A storm was rolling through on this particular evening and I headed out to Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge to setup a prairie/sky shot. I found this interesting tree stump instead and used it to anchor the scene with the sky.
This is the last photograph that was taken during the storm near Herman, Nebraska. In this image, I offsetted the rainbow in the distance with the fence in the foreground. I also captured a bit of the reflection of the rainbow in the rain water in the fields.
This summer Nebraska has had some spectacular boomers. This was an image I actually captured in early June as one rolled through. I drove up to Herman, Nebraska in order to capture what I though was the most intense part of the storm (from a distance) only to find out that it had been pretty intense in Omaha. This image was taken after the "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" photograph previously. I will post one more photo from this evening.
It has been a while since I done any photography at the OPPD Arboretum so I went there last week on an overcast day to see what I find. The lilies in the small pond looked particularly pertty in bloom so I grabbed a couple of images.
Last evening I went to DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge hoping for a good sunset. I carefully scouted a location at the edge of a pond with a ton of lily pads with some blooming. While I waited I pulled out my 300 lens and started to focus on some of the patterns around the lake. This little guy showed up while I was working on this particular bud and I worked him into the scene. The sunset never came and the evening remained overcast the entire time. Great light for something like this.
One thing that Nebraska has had this year is some spectacular storms. This has led to some pretty awesome sunsets. This evening I traveled north to Herman, Nebraska as this was the path of the storm, not knowing it was going to hit Omaha equally as hard. I witnessed this rainbow, and you can make out a bit of the double rainbow, right after the hard rain.
My family and I went to the zoo with some visiting friends. We had the opportunity to see the new Butterfly and Insect exhibit that has just opened there. You walk into a room with a multitude of butterflies flying around. It was quite an experience and I will definitely be returning.
The other night I visited DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge in order to capture some blooming lily pads on Wood Duck pond. I cam across this family of deer feasting on a field in the refuge and stoped to capture them.
