Jack_Maegli
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Powerful tear on the cloth! Nice use of back light -
Nice gritty capture; I am sure she would kick the ass of suitor not meeting the full detail of her needs -
Nice DOF detail up front. These guys are all over my suet feeder; Titmouse? -
Nice eyes with DOF -
Nice homogeneous light exposure! -
Nice seeing you again; been a while on my part -
The moss faery can usually be spotted in early spring, just after the snow breaks. She rejuvenates the moss that takes on the earliest green on the floor of the woods. Note how the sparkle of her wings dissipates during sleep. -
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The Ghost of Beckman Mill: You hear much about “Lucy 7” in Beloit as a historical exemplification of a young female rising to prosperity from simple agricultural roots; but not so much of those with a less happy ending. Such is the case of Miley Jenkins, the daughter of a farmer from nearby Avon. Miley worked at the Beckman mill in the late 19th century and after an unexpected teenage pregnancy was promised marriage by her love Benjamin Fitzgerald, the son of prominent Judge John C. Fitzgerald of Monroe. Benjamin’s mother Abigail however forbade such a thing to what she called a white trash farmer’s daughter. Shortly thereafter Miley fell into the grinding stone that turned grain to flour at the mill with her unborn son. The river that powered the mill ran red with her blood upon exit, and the most beautiful lilies bloomed downstream for years afterward. Her death was ruled an accident, as suicide was not an accepted cause on a coroner’s report during the time. Only bits and pieces of this story remain in old torn newspapers that now occupy the depths of local landfills. But as a visiting photographer of the Beckman Mill historical site, I feel close to her story as I am occasionally offered a gratuitous appearance. Unseen at the time, here is an example of her presence that only shows after developing the picture taken. -
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The tinker faery Camila: In exchange for providing a prairie flower garden nearby and some hollow logs to decorate and find shelter, the friendly tinker faery Camila repays us by defending against the carpenter ants that invade and consume the wood piles designated to warm our house for the coming winters. I heard through the grapevine that she also runs a food truck at the local Faery Tinker Circus featuring chocolate covered ant eggs. I congratulate any additional benefit she derives from our relationship due her industrialist spirit, but sometimes find her wearing jewelry and other bling that disappear from the house. -
A hopeful reunion with this caretaker of the summer swamps is what endures the frogs and other inhabitants during the at times cruel hibernation of winter. Not being of hardened stock to withstand the cutting winds of a winters night, she flies south with the hummingbirds as the cold clutches the land. Even us less affected human folk in the seasonal North eventually look forward to the spring equinox and the chapter of rejuvenation of life it brings to the land. The unexplained sparkle of light that appears in the corner of our eyes during a spring bog hike could likely be the faery dust she leaves behind in flight upon return to the land. -
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I like the fusion of three elements in this shot; the diagonal flow; the silhouette contrast of the wires-poles; and the background colors. Nice orchestration! -
Nice burn on the bottom of the stem to bring the eyes up! -
Nice framing from whatever earthen structure you took this from! The trees look like they are ready to attack! -
Nice fore lighting and feather detail! Shooting birds is a huge challenge... -
Nice use of subtle background textures and fore light to keep the focus on the subject -
Very emotive, the cap and swing look like arms holding a platter presenting a message I would not want to get! -
Nice fore lighting and subject matter in mouth! Shooting birds is a huge challenge... -
The shoes really put this shot over the top! -
Nice addition of foreground material to make this a "story teller" -
With a mouthful of whatever larvae she pulled out of a tree, she selflessly surrenders it back at her nest of chicks -
She is enjoying a return to life in this Wisconsin prairie
