Steven Helmer Publications

There's a little over a month left in the "I Love Beaver Dam" photo contest but, as of right now, it is pretty much a 4-way race. As of about a minute ago, my goldfinch photo was holding a 5-vote lead. But, within the past 24 hours, it has dropped all the way down to 4th place and fought its way back up. Your votes, which can be cast at the below link, would be appreciated. http://woobox.com/94ugfu/gallery/2wfmNshhL4U

My goldfinch photo (below) currently has enough votes to keep it in second place in the "I Love Beaver Dam" photo contest I entered earlier this week: Voting is open until November 30th so hopefully I'll keep getting enough votes to take over and hold the top spot until then. Here's the link to cast your vote (if interested): http://woobox.com/94ugfu/gallery/2wfmNshhL4U

There's no special reason why I took a photo of these flowers. I just thought they looked pretty and, since I wasn't sure if I would find anything else worth taking a photograph of, I took a pic of them. I've been getting a lot of photos of dragonflies lately because they are beautiful to look at (and have quite a few varieties) and because they are fearless. I can walk right up on one, take as many photos as I need and it won't budge. I got somewhat lucky with this goldfinch photo. I didn't see it at first and was only able to take one shot before it flew away. I saw this little guy flying around as I was trying to catch my breath after climbing up a hill (I'm not REALLY that out of shape, it's just very humid out right now). I tried, several times, to get a photo of a bee on a flower but failed each time because they simply would not hold still long enough to get them in focus. I did, however, get a photo of this one on a leaf....