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If you know my work at all, you know my photography represents my life-long love of diverse artistic subjects. These four photos will not surprise, but hopefully delight you!

Our flowers, including lupine, are growing! This is an example of how I take macro photos, most of which I learned from Amy Amy Brooks Horn— all blurry except what I want to focus on. (I know there’s no news there, but I had to say it.) ISO 1000 1/500s f/5, shot 5/15/26).

One more note—Photographers who are wiser than me have said the darkened background should be total. Clearly I disagree. I tend to leave enough hints of context, especially other nearby plant life. These hints tell you as viewers “There is more here than meets the eye.”

You can buy prints and more on the Flowers gallery. Go there now.

This mating pair of Hairy woodpeckers has been minding their nest diligently and taking turns bringing food back to the hatchlings, because indeed there are some assertive-sounding peeps coming from their nest-hole. We expect the young to fly off, leaving the comfort of that nest behind, by about May 25.

Meanwhile, we humans on their property also do our due diligence, waiting eagerly for the birds to fledge.

You can buy prints of this image, and more, on the Animals-In-Action gallery. Go there now.

On our trip to Canyon Country and Page, Arizona in May 2025, a great guide named Moses led a group of two dozen adults and children through this slot canyon— one of many in the area. The red rock is sandstone, soft enough to be sculpted by flood waters. Secret Canyon is similar in some ways to Antelope Canyon— sharing a region, a geology, a shape, a degree of danger, and above all, a beauty.

You can buy prints of this image from my Canyon Country gallery. Go there now.

San Pedro, California, is a part of the City of Los Angeles. Before it became so, it was a neighborhood, and it remains an extremely attractive place, many parts overlooking the Pacific Ocean. I took this photograph in late January 2026. Pt. Fermin Park afforded this spectacular view of sunrise. I love the ripples, or gentle waves, obvious in the photo. Especially for some who now lives in arid Arizona, a vision of endless waters moves me. The photo captures contrasting / complementary colors— purples and oranges to be specific. These are royal colors!

Visible in the background is Catalina Island, part of the Channel Islands. What a wonderful thing it is to have family living there, all of whom have helped introduce me to the beauties of San Pedro.

You can buy prints of this image on the Southern California gallery. Go there now.

By the way, you can see dozens of my photographs— including birds, flowers, sunsets and more— from my Fine Art America/ Pixels website, https://jim-wilce.pixels.com/