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@ofduskanddawn

Man moved by the beauty of nature. Photographer, writer, poet, filmmaker, and vestige of a kinder era.

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Reflecting on the day. Sunset above and on the Middle Branch of the Portage River in Rudolph, OH. #sunset #nature #water #ohio #summer

In dim light green grass and trees line a thin river with a mirror like surface. The setting sun paints the edges of gray and purple clouds a bright orange. Hints of blue sky beyond and yellow patches bleed through above.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· 4d

I don’t know what it is, but it was on my mailbox today. Maybe an inch long, if that. I’ve never seen anything like it. #bug #whatisit #ohio

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· 5d

Gentle sunset. Pastel colors slowly grew and faded as the clouded sky caught the last light of day along the Maumee River near Grand Rapids, OH tonight.

Trees nearly in silhouette line the banks of a wide river. The sky above has layers of clouds each with a different form and catching a different color. Blue sky is behind tufts of blue clouds at the top, yellow streaks follow with orange just above the tree line of the far bank. The water’s rippled surface blurs the colors it reflects in this sunset photo.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· 13d

Cooper’s Hawk in black and white at Oak Openings Preserve Metropark on a humid Summer afternoon. #bird #hawk #nature #blackandwhite #ohio

A thin tree entangled with thick vines is the perfect perch for a Cooper’s Hawk in the sun dappled woods of Oak Openings Preserve Metropark near Swanton, Ohio. This is a black and white photo.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· 18d

Perching Heron. A Great Blue Heron rests on a tree branch above a pond at the Oak Openings Nature Preserve Metropark near Swanton, OH. #birds #heron #nature #ohio

Bright green leaves and a curving tree trunk frame a light blue and brown Great Blue Heron. Beyond summer haze mutes green leaves beyond.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· 23d

Behind the pines. Afterglow on a warm July evening. #sunset #nature #sky #ohio

Moments after sunset, pines are silhouetted against a sky streaked with orange and gray clouds with deepening blue visible it patches. The sky celebrates another day of light and warmth.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· 24d

Winding down. Branches from a dead tree frame the setting sun in Northwest Ohio. #sunset #summer #nature #sky #ohio

An orange sun color the sky around it, as gray clouds near the horizon mute the color. Dead tree branches are silhouetted against warm background.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· 27d

Fencing in the sun. A Summer moment as the sun set this evening along the Slippery Elm Trail in Northwest Ohio. #sunset #summer #nature #rural #sky #ohio

Weeds with fluff are lit by the setting sun through a wire fence along one of the many flat fields in Northwest Ohio. The sky above has light green tint with yellow highlights until it meets a dark band of clouds with deep orange below. Green grass and crops grow in the foreground.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· 28d

Through domestic smoke. Fires burning in the Pacific Northwest have sent a plume of smoke overhead that filtered the setting sun tonight. #sunset #nature #rural #ohio

A pale red sun in a gray sky nears the horizon while trees barely notice the weak light.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· Jul 24

The sun bids the corn a good night. A hot July evening in rural Wood County, OH. #sunset #nature #sky #clouds #rural #ohio

Dark green corn stalks point upward towards a falling sun. The orange orb tucks itself behind a fluffy purple cloud as the pale orange sky continues to darken.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· Jul 19

A wink from the smiling sun. Last evening in rural Wood County, OH. #sunset #sky #nature #rural #farming #ohio

Green fields of corn with a gray sky above are pierced with the intense red of the setting sun through smoke high above. I do believe it winked at me.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· Jul 17

Smoke on the water. Dense wildfire smoke from Canada permeates the atmosphere above Lake Michigan near Muskegon. The sky was clear blue earlier in the day. #smoke #canadianwildfires #beach #lakemichigan #muskegon #sun #summer #michigan

Seagulls fly in a gray sky with a pale orange disc and gray water below, as smoke from distant wildfires filters the sun and blots out the blue sky at a beach along Lake Michigan.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· Jul 14

Butterfly Weed in the golden hour. In rural Wood County, OH. #sunset #wildflower #nature #ohio

A bright red blossom of a Butterfly Weed rises above the grass as the sun nears the horizon. Yellow and gray clouds cover the blue sky above.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· Jul 12

Painted sky tonight. Near Portage, OH along the Slippery Elm Trail. #sunset #sky #clouds #nature #rural #ohio

A drainage ditch curves to the right dividing a green soybean field with the sky above painted in orange streaks on a powder blue canvas a few minutes after sunset this evening.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· Jul 9

Afterglow on a summer’s eve. Last night along the Slippery Elm Trail in Rudolph, OH. #sunset #nature #rural #ohio

A darken sky with deep blue fading to a dark red at the horizon is spotted by some puffy clouds a dark blue. Silhouetted trees along dark river banks frame a the jagged mirror of the water’s surface reflecting the glowing sky above after sunset.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· Jul 1

Robins resting. A pair of Robins pause on fence posts at sunset. #birds #rural #nature #sunset #ohio

Gray fence posts with rusted wire fencing runs along a golden field glowing from the rays of the setting sun. A pair of American Robins perches atop adjacent posts. One faces the camera and it pointed West. The other faces East. Beyond the field a row of utility poles and wires makes repeated a pattern.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· Jun 30

Putting the day to rest. This evening along the Maumee River at sunset, soft clouds drifted overhead catching the warm light. #sunset #nature #maumeeriver #ohio

A blue sky fades to purple near the horizon with a cloud softly catching warm orange light over the mirror of the water’s surface at sunset.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· Jun 29

Teasel and the moon. As the sun was setting the moon was rising on a warm evening along the Slippery Elm Trail in Northwestern Ohio. #moon #teasel #nature #ohio

Above a golden field thin stems rise with prickly brown heads framing the moon as it lifts above the green trees beyond in a sky with a purplish gray band fading to light blue-green.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· Jun 28

The trail ahead. The view as the sun set across a field of drying wheat along the slippery Elm Trail in rural Wood County, OH, last evening. #sunset #sky #rural #clouds #nature #ohio

A curving dark gray dark asphalt path marked with ribbons of black tar curls bends to the horizon along a fence line. The light brown field of wheat stretches to a silhouetted tree line. Above the yellow-orange sun is filtered through a thin layer of clouds. Gray patches with tufts catching the light orange light cover the left half of the sky. Light blue shows through on the right between long fingers of smooth gray clouds.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· Jun 21

Feast for a Fritillary. Spotted today at the Penney Nature Center near Defiance, OH. #butterfly #nature #ohio

Nearby plants make a bright green backdrop for an orange Fritillary butterfly atop pink blooms of a Milkweed. Above more blooms are almost ready to open.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· Jun 16

Thistle and storms at sunset. From early June in rural Wood County, OH. #sunset #nature #plants #clouds #sky #ohio

Towering storm clouds are painted orange, purple, and pink by the setting sun. The warm light casts orange tones on thistle and leaves in the foreground.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· Jun 12

Dusty sunset. A cloud of dust from farm machinery operating in the field near the horizon mimics the hazy clouds above that mute the colors of the in the sky from the setting sun beyond.

A dark field in the foreground with silhouetted trees has a thin band of yellow as dust kicked up by farm machines catches the warm light of the setting sun. The clouds above a hazy and patchy and obscure the color of the sky that fades from pale blue to yellow.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· Jun 11

Deadly sunset. A flowering hemlock takes in the final rays of the day from a setting sun over the flat fields of Northwest Ohio. #sunset #plants #hemlock #sky #nature #ohio

A clear sky I dyed orange by the sun as it nears the horizon. A hemlock with white flowers stands along the edge of an empty field in this sunset photo.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· Jun 10

Gone with a puff of wind. The seed head of a giant dandelion. #nature #plants #giantdanelion #blackandwhite

Like bursting fireworks, the seeds on a giant dandelion head prepare to follow the wind in this black and white photo.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· Jun 8

Winds of change. A dark cloud bank overtakes the setting sun tonight in Northwest Ohio. #sunset #clouds #sky #nature #ohio

A dimming blue sky is slowly covered by a bank of white wispy clouds and a layer of dark gray clouds that advance from beyond the horizon as the sun sets.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· Jun 7

Far off storms. This evening the setting sun cast warm light on thunderstorms 50 miles to the South in Northwest Ohio along the Slippery Elm Trail. #sunset #rural #sky #nature #clouds #ohio

A pale green field with a ripening crop lies behind a rusty wire fence. Above storms towering in the humid air catch the light of the sun as it moves below the horizon.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· Jun 4

Framing the moon. A dead tree’s branches frame the rising moon in a blue sky last Friday. #moonrise #moon #nature #sky

A dead tree with sod grayed by the weather frames a rising moon in a blue sky with green foliage beyond.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· Jun 2

Morning moon. The moon was still bright as the sun came up this morning. #moonset #moon #nature #sky #ohio

With the blue of night pales by the approaching sun, and a band of soft warm light near the western horizon, the nearly full moon sets over and empty field and trees in the flatlands of Northwest Ohio.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· Jun 2

Falling sun. A cloud bank is about to devour the sun as night advances towards the rural countryside of Northwest Ohio. #sunset #sky #clouds #nature #ohio

An orange and yellow sky is getting blotted out by a thick purple cloud as the sun sets. Trees are silhouetted and en empty field lies in the foreground.

ofduskanddawn@ofduskanddawn· May 30

Thistles at sundown. This evening along the Slippery Elm Trail, Wood County, OH. #sunset #sky #nature #clouds #rural #ohio