March 30, 2010

Tulip magnolia (Magnolia liliiflora) flowers against a background of white star magnolia blossoms and blue sky. Shot at the Georgia State Botanical Gardens, in Athens, Georgia.

Summer Snowflakes

marcus March 29, 2010

I was unable to find anything identifying these little flowers, and my google searches have turned up nothing. If you happen to know the name of these little guys please […]

Vines 02212010

marcus February 24, 2010

A little bit of a break from the models. Sunday was a beautiful day, so I went out to see if I could find anything interesting to shoot. I didn’t […]

Icy Roads

marcus February 14, 2010

Another shot of me shooting in the dark, while it was still snowing, just to be sure I got some photos of it before it was gone. Incidentally, 24 hours […]

Snowy Barn

marcus February 12, 2010

Snow is quite rare in Georgia, and when we do see some it usually doesn’t last very long. Today we got several inches, but with temperatures in the 50s expected […]

Blood Mountain Creek Cascade

marcus February 11, 2010

Sometimes light is unpredictable. I shot this cascade because the light around the little pool was this nice warm color. I setup the composition to catch the light, but didn’t […]

Blood Mountain Creek

marcus February 8, 2010

I had initially visited this area in hopes of photographing 2-3 waterfalls on this creek. Unfortunately, closed roads, an unexpected hike, and treacherous terrain meant I would have to come […]

Clinton II MMX

marcus January 10, 2010

I’ve been playing with my Christmas presents, but haven’t really shot anything worth posting until this weekend. I finally got off my butt and went to the Athens Strobist Group […]

SRT Highkey

marcus January 6, 2010

I’ve been wanting to do some high key shots for some time, but I had trouble figuring out what sorts of shots made the best candidates for this sort of […]

Santa with Toys

marcus December 10, 2009

I really love the quality of the light created by the tiny little Christmas lights, so as I sit in my living room I’m drawn to find something interesting to […]

Christmas Joy

marcus December 7, 2009

I haven’t been out to shoot in over a week, so I decided to shoot some things around the house.

Sassafras Leaves

marcus December 3, 2009

One of the cool things about sassafras trees is that they have three different shaped leaves. So I thought it would be really cool to get a photo of one […]

Dukes Creek Falls X

marcus November 30, 2009

I didn’t get a chance to shoot any nature photos this weekend, so I’ve digging through the archives. This is one from my trip to Dukes Creek Falls in January. […]

Marla Gonzalez

marcus November 24, 2009

Marla is another one of the models that came out and let us photograph her while we practiced lighting setups. Something I’ve noticed while working on the shots from this […]

Tim Rogan

marcus November 22, 2009

The Strobist Flickr Group I shoot with every month or so had another meetup this past Saturday in Commerce, Georgia. The models we’re running late, so we took turns shooting […]

Carnivorous Orchid?

marcus November 13, 2009

This orchid at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens looked like it could be carnivorous. The way the bottom petals formed a cup and held water reminded me a lot of a […]

Orchids with Leaf

marcus November 12, 2009

This past weekend while looking for something to shoot I was running out of luck, so I went by an old standby, the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. I love the gardens […]

Two Yellow Leaves

marcus November 6, 2009

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Golden Mix

marcus October 29, 2009

A shot of some yellow leaves for the Morrows.   Oh, and for the photographers out there, one of my favorite landscape/nature photographers, Jim M. Goldstein, is giving away a […]

Black Rock Sunset

marcus October 28, 2009

A sunset as viewed from Black Rock Mountain State Park. Black Rock Mountain is touted as the Highest State Park in Georgia, and offers some very accessible views. The road […]

HMT 10-10-2009-II

marcus October 16, 2009

These last two shots I don’t think are quite as good technically as the two from earlier this week, but they are a better representation of my kids’ personalities.

First Sign of Autumn

marcus October 14, 2009

This is a maple tree in my front yard that has just recently started to change colors for the fall. Most of the tree is still quite green.

HMT 10-10-2009

marcus October 13, 2009

A shot of my daughter from our afternoon playing in the yard. Strobist: SB-600 with an Apollo micro softbox, hand held camera left at 1/2 power, triggered using Nikon CLS.

SRT 10102009

marcus October 12, 2009

More shots of my kids. I spent Saturday afternoon playing in the yard with kids and snapping shots when it wasn’t my turn to kick or chase a ball. For […]

Autumn Sunrise II

marcus October 5, 2009

Walked out of my house on Friday morning to find the sky looking like this. For a brief moment I thought about being late for work, and not having anything […]

LMT and HMT

marcus September 29, 2009

Two more of my favorite people. My lovely wife and our beautiful daughter. This was shot a little later than yesterday’s shot. Looking out over Rabun Gap at sunset. I […]

SRT 09272009

marcus September 28, 2009

Another shot working with off camera flash. My main goal was to see if I could get a proper exposure of both the background and foreground, using a single flash […]

Clinton I

marcus September 21, 2009

This weekend, Steve Skelton at [SSP]* Studios hosted a strobist meet in Athens, GA. This is one of the shots from the meet, and I hope to have more processed […]

Dragon*Con 2009 V — R2D2

marcus September 11, 2009

I got to meet R2D2, he actually came up and said hi while I was taking his picture. Or at least that’s what I think he said, there wasn’t a […]

Spirit Train

marcus August 27, 2009

The title of this photo is inspired by the Guadalcanal Diary song of the same name. When I shot this, the song got stuck in my head, and promptly returned […]

Big Dipper Over Rabun Gap

marcus August 24, 2009

Ursa Major (aka the Bigger Dipper) in the sky above the town of Rabun Gap, Georgia.   If you’re viewing this via RSS and only see a thumbnail, there is […]

Final Frontier?

marcus August 10, 2009

Bear with me. The summer heat, and a nasty cold, have taken their toll, and I haven’t been able to get out and shoot my usual subjects lately. I’ve taken […]

Red Day Lilies 2009

marcus August 7, 2009

If you’ve followed invisiblegreen.com for the last couple of years you will probably recognize these day lilies. I shoot them every summer when they bloom at my mother-in-law’s house.

L & N Locomotive 1616

marcus July 27, 2009

I had big plans to get out and shoot this weekend, that ended up falling through. I ended up heading to the local botanical gardens to see if anything was […]

Dillard Fireworks I

marcus July 6, 2009

This week, I’ll be posting some fireworks shots from the 4th of July. These were part of the Independence Day Display presented by the Dillard House, in Dillard, Georgia. Unlike […]

McDaniel Farm Barn

marcus June 26, 2009

Gwinnett County Georgia really has some interesting parks. This is McDaniel Farm park, you’d never know it was there, because it’s situated behind a heavily developed area in Duluth, surrounded […]

Fungus in the Moss

marcus June 18, 2009

A tiny little orange fungus I found growing in the moss along the banks of Ivy Creek, near the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center in Buford, Georgia.

GEHC Damselfly III

marcus June 17, 2009

Yesteday’s dragon fly damselfly was quite skittish, and just barely hung around long enough for me to snap any shots. This one though seemed to notice me shooting and flew […]

GEHC Damselfly

marcus June 16, 2009

While I was exploring the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center, I noticed this guy gal flying around. I approached, but every time I took a step toward him her, she’d […]

Blackberries are Red When Green

marcus June 15, 2009

Blackberries growing along the Ivy Creek Greenway, in Gwinnett County Georgia. Near the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center.    Credit goes to my brother Michael for inspiring the title.

High Shoals Falls III

marcus May 29, 2009

Waterfalls seem like such an obvious place to use HDR, since it’s nearly impossible to correctly expose for the smooth water effect and still get the rest of the shot […]

Birds of Paradise

marcus March 5, 2009

When I walked past these flowers I thought, hey that looks like a bird. Apparently, I wasn’t the only person to think so. These flowers are called Birds of Paradise.

Murphy

marcus February 3, 2009

Another shot of just Murphy, the loggerhead sea turtle at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. Not the best shot technically, but one I like despite the flaws.

Showerlux I

marcus January 26, 2009

Given the lack of comments last week, people either felt the black and white shots last week were unremarkable, or they were so good they left people speechless. Anyway, on […]

Dodd Creek Detail I

marcus January 15, 2009

My computer crashed last night just as I was about to re-size this for posting, and rather than wait to reboot and figure out why it crashed I decided to […]

Raven Cliff Falls

marcus January 12, 2009

I got some very encouraging feedback on last week’s photos and just wanted to say thank you to everyone who commented, or sent me messages about that series. I have […]

Spring Draw

marcus January 5, 2009

This week I’ll be featuring some shots from an urban exploring outing I went on with my photography group. This is an abandoned warehouse in downtown Atlanta.

Christmas Lights 2008

marcus December 26, 2008

One of the houses in the neighborhood where my family spent Christmas. I didn’t have a tripod with me in Vermont, so this shot is a little blurry, but I […]

Vermont Snowy Pinecone

marcus December 22, 2008

This isn’t the best shot in the world. Just the first grab shot I could get after spending all day flying from Atlanta to Burlington. I quite literally walked in […]

Marie's Christmas Bell

marcus December 19, 2008

This is a red bell that used to adorn a wreath. The wreath was made by my wife’s grandmother Marie, who died two months before Laura and I got married. […]

White Christmas Dreams

marcus December 18, 2008

I managed to get some free time tonight to get creative and was playing with some bokeh shaping techniques I’ve been meaning to try. As I am eagerly awaiting my […]

UGA Rosebud III

marcus December 17, 2008

Another one from the archives. I was looking for something a little more Christmas-y, but given the near 70 degree highs in Georgia I thought something from the spring might […]

MST

marcus December 15, 2008

My niece. This is one of the shots that I got last weekend, but couldn’t post until my sister-in-law had seen the shots. Now that she has seen them I […]

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marcus December 11, 2008

One from the archives. This is a shot from Scott Kelby’s World Wide Photowalk back in August. I participated in one of the Atlanta walks, and shot this.

Trahlyta Falls I

marcus December 8, 2008

This one is very similar to the shot from last Monday. I did get to shoot this weekend, but didn’t get anything to post here. I may have a couple […]

Trahlyta Falls

marcus December 1, 2008

Trahlyta Falls on Wolf Creek. Vogel State Park, Blairsville , GA.  Trahlyta Falls is fed from Lake Trahlyta, in Vogel State Park. Check out the Wikipedia Article on the Cheorkee […]

Arabia Mountain Sunset

marcus November 21, 2008

I considered calling this shot, "bonehead mistakes", not because the shot turned out badly, but because so many of my other shots did. The last time I used my D70, […]

Golden Boy

marcus November 11, 2008

On Saturday I took Spencer to the park. We had a great time. He played on the playground and chased gucks and geese, while I powered the swings, chased a […]

Chaos Theory

marcus November 4, 2008

Like most things I shoot, I was drawn to the color contrasts in this scene. I’m not really happy with the lack of composition, but as many times as I […]

Blue Ridge Parkway Motorcycle

marcus November 3, 2008

After spending the morning at Biltmore Estate the other weekend, I decided to take a drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway to see if the fall colors were any better. […]

Autumn Leaves 2008 I

marcus October 28, 2008

Taking a break from the flowers at Biltmore, I thought we’d switch gears and do something a little more appropriate for the season, and the approaching holiday.

Spooky Tree

marcus October 13, 2008

A fitting tribute for October 13th I think. Shot at Vines Botanical Gardens, Gwinnett County Georgia.

Rainbow Over Emory

marcus October 10, 2008

A rainbow I saw while driving in to work yesterday. It was still there after I parked, so I snapped a few shots as I walked to my office.

Spencer with Pretzels

marcus October 8, 2008

This is the 400th photo posted to InvisibleGreen. I had intended to go out this weekend to shoot, in hopes of getting something profound for this post. I ended up […]

Stack of Apples

marcus October 6, 2008

I found this apple intriguing so I  took a lot shots of it, some turned out better than others. A few of them needed a little bit of extra work […]

Morning Mist

marcus October 3, 2008

This was shot from roughly the same location as yesterday’s shot, namely the deck of my mother-in-law’s house. Though, this one was shot early in the morning.

Apple on a Rail

marcus September 30, 2008

This apple was nearly perfect. The color and the stem with the two leaves just seemed to embody exactly what one things of when you think of the word apple. […]

Spinning Rides

marcus September 24, 2008

Three of the spinning rides at the Gwinnett County Fair, the Ferris wheel, carousel, and another ride whose name escapes me. This is actually a composite of two images. I […]

Carnival Guy with Cigar

marcus September 23, 2008

Sorry I’m so slow getting today’s photo posted, I’ve spent most of the last 24 hours in bed fighting a bug. I’m feeling much better now so here’s another shot […]

Roman

marcus September 22, 2008

My buddy Roman who I ran into (he’s ok) at the Braves Game a couple of weeks ago. You can see a reflection of me in his sunglasses.

Gravitron

marcus September 18, 2008

The gravitron is the last ride I ever went on at a county fair. That day I learned that I get motion sick on closed rides. I don’t have a […]

Water Gun Fun

marcus September 17, 2008

Saturday night I went to the Gwinnett County Fair to scout out the grounds for a photowalk next week. This is one of the grab shots I got while walking […]

Black and Yellow Garden Spider

marcus September 15, 2008

Argiope aurantia, the Black and Yellow Garden Spider or the Writing Spider. I found this critter in my yard on Saturday evening, and didn’t get a chance to photograph her […]

Frozen Lemonade

marcus September 10, 2008

At the Yellow Daisy Festival on Saturday we bought my son a frozen lemonade. He loved it, and is seen here trying to scoop out every last drop.

White Flowers

marcus September 9, 2008

One of these days I’m going to start learning the names of these flowers that I love to photograph. But then again, I rose by any other name… seems to […]

Grady Girl

marcus August 25, 2008

This past Saturday, I participated in Scott Kelby’s World Wide Photo Walk. Atlanta was one of 180 or so cities around the world that held photo walks on Saturday. I […]

Longing

marcus August 22, 2008

This weekend we took my son Spencer out on Lake Burton. He loved the boat ride, and really enjoyed getting in the lake and splashing around.

Berry Picking Monkey

marcus August 20, 2008

My son Spencer, picking blackberries. He quite enjoyed picking them, and squishing them This was shot throught the blackberry vines. I removed some of the branches near his face with […]

My Girls Picking Berries

marcus August 19, 2008

My daughter, my wife, and my wife’s aunt and cousin in the background. We went picking blackberries at a farm in Rabun Gap. This was shot with my camera resting […]

Tallulah River I

marcus August 18, 2008

I finally got a chance to get out and shoot this weekend. This is a shot of the Tallulah River in North Georgia.

Crow Creek Fungi

marcus August 13, 2008

Another image with wonky focus that was made better by the orton effect. I shot this on the banks of Crow Creek when I was out shooting the waterfalls there […]

Pink Azalea

marcus August 11, 2008

Sadly, I haven’t had much opportunity to get out and shoot lately. The rare opportunity I’ve had this past month we’ve had creativity stifling heat. I’ve been working through some […]

Shadow Chaser

marcus August 6, 2008

My son loves to play games with his shadow. Mostly peek-a-boo. But when there’s enough room, a nice game of tag works too.

Red Day Lily

marcus August 2, 2008

I just can’t get enough of this effect. I’m sure many of you will get tired of it before I do.   Submitted to Photo Friday for the September 19, […]

MARCUS

marcus July 21, 2008

cd That’s my name. My brother and I went camping last weekend and started playing with the fire. He pulled a stick out of the fire and started drawing in […]

Bad Branch Falls II

marcus July 14, 2008

As I was driving to my mother-in-law’s house for the Fourth of July weekend, I remembered that I had taken my filter wallet out of my camera bag and left […]

Dillard House Fireworks II

marcus July 7, 2008

Oh, and aside from the focus problems I mentioned yesterday (this one suffers from it too) my timing was off. The distance between the fireworks and me was enough to […]

Dillard House Fireworks I

marcus July 6, 2008

I’m not sure why Rabun County hates America, but they don’t celebrate Independence Day on the 4th of July. They can apparently only make time for America on the weekends, […]

Fireworks Over Rabun Gap

marcus July 4, 2008

You can see the Fourth of July fireworks at the Dillard house from my mother-in-law’s house. Unfortunately, everyone in Rabun Gap is celebrating Independence Day on the 5th. Hopefully, I’ll […]

Fingers

marcus June 30, 2008

I don’t know the people that belong to these fingers. I was at a graduation party and this was a friend of a friend who saw some of my work […]

Holly

marcus June 10, 2008

Now that we are home from the hospital, it seems a bit safer to display the photos that include the name of the hospital. This is my daugther Holly, asleep […]

Yellow Poppy Blue Sky

marcus June 3, 2008

This is the same yellow poppy as in this shot: https://invisiblegreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/20080602223112_yellowpoppysky.jpgindex.php?showimage=313 from a different angle.

Bubble Beard

marcus June 2, 2008

This is my son taking a bath last night. He was having a lot of fun with the bubbles. The "bubble beard" was actually created when he would lay down […]

Bug Silhouette

marcus May 30, 2008

This is one of those happy accidents. I have several other shots of the same pair of flowers, and this is the only frame that had the bug’s silhouette. Incidentally, […]

UGA Daisies

marcus May 26, 2008

This week’s photos are from a shoot I did with my photography group at the Georgia Botanical Gardens at the Univiersity of Georgia.

Allen Smiling for the Camera

marcus May 21, 2008

This is Allen, an Orangutan who lives at Zoo Atlanta. I have several other shots of him hiding from our group, or making very serious looking faces. As the rest […]

Choomba

marcus May 20, 2008

Another gorilla at Zoo Atlanta. According to comments I received over at Flickr, I believe this is Choomba, one of the females.

Callaway Skink

marcus May 9, 2008

Here’s a little something different. While I was shooting some Mountain Laurel (check next week) this little guy scurried across the trail right next to me. Then he ran under […]

Blue Morpho Butterfly

marcus May 6, 2008

I don’t know how much time I’ve spent stalking these butterflies. About the only time they ever land with their wings open is when they’re near death. Because they’re near […]

I've Got to Be Me

marcus April 24, 2008

The focus is off on the red tulip. Normally I wouldn’t show this one, but it was the only composition that came out exactly as I envisioned it. I have […]

Chapel in the Woods

marcus April 9, 2008

I loved this little church at Callaway Gardens. The light was just about perfect for viewing the stained glass inside. I also found it very cool that the trees and […]

Minnehaha

marcus April 1, 2008

Minnehaha is only a few miles down the road from Crow Creek, so while I was out on Saturday, I also stopped by here to get some more shots. The […]

Crow Creek Falls

marcus March 31, 2008

My wife and son were out of town this weekend with my in-laws, so I had the weekend to myself. With rain and clouds in the forecast I decided to […]

Magic Kingdom Postcard

marcus March 14, 2008

I have this tendency to gravitate towards central composition. I don’t notice it when I’m shooting, but when I’m reviewing photos after a shoot I find far too many like […]

Happy Thursday

marcus March 11, 2008

My wife bought me some flowers this past Thursday, and wished me Happy Thursday! Today, I came home and with the change to daylight savings time, there was still some […]

Walt and Mickey

marcus February 28, 2008

Another shot from my trip to Disney World. I didn’t carry my tripod around with me, so this was shot handheld. I’m not completely happy with the focus, but I […]

Number One Fan

marcus February 25, 2008

My brother manages a band in Atlanta called At the End of All Things. I went to see their show on Saturday night and brought my cameras to see if […]

Eclipse

marcus February 22, 2008

One of the few decent shots I was able to get of the moon during the eclipse on 2/20.

Disney Love

marcus February 20, 2008

I was shooting the lights on the buildings on main street in the Magic Kingdom. I didn’t really like the results, but when I was going through all the images, […]

Nemo Abstract

marcus February 16, 2008

I’ve returned from Disney World and started processing my photos. This was shot on the Finding Nemo ride at Epcot.

Ragged Eaves

marcus January 17, 2008

An abandoned building in Maysville, Georgia. I’m sure this would make a great black and white image, but I’m finding more and more that even the simple colors in this […]

Gated

marcus January 14, 2008

What an odd coincidence that the day I get laid of from my job with a home builder I deliberately set out to shoot houses. And how odd that this […]

Winter Sunset

marcus January 13, 2008

My neighbor stood on her porch and watched me shoot these clouds. Looking in the direction my camera was pointed and wondering what I was shooting. Finally she asked and […]

Jack Frost Nipping At My Truck

marcus January 11, 2008

Occaisionally in Georgia the temperature gets low enough to freeze water. This is the result of one such freeze. It was taken from my truck as I waited for the […]

Blue Christmas

marcus December 17, 2007

There was no rain in the forecast last night, so I went back to Stone Mountain to shoot some more Christmas Lights.  This is one of my favorite parts of […]

Christmas Bears

marcus December 14, 2007

I went to Stone Mountain Park last week to shoot some of their Christmas Lights. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to shoot for very long because it started to rain. RAIN! […]

Alfie?

marcus December 9, 2007

If you aren’t familiar with Alfie the Christmas Tree, I suggest you check out A Christmas Together by John Denver and the Muppets. It’s one of my favorite Christmas Albums.

Rusty Cable

marcus November 28, 2007

This shot and the next few are from an old mine near Breckenridge. The area around the mine, including the buildings and mining equipment are protected historical areas. There were […]

Rocky Mountain Sunset

marcus November 21, 2007

When you’re deep in a canyon, with a mountain peak looming 4,000 feet above you, the sun sets around 2:00pm. Shortly after this shot was taken, the entire mountain was […]

It's a Stick

marcus November 19, 2007

That’s what my friend Matt told me when I showed him this photo after the hike. Well, yes it is a stick, but it’s a stick with a really cool […]

Autumn Red

marcus November 16, 2007

While I was in Colorado, the leaves changed colors around Atlanta. In general they still lack the vibrancy of last year’s display, thanks in large part to the drought. However, […]

Not Quite Vermont

marcus November 5, 2007

The drought in Georgia has made for a dismal autumn color display. There have been small patches of color, but nothing as spectacular as last year.

God Light II

marcus November 1, 2007

Happy All Saints Day folks! I’m posting shots from the archives because I haven’t had much luck shooting lately. I went out this weekend in hopes of finding some fall […]

Barbed and Barbless

marcus October 24, 2007

One of my first ever concept shots. I feel it needs an explanation because it didn’t quite work the way I had planned.  This is from a photo shoot at […]

Hindu Temple

marcus October 15, 2007

It looks like I had to travel all the way around the world to get this image. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to travel, but this spectacular building is right in […]

Ferris Wheel II

marcus October 1, 2007

Last week the county where I live held its annual fair. I went at night to get some photos of lights in motion. This is the ferris wheel.

Day Flower

marcus September 15, 2007

According to the sign at the park, each of these flowers opens only once in the morning and then closes and liquefies during the heat of the day.

Anticipating Autumn

marcus September 3, 2007

I’m sure the color on this tree has more to do with the severe drought we’ve been enduring than with the approaching change in seasons, but that’s what it reminded […]

Rain Drops on Leaf

marcus September 2, 2007

I joined a photography club recently. The first meeting I attended was a Nature Photo shoot at a local park. We had a lot of rain the night before the […]

Rocking Chair

marcus August 29, 2007

This was shot from the living room of my mother-in-law’s house in North Georgia. Normally we would have been sitting out on the porch, but the heat this summer has […]

Minnehaha Trickle

marcus August 19, 2007

I finally got a chance to get out and shoot. I only had a couple of hours, so I returned to one of my favorite waterfalls. As you can see, […]

Lily On Blue

marcus August 14, 2007

Something from the archives. I’m dying to get out to shoot, but life keeps getting in the way.

Campfire

marcus August 3, 2007

This is a shot of the campfire from my family’s biennial reunion. Sorry for the lack of updates. My server had a meltdown last week, and I have finally gotten […]

Fireworks 1

marcus July 10, 2007

To celebrate my son’s first Independence Day, my wife and I decided he should see some fireworks. We planned a day shopping, hanging out, and watching the fireworks at the […]

In the thorn tree

marcus July 2, 2007

And the whirlwind is in the thorn tree. The virgins are all trimming their wicks. The whirlwind is in the thorn tree. It\’s hard for thee to kick against the […]

Surreal Colors

marcus June 21, 2007

This is an orchid, from the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. I really loved the colors of these flowers. You can expect a variety of shots from the orchid house over the […]

Iris

marcus June 17, 2007

Happy Father\’s Day to me. As part of my first Father\’s Day Present, my wife and son took me to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens and let me wander around as […]

DemosthenianHall

marcus June 14, 2007

And now for something completely different… This is Demosthenian Hall, one of the oldest buildings on the campus at UGA. Since I don\’t have much to post this week, I […]

Me in honey

marcus June 6, 2007

Yet another shot of the inside of a flower. Getting this close, this often, I\’m beginning to feel like a bee, collecting some sweet nectar to make honey.

Tiger Lily

marcus June 5, 2007

I don\’t normally do this, but I\’m dedicating this shot to my sister Melissa. For one of her dance recitals once, when we were quite young, she danced the part […]

5 O\'clock Shadow

marcus May 30, 2007

The road to my mother-in-law\’s house is adorned with thousands of these little guys. I took a bunch of photos, but will only post a few of them.

Devil\'s Pulpit

marcus May 24, 2007

The rock in the foreground is called Devil\’s Pulpit. The Waterfall is the one in this shot, and the bridge is the same one in shots 116 and 117.

Tallulah Gorge

marcus May 22, 2007

A view of the Sourthern End of Tallulah Gorge. According to the literature at the park, the only gorge in the U.S. deeper than Tallulah is the Grand Canyon.

Bad moon rising

marcus May 9, 2007

Last Tuesday the moon looked really cool, so I grabbed my camera and tripod and spent quite a while trying to get a decent exposure of the moon. I knew […]

Blue Tiger Butterfly

marcus May 8, 2007

Unfortunately, I could not properly identify this guy. If anyone knows what it is please leave me a comment. This is a Blue Tiger. Thanks BananaGoddess. This is the last […]

Emerald Longwing Butterfly

marcus April 24, 2007

I am not certain about the identification of this one. The Emerald Longwing is the closest match I could find in the butterfly guide at Callaway. However, an internet search […]

Malaysian Lacewing Butterfly

marcus April 23, 2007

It’s butterfly week folks. On a family trip to Callaway Gardens this weekend I managed to get quite a few butterfly photos. This is the first, a Malaysian Lacewing (Cethosia […]

Moon Jellies

marcus April 14, 2007

I took another trip to the Georgia Aquarium this weekend. My wife had a friend in town, which meant that I had a little more freedom to linger some of […]

Red and Yellow

marcus March 24, 2007

What you\’re looking at is my first attempt at an abstract photo. You can probably tell that it\’s an extreme closeup of a flower, and that\’s all I was going […]

Bloodroot

marcus March 17, 2007

I can’t believe it’s been nearly three months since I posted anything. Ah well, now that the brown season appears to be reaching its end I will make more of […]

Harpers Ferry

marcus December 30, 2006

While driving back from visiting family for Christmas, we stopped at the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in Virginia. It\’s a cool place, but was mostly shutdown for the holidays. […]

Forest Glow

marcus December 12, 2006

This photo was made less than 100 yards from this shot. I was really trying to capture the glow of the forest as the overhead sun shined through the golden […]

Anna Ruby Falls Revisited

marcus December 10, 2006

More waterfalls. This is Anna Ruby Falls in The Chattahoochee National Forest in North Georgia. It is about ¼ mile up the creek from my Smith Creek shot and taken […]

Jelly Fish

marcus November 12, 2006

Another trip to the Georgia Aquarium. The jellyfish display in the Tropical Diver exhibit is breathtaking. This shot really doesn\’t do justice to the display.

Black Rock Trail

marcus November 8, 2006

This trail is one of the many inside the Park at Black Rock Mountain State Park near Clayton, Georgia. My mother-in-law\’s new house is about 6 miles from where this […]

Smith Creek

marcus November 1, 2006

This is the best shot of the day from my trip to see North Georgia this past weekend. Smith Creek is formed at the base of Anna Ruby Falls where […]

Autumn Mountain

marcus October 30, 2006

I got out this weekend to shoot some of North Georgia\’s spectacular autumn colors. Even though the the colors were past their peak, they were still incredible. This was one […]

Puppies

marcus October 5, 2006

These are my puppies, at least that’s the way I think of them. Snickers is the one on the left, Mars is on the right. I honestly have no idea […]

Lamp Post

marcus September 19, 2006

This was shot on the sidewalk in front of my house. I have my dog to thank for getting this. On my way home from work tonight, I thought to […]

Amicalola Falls

marcus August 29, 2006

Yep, another photo of a waterfall, but at lease this one has flowers in it. The same flowers as the last post, that I cannot identify by name. They grow […]

Three Yellow Flowers

marcus August 27, 2006

Forgive me, as much as I love taking pictures of flowers, and looking at them in general, I rarely learn the names of these flowers. A rose by any other […]

Dry Falls North Carolina

marcus August 23, 2006

I found out why this is called Dry Falls. While shooting this particular waterfall, in North Carolina, it started raining hard. I had walked from the car without a rain […]

Solo Lily

marcus July 8, 2006

I posted a photo similar to this last year. That one was made at a Day Lily Farm in North Georgia. My mother-in-law bought some of the lilies last year, […]

Dogwood

marcus April 9, 2006

The Legend of the Dogwood In Jesus time, the dogwood grew To a stately size and a lovely hue. \’Twas strong & firm it\’s branches interwoven For the cross of […]

All Wet

marcus March 12, 2006

There is a story behind the title of this photo. While squating to find a better shot, I slipped and fell into creek. I skinned my elbows and ended up […]

Spectacled Owl

marcus February 13, 2006

I\’m gonna stop saying this now, but I don\’t know what kind of owl this is. It was the one on display after the Animal Kingdom bird show. O.k. After […]

Rhino

marcus February 11, 2006

This big fella was in the road on the Safari Ride at Animal Kingdom. The ride was held up for about five minutes while he decided whether he was going […]

Bird

marcus February 10, 2006

I am the worst about remembering names of animals and such. I had a guide that told me the name of this pretty bird, but I didn’t write it down.

Funky Flower

marcus February 8, 2006

I really don’t know if this is a flower or not. It’s one of the many cool things growing at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.

Canada

marcus February 6, 2006

This isn’t really Canada, but the Canada exhibit at EPCOT’s Tour of Nations. This shot was taken while listening to a pretty cool Celtic/Rock band called Off KILTer. I’m not […]

Fantasmic

marcus February 4, 2006

The is a shot from the Fantasmic light show at Disney/MGM Studios. I had a hard time getting my wireless remote to work, so most of my shots from the […]

Sea Dragon

marcus December 30, 2005

Beluga Whales weren’t the only cool things at the Georgia Aquarium that day. This is a sea dragon. Similar to a sea horse but more fancy.

Beluga

marcus December 24, 2005

A beluga whale at the Georgia Aquarium. This guy seemed to really enjoy having his picture taken. He kept pressing his head against the glass while I was shooting.

Washington at night.

marcus November 7, 2005

This is the Washington Monument and the World War II memorial from my birthday trip to DC. The WWII memorial is incredible, I highly recommend a visit if you are […]

Federal Tree

marcus November 6, 2005

For my birthday, my wife and I flew to Washington, D.C. to visit some friends. One of the days we were there we spent hanging out on the National Mall. […]

Red Daylily

marcus August 23, 2005

For my wife’s birthday we spent the weekend at my in-law’s place in the mountains of North Georgia. There is a lady near there who grows day lillies. While the […]

Joke at UGA

marcus May 3, 2005

Apparently the grounds keepers at UGA aren\’t exactly Bulldog fans, or if they are, they haven\’t found a way to incorporate Red and Black into the flower scheme. This was […]

Blooming Tree

marcus April 3, 2005

Damn my inattention to detail like the names and varieties of trees and flowers. If I paid attention to these sorts of things my photos might have better names.

Purple Sky

marcus March 8, 2005

Another shot of the sunset in American Fork Canyon, Utah. The Tibble Fork Reservoir was directly behind me.

Pink Sky 2

marcus March 8, 2005

This picture was taken in American Fork Canyon, Utah. The Tibble Fork Reservoir was directly behind me.

Bad Angle

marcus March 5, 2005

No, not bad angel, bad angle. At least that\’s what the nice lady at the visitor\’s center told me. LDS Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Christus

marcus March 5, 2005

This is a replica of the original Christus Statue. This one is in the visitors center to the LDS Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Rock Formation at 75 MPH

marcus March 4, 2005

Shot while driving through Southern Utah on a marathon trip to Salt Lake (from Georgia) for my grandmother\’s funeral. Don\’t worry, I wasn\’t driving.

Minnehaha Falls

marcus October 25, 2004

This is Minnehaha Falls, in North East Georgia. The waterfall makes you laugh when you say its name. If only just a little bit. I\’m very proud of the fact […]

Leaves and Rapids

marcus October 23, 2004

I got in a lot of people\’s way to get this picture. I also had to climb some boulders and rock hop across part of the creek to get to […]

Tree at Night

marcus July 3, 2004

The deck of my mother-in-law\’s house, in North Georgia, was actually built around this tree. I shot this while enjoying a evening with family and friends on said deck.

Butterly Blue Shirt

marcus August 14, 2003

While hiking the Chattooga River Trail one rainy August, this butterfly happened upon my soaking wet shirt that had been laid out to dry.

Blue Ridge Parkway

marcus June 24, 2002

As the name implies this photo was taken from the Blue Ridge Parkway. While visiting friends in Virginia my wife and I took the Scenic Route for part of the […]

Fire

marcus June 14, 2002

A campfire made during an overnight trip to Pigeon Mountain WMA.