This bird was a little difficult to get a good shot of at first but with a little luck and even more patience (that did eventually pay off), I got these wonderful shots. Enjoy! All photos taken by @jschindler

Observing Nature has always been a passion of mine, now that I have a dedicated camera I can capture and share all that I get to see around me, with all of you. Testing out the Camera's Zoom. Max optical

Time for another round of ID this bird, where I post pictures I've taken of a bird and you tell me what its common or scientific name is! This contest is sponsored by @enternamehere. These photos were

Thursday's World of Photography: #colorfulphotography Picasso Canna Lily Photo taken by @jschindler using Nikon P900. My most recent postLone Brick Fireplace Missing House Thank You!

Here is a picture of a very odd shaped fireplace standing in the middle of an active demolition project. I think it looks odd since it appears to have 2 openings to the same chimney only 90 degrees apart.

Here is a picture of some alfalfa flowers and ants taken with a Nikon P900 w/10x Macro lens. I still have some work to do with figuring out the lenses, hope you enjoy anyways! Thanks!

This is my entry for Wednesday's world of photography contest. This is an old brick building on the square in Gainesville TX . It was taken with a Nikon P900. Thank you!

Here are a couple of pictures of an enormous cactus plant starting to bloom, taken with a Nikon P900.

Here is my entry to Tuesday's #cityscapephotography Sunset over Walmart parking lot in Denton TX. Taken with my HTC ONE M9.

I decided I wanted a dedicated camera instead of always "just using my phone". With the help of the LOA, (plus an early birthday gift) funds became immediately available. The decision was made

The other day I discovered that some lizards have an awfully hard time sticking or "grabbing" onto certain plastics. I found this little lizard (4-6" in length) stuck in a plastic container

Here are some pictures I took a while back with my now fried (funny story) HTC One M9. Did pretty good for a cameraphone, IMO. Let me know what you think. Do you use your "smartphone's camera"

Identify this Bird/Photography Contest #3 First off, congratulations to @smarmy for correctly identifying the bird in the last bird photography contest, it was a female painted bunting. Here is a picure

Do you want to win 1 sbd? Do you know what kind of bird this is? Help me identify this bird! Let me know in the comments section and win 1 SBD. I've seen this bird around for a couple of weeks now. I got

Here are some photos I recently took of this beautiful Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus). I've seen (and heard) this woodpecker several times around as of late and I've finally managed to capture

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Testing out the telescope to look at the moon, only using a camera phone. ► Watch on DTube► Watch Source (IPFS)

As an HVAC/R technician with more than a decade of experience, I occasionally come across some rather strange anomalies with the equipment I work on. This particular unit was one of them. It's a 10 Ton

This is not good for HAM operators and Emergency personnel, especially in the wake of hurricane IRMA making landfall in Florida. The arrival of this CME is likely to cause "radio blackouts" and

I couldn't help but notice XRP only dropped briefly on POLO after the PBOC ICO ban. Could this be why? I'm no fan of central banks, but XRP MIGHT have another huge run up soon. What do you think?