Credit Where It Is Due

Credit Where It is Due

I like to make photographs, and I enjoy being praised for what I have done. But God teaches a different attitude, one of thankfulness and humility. He pointed that out to me recently. I DO NOT MAKE THESE PHOTOGRAPHS ALONE. I didn't create the light, or the technology which makes photography possible. I didn't buy my camera, it was a gift from my husband. I didn't give myself the ability to see through the camera in order to make an image which others find pleasing. It is right to use what I have been given to the best of my ability, but it is wrong to take credit for what I have not done. God made the light, the elements which are used to manufacture the camera, and the world from which these images come. He has given me gifts: people to teach me, eyes to see with, and a brain to process information. I am thankful for these gifts. He deserves all the praise, not I.

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Nestling


A pair of robins made their home in a lilac bush conveniently near my home this summer. I had to be very careful about getting a photo: Mama was nervous and shy. But this nestling cooperated admirably!


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Monday, September 2, 2013

Introducing My Mailbox Spider

 This spider has been living here lately. 

It is huge!

It hides under the mailbox a lot, but today it was on its web.



I don't know what kind of spider it is; I am not a student of creepy-crawlies. But I am impressed!

Camera Critters

Update 9 Sep 2013: I think it might be a variety of star-bellied spider, based on the pics found here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/1994/bgpage
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