What Next Photography & Graphic Arts

This is a closeup photograph of the flower of a red mangrove tree. The flowers resemble three stars stacked one on another.

09 Nov

Red Mangroves Provide Great Advantages to Their Ecosystem

Posted by whatnext10 Plants and Flowers

Red Mangroves Provide Great Advantages to Their Ecosystem explains to readers how red mangrove trees create a micro ecosystem called a mangal. It also discusses several unique features of red mangrove trees.

A fuzzy yellow and black bee fly rests on top of a blade of grass with it’s wings spread wide.

08 Nov

The Grasshopper Bee Fly is a Wonderful Pollinator

Posted by whatnext10 Insects

The Grasshopper Bee Fly is a Wonderful Pollinator tells readers about the author’s unusual encounter with a grasshopper bee fly. It also gives readers some facts about this species and bee flies in general.

A brightly colored and brightly alert Red Bull assassin bug is in the process of crawling from one place to another over leaf debris on the ground.

07 Nov

The Colorful Red Bull Assassin is Great for Pest Control

Posted by whatnext10 Insects

The Colorful Red Bull Assassin is Great for Pest Control discusses the Red Bull assassin bug and assassin bugs in general. It also tells the story of the author’s interactions with this particular bug.

This photo shows the tails side of a Kansas State Quarter featuring the American bison.

06 Nov

It’s Time to Honor an American Icon; the Bison

Posted by whatnext10 Events, Mammals

It’s Time to Honor an American Icon; the Bison celebrates National Bison Day with a short explanation of the reasons to honor the American bison. It then gives readers a number of ways that they can celebrate the day.

Three droplets of water hang, ready to fall, from a section of passion fruit vine.

05 Nov

Rain Can Produce Beautiful Images in Nature Photography

Posted by whatnext10 Photography, Plants and Flowers

Rain Can Produce Beautiful Images in Nature Photography shows two images taken after an afternoon thunderstorm in a patch of passion fruit vines. Both images include water droplets and the text explains the author’s motivation for taking them.

This is a macro photo of a spider web against a basically dark background with a few lights, especially at the bottom of the frame.

04 Nov

The Delicate Intricacy of a Spider’s Web is a Beautiful Thing

Posted by whatnext10 Photography, Spiders

The Delicate Intricacy of a Spider’s Web is a Beautiful Thing tells the background story behind today’s featured image and discusses some of the functions of spider’s silk.

A white feather with pink down near the root lies on a black wood floor

03 Nov

Photo Ideas Can Come From the Most Unusual Places

Posted by whatnext10 Birds, Photography

Photo Ideas Can Come From the Most Unusual Places explains the authors motivation behind the featured image.

This wide angle photograph was taken over an open field that is bordered by woods. It was shot just before the sun rose over the horizon. The area where the sun is hiding is a deep orangish red. It illuminates the low level clouds along the horizon turning them a purple hue. As you move away from the horizon the sky fades to yellow, green, and finally light blue. The sky is cloudless except for those along the horizon.

02 Nov

It’s the Season for Impressively Beautiful Sunrises

Posted by whatnext10 Sunsets and Sunrises, Weather

It’s the Season for Impressively Beautiful Sunrises introduces today’s photo and explains the author’s motivation and feelings about the image.

A closeup image of a Hentz striped scorpion as it sits on a textured wooden railing. The animal is mostly a dark brown to black color and is marked with regularly arranged yellow stripes. The front legs, with their gripping claws and the tail are a lighter brown. Three other pairs of smaller, less developed legs come off the body between the claws and the tail.

01 Nov

Even the My Least Favorite Animals Do Have Great Uses

Posted by whatnext10 Insects 1 Comment

Even My Least Favorite Animals Do Have Great Uses introduces readers to the most common of Florida’s three scorpions. It discusses the author’s experiences with them and some of their basic life history.

In this fall image a pair of cutout scarecrow figures are located in top of a fall display. The display consists of three bales of hay arranged in a trianglular manner and adorned in pumpkins and colorful orange and yellow leaves. A fall wreath sits in front of the hay bales. There is a red wagon to the right of the hay and a pumpkin shaped sign on the left that says “Happy Fall Y’all” in black lettering. The display is surrounded by green grass with oaks trees in the background.

31 Oct

Here’s Hoping that Everyone has a Most Spectacular Halloween!

Posted by whatnext10 Holidays

Here’s Hoping that Everyone has a Most Spectacular Halloween! wishes everyone a happy Halloween and fall season. It celebrates the day with images of fall decor.