the Shannon Lake trail (pics included)

[jonny_redhorse]

took a ride this morning toward Sturgeon Lake just north of Chisholm...turned off onto the Shannon Lake Trail...I noticed a prior burn(DNR controlled burn) from a forest fire last year...it's amazing to watch the pine forest area re-new itself even after only one year..here's some photos from the trail...jonny

saw these nice bucks on the way up(taken around 11:30 so the suns high,not the best for photos)

think this deer learned to levitate from david blain

I noticed the flames scorched the remaining norways

blue-jay feather

a "cabbage white" butterfly in the old burn

a pretty good sized spider(not sure of the species(about 1 3/4" across)chewin on a freshly captured deer fly

one ugly mutha (same spider)

wild honeysuckle

of course I gotta have a hornet(yellow jacket)pic

blue-bead lilly "clintonia"

[mcary]

Jonny,

I love the colors in the image with the Blue Jay feather

[hobbydog]

Great series of photos....got to vote for the blue jay feather as well.

[buzzsaw]

Ditto! Nice work Jonny.

[floating minnow]

I'll make it three for three. Very nice jonny.

[Dan Thiem]

Yep it was the jay feather that got me too! Really caught my eye.

Good chuckle from the David Blaine deer too!

[jonny_redhorse]

thanks guys for the kind words!...just enjoying my vacation... jonny

[Swimmer]

Thanks for sharing your vacation with us Jonny. I like em all. The Clintonia Borealis seems a little out of focus on the center berry (perhaps this was your intent), but like all the others I especially like the feather and arrangement.

[Tom Wilson]

Great shots Jonny

[Redstormy]

jonny I'm a huge fan of Brandenberg.. I love your work equally. These are fantastic. Both me and my husband love the blue-jay feather. I love all of them.. ugh that spider is creepy but you did a wonderful job anyway.

[jonny_redhorse]

thanks again for such kind comments ,Redstormy, but I certainly have a long way to go before I could ever compare my photos to Mr.Brandenberg....but having someone out there that likes my photos is the greatest reward one could ask for....a happy,appreciative, viewer.........thanks again.....jonny

[Andrew Erickson]

sweet pics man