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People with dogs are obviously the best. So it makes me happy that so many of my family members have dogs. It is nice to go visit family. Even better if you can visit and play with a dog you don’t see often. I went and visited my cousin down in Maryland. While I was there we took her dog, Butters, to the dog park for some play time. I love photographing… Read More
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Our Bernese Mountain Dog Buck was so friendly and loved being around people. He loved to get out in public and meet people and have people pet him. It also seemed like people really gravitated towards him. People always wanted to pet him. To the point where he would draw actual crowds at times during public events. Unfortunately he struggled with mobility issues throughout his life. As he aged a cumulation of… Read More
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We have had a lot of dogs over the years. Some dogs get along better than others. It is so much fun when you have too dogs that love each other, Brynn and Colton are best friends. They play and rough house together. They’ll take turns playing together with their tows. Brynn and Colton even love going to the park together. When you have a pair of dogs that get along so… Read More
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I love to go hiking. My hikes often include a camera hanging over my shoulder. One of my favorite places to hike and take photos is at our local natural oasis, Tanglewood Nature Center. There is so much natural beauty to take in there. It is a fun place with a variety of natural scenery and wildlife to take in. I have been fortunate to see so many different things at this… Read More
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We have had many opportunities to meet new dogs. It is always fun. I never don’t want to meet a new dog. A couple time a year we get together with a group of people who all love Bernese Mountain Dogs. One year some people brought there dog who was a mix breed between a Bernese Mountain Dog and another breed. That dog was so adorable. They had such a unique look,… Read More
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I usually have a standing rule. No races in the winter. It’s not that I don’t run in the winter I just like to choose the conditions in which I run instead of running in whatever winter throws at me on race day. The one winter race I remember signing up for prior to this year, the weather ended up being so bad that our whole group that was planning to go… Read More
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If you have never seen a spotted salamander you should really try to see one. They are phenomenal creatures. Salamanders are usually thought of as tiny little things. But these spotted salamanders are as big as your hand. I was fortunate enough to see these creatures right in my own yard. This image was created in the spring of 2009 during April. The camera body I used when creating this image was… Read More
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In this image there is a tiny salamander crawling through some synthetic mulch in our yard. I found this salamander to photograph in the spring of 2017. It was during the month of April. The camera body was Nikon D300S. And the lens I used was a Nikon 60mm macro lens. The camera setting when the shutter button is pressed was ISO 640, 60mm, f/3.2, 1/125 sec. I used Lightroom for post… Read More
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A tiny little newt walking in the sunlight The sunlight is so bright it almost washes out the newts entire body. Only the newts head is in the shade enough to allow for much detail to be captured in the image. This image was created in the summer of 2017 during July. This image was created using the Nikon D300S camera body and the Nikon 60mm macro lens. Camera settings on this… Read More
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Creatures to photograph can be found anywhere. This tiny salamander was found right outside my house. The photo in this post was taken using my Nikon D300S camera body and 60mm macro lens. To create this image the setting in camera were: ISO 1250, 60mm, f/3.3, 1/100 sec. Then for this blog post I selected a Lightroom preset in post processing. The preset I chose creates a spotlight effect on the salamanders… Read More
