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Exceptionally Ordinary

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The point of today’s pictures is….well….I love to share pictures I think the only subject that can be visually interpreted more ways than a flower, is falling water.   I have included three waterfall pix out of the thousands that I … Continue reading

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Photographically Speaking

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I just spent a few moments glancing through the many dozens of photography books that I bought from the late 1970s though the late 1990s.  I know what you’re saying.  I thought you told us you know everything about photography!  … Continue reading

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Thinking About Spring + Shooting The Valley

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Spring Stuff Spring gives nature photographers a lot to point a camera at.  To me every season has a feeling or a mood, and spring is no different.  Just a few of the less obvious things that spring means to me. All … Continue reading

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Standing Alone

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The American West presents us with a variety of types of landscapes.  Certainly those things we call land forms or rock forms are among the most photographed.  I have made some images of them myself. The most common approach for … Continue reading

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Fear of Success

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Many would say that I am not the one to write this article.  You must first achieve success to write about it. The truth is that like each of you I have had my share of both success and failure.  … Continue reading

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Rose

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I think the hardest thing to do as a writer is to tell the truth about yourself.  How do you really feel way down inside?  12 year old poet Shannon McManus is willing to do that. Rose I am a … Continue reading

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Yesterday’s Trail

I looked up through the trees and saw the impending darkness.  I’d been riding for over and hour.  That’s not long, but still I was hungry.  I admitted to myself that I wasn’t sure how long it would take to … Continue reading

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Fields of Color

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The flower season has begun in much of the northern hemisphere, but it takes a while for this part of the world to catch up.  It all begins with woodland flowers.  Those blossoms that crave both light and forest at the same … Continue reading

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Lifers, Captives and Wild & Free

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When you photograph birds,  at some point you will make images of very cool birds that are firsts (lifers) for you, but your pictures aren‘t very good.  You know they’re not pro quality, but do you share with friends and birders … Continue reading

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Point of View (Photographically Speaking) & Other Stuff

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Point of view and point of focus. This image of a female House Finch illustrates what both pov and pof can mean to an image. Those two things are what make this a pretty good picture. The close proximity to the … Continue reading

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