I am a Christian! — Age 61, and overweight (I'm working on fixing that). I've worked at Aultman hospital for 39 years, most of that time as an RN. I have taught High School: Earth Science, Biology and Chemistry, sold water softeners, cut Christmas trees, worked in a steel mill and various other assorted jobs including 6 years in the Army Reserve as an OR Tech.

I've been married to my wonderful wife, Karen, for 35 years We have two grown children: Michael, the oldest, and Marci, the youngest We have one grandchild, Norah age 2.

I've been taking photos since my uncle gave me an old Kodak Brownie 50+ years ago. As a college student I upgraded from a Kodak Instamatic and an old Argus C3, to a SLR Mamiya — still my favorite, but who can afford the film. I have tons of 35mm slides I'd like to scan to digital, but I'm not sure how to do that ( any advice for that project would be appreciated) The current camera I'm using is my second digital. the first was a Kodak again). Sure, I'd like a different (and newer one) camera, but no one has offered to buy one for me.


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1. Yellowjacket on fennel leaf, 2. Leesville Lake, 3. Ringtailed lemer-Akron Zoo, 4. Orange Hawkweed, 5. Tiger swallowtail, 6. Striped cucumber beetle, 7. woody, 8. Not now — I'm ready to bloom,

9. Lookin out my back door, 10. fungus, 11. Cooper's Hawk, 12. honeybee on aster, 13. Honey bee on pink aster, 14. Wasp on Chinese Chives, 15. Soldier Beetle on ironweed, 16. pink flamingo,

17. Carolina wren, 18. Winter snow, 19. goldfinch, 20. Ice-cold Bud, 21. Pink Flowers, 22. Wasp, 23. Framed - about to land, 24. Sunset Sanibel Causeway,

25. Milkweed seeds, 26. Tricolor and Ibis, 27. HB on Coneflower, 28. Red-bellied Woodpecker, 29. Florida Butterfly, 30. 3 BEES on a BUDdelia, 31. Lubber Grasshopper, 32. PINK rose - Brest Cancer Awareness Month,

33. Shasta Daisy - Crazy Daisy my Garden, 34. Timken Co. Icicles

Ransome's favorite photos from other Flickr members (2,293)

  • water droplet inverted by pixel-by-pixel
  • On The Edge by pallab seth
  • Short eared owl by Dean Eades - BirdMad
  • coyote by Fleezz
  • White Ibis running from a Wave by arlenekoziol
  • Ljós og ís. / Ice and light. by HelgaB
  • Mr. B. in glory by Witoldhippie
  • Rolling on the river! by Ted Ellis
  • BIMBO by Matthias Besant
  • DSC_4372 by Mita09
  • caminos de la marjal by feniche
  • Racoon by dravioli
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    KoolPix says:

    "Ransome is a friend whose comments on my photos has inspired me to achieve a greater sense of what I photograph and how.
    His photos are REALLY spectacular: great detail, super colors and a wide variety of great subjects !
    I look forward to viewing his latest artistic accomplishments !"

    24th January, 2009

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    vivshots2008 says:

    "Ransome has a pashion for nature. He love photogrpahy and it shows in all his photos. He has a wonderful heart and this too shows in his photography. I think that Ransome is a wonderful photographer and has showed great skill and improvement in his work. It is a pleasure to view his photo.
    Vivshots2008"

    11th December, 2008

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    120SQN says:

    "I haven't known Phill very long, but he is very generous and gracious with his comments and his Photostream is exemplary.
    A superb blend of Wildlife, Nature, Landscapes and Macros .. in fact Phill has mastered all the genres.
    It's a pleasure to have him as a contact and I can't wait to see what he will post next."

    18th October, 2008

Name:
Phill Bower
Joined:
November 2006
Hometown:
Canton, Ohio USA
Currently:
Canton, USA
I am:
Male and Taken
Occupation:
RN