One Sunday a month, shutter-happy people gather at a different Great Park to photograph whatever catches their eye. The program is open to everybody and every ability level. Phone, point-and-shoot and digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras are all welcome! Below are some photographs from participants. Enjoy!
Photo Walks always begin the same way: finding the perfect trail to capture the best picture. (Photo: Bill Hart)
Sharon Woods is quite often a perfectly picturesque park. (Photo: Amy Roell)
Get up close and personal with wildlife you may not have encountered before, like gnat ogre flies (Holcocephalus fuscus). (Photo: Paul Seevers)
Do you see the chunk of gold on this bee’s legs? That’s a corbicula, or pollen basket. Corbiculae are part of the bee’s tibia and are used in harvesting pollen to carry it back to the hive. (Photo: Mike Seipel)
Pictures aren’t limited to wildlife; have you every looked at plant life from a different perspective? (Photo: Dareen Seipel)
Sometimes, nature lets humans see something that you may not have noticed before. The bee on the bottom is also gathering pollen in its corbicula. (Photo: Paul Seevers)
An eastern screech owl (Megascops asio) peers down over Sharon Woods. (Photo: Malinda Hartong)
The white flower of drooping trillium (Trillium flexipes) creates a contrast against this dark background. (Photo: Emily Eagen)
The drooping trillium receives its name from not only the way the flower droops from the long peduncle, but also its three petals. (Photo: Emily Eagen)
Who knows, you may even find a new favorite hobby or discover a new found love of nature.
Have an awesome nature photo of your own? Share it on social media with the hashtag #GreatParksofHamiltonCounty.
Visit Great Parks’ calendar to join the next Photo Walk.
— Paul Seevers Nature Interpreter, Farbach-Werner Nature Preserve
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