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Accidental Goodness

Every once in a while I accidentally get the light the way I want it.  Here I had afternoon sun and the pup actually held still where the reflections off the snow softened the shadows nicely.  As a  bonus she … Continue reading

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Global Warming

I was screwing around one day and decided to see if Ruby will survive global warming when it kicks in. Looks like she’ll do just fine.

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2012 Waterfalls

Unfortunately I only had one chance to go camping last summer.  The previous sunsets post came from that trip though and I did get some nice waterfalls as well.  As a bonus, I talked to a trout fisherman who was … Continue reading

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More Dogs

Did some prints of the dogs and thought they were nice enough to post here as well.

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It’s All Subjective

I took Ruby out with me to drive around country roads looking for anything interesting to shoot.  Found an abandoned farm complete with an old outhouse.  She wouldn’t do the pose again for me with my real camera, but at … Continue reading

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Sunsets

Got out on my first camping trip of the year a few weeks ago.  Had 3 different nights where the sunsets were great.  I got a ton of good shots and had a hard time picking a subset for the … Continue reading

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Re-seeing a shot

I recently participated in a photo critique class.  With this picture it was suggested it may have been better if I had used a graduated filter to darken the sky. Well, I can’t shoot it over, but Lightroom had a … Continue reading

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Yard Flowers

Minnesota winters can be long and brutal.  Even in a year when it’s unbelievably mild like this one, the world still gets monochrome and dreary after a while.  We have a lot of flowers in our yard so there’s a … Continue reading

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Dogs

The dogs told me it was about time I got some pictures of them posted. These are all from 2011. We have two Dobermans and a Rhodesian Ridgeback.  Quite the handfull but fortunately they have room to run in the … Continue reading

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Fall Colors

October 2011  This trip was all about shooting fall colors.  The color was pretty spotty, but where it was peaking, it was utterly spectacular. Got a lot of shots I really like. The slideshow is big and I had trouble narrowing … Continue reading

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