Good Day at The Badlands & Other Stuff

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It has shockingly been over a year now since I began this blog.  I did choose to disappear on couple of occasions.  Every day I usualy decide to stop posting. Then a subject occurs to me ( just can’t shut up) or I decide to share … Continue reading

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The Beat Goes On

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And on. If you are like me and you are inspired beyond description by fine art nature landscape photography, check out traditional style artist, Patrick Differuscia…http://www.difrusciaphotography.com/ I have been in love with New Zealand for all of my adult life.  Jason … Continue reading

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Woodlands by Ron Toel

Temperate woodlands are rich environments for photographs, rich in spring wildflowers, rich in textures, rich in animal life, rich in birds, rich in varieties of plant and plant sizes, and rich in problems of contrasting light. Woodlands offer great opportunities … Continue reading

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Listen To The Silence

Silence….quietness: the absence or lack of noise Quiet….undisturbed: free from trouble or disturbance Whatever your definition is of silence or quiet, it has rewards that are often ignored in this very noisy world we live in. It seems to me … Continue reading

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Faith

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“A faith to live by, a self to live with, and a purpose to live for.” – Bob Harrington Three bird species that I rarely show. Ovenbird (warbler)Eared (not Horned) GrebeBrown ThrasherTwo very different views of Great Sand Dunes N.P., … Continue reading

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Life In The Slow Lane

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I’ve always preferred to live life in the fast lane.  That is except when I was out in nature.  Then I could never slow it down far enough to satisfy me. The past year has seen me live most of my life in the … Continue reading

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Another Day at The Ranch (Backyard?)

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Currently the second most prolific bird in the backyard.  White-crowned Sparrow. As some of you may know, you can buy hanging baskets full of appropriate small bird nesting material.  I enjoyed an hour of watching and photographing a series of … Continue reading

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Cowboy Stuff

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One of the great periods of my life was the 20 years I spent with horses.  Just like I photograph everything in nature, I embraced every aspect of the horse world.  I had an American Saddlebred, Quarter Horses, Appaloosas, Arabians … Continue reading

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Nuts & Bolts

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Spiderwort.  I used the tried and true method of isolating a flower against a clean and simple background to make sure the viewer was focused on my subject.  I used a 300mm lens instead of my trusty 105 macro in … Continue reading

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The Misfit

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mis-fit (miss fit) somebody who does not belong When I was just a young lad, I had a teacher ask that “just once could I do what everybody else does”.   When I was married my mother in law proclaimed, “you certainly do travel … Continue reading

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