ep·i·phyte Noun ˈepəˌfīt/ –a plant that grows above the ground, supported nonparasitically byanother plant or object, and deriving its nutrients and water from rain,the air, dust, etc.; air plant; aerophyte. My experiment didn’t go well. The shop was too warm, dry, and dark. No matter… Read More
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Five Years with a DSLR
Five years ago, almost to the day, I finally broke down to the idea of buying a Digital Single Lens Reflex camera. A DSLR would give me better images, would get me closer to birds, and would ultimately give me more control, going back to… Read More
A (Photographic) Year in Review
It’s been a year since I left for an adventure in Southeast Asia. With the extremely tardy completion of a small book I made for those who supported my Kickstarter campaign for the trip, I started feeling like I’d never be on the road again.… Read More
Kinabalu; One Tall Mountain
(I got back exactly one month ago and I’m not done blogging. So, the post is long and tardy because I arrived home with only two weeks to recoup AND get myself to California for work. Enjoy!) After several forays, I still couldn’t fathom the… Read More
Gomantong Caves
All oncoming traffic had their brights ablaze, yet I was being impetuously rude by not turning mine down on approach, provoking a barrage of anxiety enhancing light flashing and horns blowing. An aging truck, heaped with a patchwork of tarps and choking over slight hillocks,… Read More
Danum Valley
Have you ever been to tropical rainforest? While exploring this part of the world, one is sure to eventually encounter a resemblance to the primeval forest of their imagination. Tumultuous vines, ethereally green, fundamentally impenetrable. Here, this run-a-muck growth is often the result of plants… Read More
Sabah’s Mighty Kinabatangan River (Long)
(The problem with seeing much is finding time at the end of the day to write about it all. It takes a fair amount of time to prepare an entry! This is a bit tardy and I haven’t been quite as frequent as I’d like… Read More