National Cathedral and more

A set of photographs I took today when I went to the Flower Mart at the National Cathedral.  I have to admit that this Flower Mart does not have quite the same character as the Baltimore Flower Mart, and I didn't see a single peppermint stick.  But I did get some good pictures. 

This set, that displays both the grandeur architecture and the grandeur nature, includes the photographs I took at the Cathedral and on my walk home.

Click on the image below to see the photographs, and then click on the "show info" link that appears at the top of the slideshow to see the photo descriptions.



National Cathedral/Rock Creek Park - 5/4/13

small small world

A set of ethereal photographs of insects by photographer Lee Peiling.


small small world

The Beauty of Pollination

Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg shows a clip from his film Wings of Life.

50 Best Photos of the Natural World

From Boston.com's The Big Picture Blog, the 50 best photographs of the Natural World from 2011.

50 best photos from The Natural World

Baltimore Oriole

Not quite the eagle cam, but an incredibly clear video of a Baltimore Oriole. In the middle of the video there is another bird, but I am not sure what that one is.

[Added 6/7/11 - The second bird is a Red-Bellied Woodpecker.]

Baltimore Orioles with GoPro Hero HD from Rob Lavoie on Vimeo.

Butterflies

A great selection of Butterfly photographs from The Guardian.

Beautiful Butterflies

Happy Easter

For Easter, some pictures I took this morning of the courtyard of my building. I have added these to the spring flowers photo set.

Spring Flowers - 2011

Photographs for Earth Day

From http://www.smashingapps.com, a selection of photographs for Earth Day.

28 Beautiful And Inspiring Photographs
Dedicated To Earth Day

Flower Power

A great set of photographs from the boston.com's photo blog, The Big Picture. The picture below is from the set, but here I have turned it upside down, which makes it a bit disconcerting.

Flower Power

More Spring Flowers

A bunch of photographs I took today have been added to the photo set I created for Spring Flowers. One of the photos included is the one below, which is just around the corner from me, on P Street.

Spring Flowers - 2011

Sandhill Crane Migration

From The Christian Science Monitor, a selection of photographs documenting the sandhill crane migration.

Also don't miss out on the daily excitement over on the Eagle Cam—live eagle action. Right now they are looking a bit bedraggled from the rain.

Sandhill crane migration

National Christmas Tree 2.0

Following the toppling of the National Christmas tree in a wind storm a few weeks ago, a new National Christmas Tree was planted on the Ellipse last Saturday. A 26 1/2 foot Colorado blue spruce, it comes from a nursery in New Jersey. While not a little tree, it has some growing to do before it can match the 42 foot height of the tree that toppled over.

I have included a picture of it that I took on Sunday in a new set of pictures of trees.

Trees - 2011

Wellcome Image Awards

A set of photographs containing the 2011 Wellcome Image Award winners.

Wellcome Image Awards 2011

Camouflage

A video of some amazing marine camouflage.

Frost

Yesterday's post was an image of the sun. To the other extreme today. Here is a set of photographs from guardian.co.uk all with a frost theme.

Frost - In Pictures

Best of January

Nat Geo's best photographs of January.

Best of January 2011

Tusheti Mountains

A pictorial romp through Georgia's Tusheti Mountains + life and death adventure. What more could you ask for?

Riding on the edge in Georgia

Best Nature Photographs

I have been disconnected for a while because of my move, but I am back on now. Here is the Nature Conservancy's Best Nature Photographs from 2010.

Best Nature Photos of 2010

Best Wildlife Photographs

Guardian.co.uk picture editor, Eric Hilaire, selects the best shots from this year's wildlife photography awards.

Review of 2010 wildlife photographic awards

More Yosemite

I previously posted a series a Yosemite photographs by Mark Boster. Here is a video of Boster photographing in Yosemite.

Time lapse: One photographer, one subject, four seasons