Alligator Snapping Turtle

This is a small Alligator Snapping Turtle that was in my Koi Pond.  I noticed that my fish started to disappear.  One night I went out with a flash light thinking I had a water snake or some other animal catching them.  Found this Alligator Snapping Turtle in the pond.  Not sure how he got there as the nearest water source is probably 1/2 a mile and my yard is completely fenced in.  Either way, it was released in another local water hole.

Earthsnake in an acorn.

These are some photographs I took of an Earth Snake hiding in an acorn.  I was digging around in the yard and notice this acorn was split and had a snake in it.  I took a few photographs of the Earth Snake before it got scared and came out.

Earth Snakes are tiny snakes that only get about 6 to 8 inches long.  They are not aggressive and completely harmless.  Earth Snakes are usually found in leaves and in the grass.  They eat tiny insects.

Laptop Screwdrivers

These are some photographs of laptop screwdrivers.  I don't know if that is the official name of these I just know that we most commonly use these screwdrivers to work on laptops.  These tiny tools are able to remove the tiny screws that laptops generally use.  They are not small enough to fix eye glasses though.  I just did a quick couple of photographs of these screwdrivers as an example.

Black and yellow laptop screwdrivers

Three black and yellow laptop screwdrivers.

Shotgun shell photographs

These are some photographs I took of shotgun shells.  I haven't shot a shotgun in ages but I had some ammunition around and decided I would photograph it.

The first couple of photographs are shotgun shells isolated on a white background.

Shotgun shells on a white background

Four shotgun shells

It was rainy this weekend and I couldn't do any hunting or fishing.  I took some photographs of different bullets including some 30-30, 22 caliber, 9mm, a 44 magnum and a 223.  I also took these photographs of shotgun shells.

Green, yellow and black shotgun shells.

 There were several different gauges involved as well as shot and a slug.

Three shogun shells with poker chips.

Ammunition photography

These are some photographs of ammunition I did over the weekend.  Some 9mm, 7.62, 44, .22, 30-30 and 30-06.  I photographed them using my Canon 5d Mark II with a kit lens and an Alien Bee 800.  It's been a long time since I I have gone out shooting.  I need to go out this year.  I want to do some more shots of the ammo but I didn't have time this weekend with the kids around and the Superbowl coming on.

Steak, Pork chops, Chicken and Kabobs

The family decided to grill up some food before the Superbowl.  We had some steak, pork chops chicken and some vegetable kabobs.  It was a little cold grilling outside and the wind was terrible but the food was excellent.