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Jan. 26th 26/365 "Pineapple and Friends" Okay, getting a little desparate in terms of creativity tonight . . . bought a pineapple yesterday because I thought it might make an interesting subject. I think the shot looked better "in my head" . . . sigh . . . but I took the opportunity to play...

Jan. 25th 25/365 "My Boy, Jimmy" Always good to practice posing the dogs. Jimmy is another one of my "rescued dogs", basically "thrown away" because he was a nuisance. He has a heart of gold, boundless enthusiasm and happiness, and is smarter than some people I've met LOL. . . every day is a...

Since we're "freestyling" here, I'm pushing my artistic bounndaries. My second entry, "Twin Silos", is a deliberate "over the top" HDR of an abandoned horse farm.

"The Road Less Traveled"

Jan 24th 24/365 "Winter Clouds" A cold front had just moved in to the area.

Jan. 23rd 23/365 "Music"

Pete has asked me to pass on a big 'hello" to all his friends on Nikonites. He misses you. He also would like you to have a link to his e-book on lighthouses --superb photos and well-written in typical "Pete style" :-) PM me for the link. He took a photo today (first time in almost 2 weeks) so...

Well, I almost blew it and posted this to the weekly challenge until I realized the date was wrong. I dinked around with this photo for 3 days and have lost perspective by now. Would appreciate your feedback --what you like, don't like, and if it gives you any kind of "feeling". Exif data...

Jan. 22nd 22/365 "goosie, goosie, gander . . ." Big chore day today, so thought I would take time to photograph my geese while they were grazing. Hadn't done that in a while. They're quite the "conversationalists"

Lurked around town this afternoon and thought I'd try "street photography". Didn't find many "photo worthy" folks. The ones who looked "interesting" gave me a dirty look, so I moved on. People do carry guns around here . . . sigh So settled on this one. It shouldn't be too difficult for you to...

Jan 20th 20/365 "Sunny Smile" Thought it was time to practice portrait mixed lighting. Used the d200 flash in commander mode and an SB-900 as remote TTL (Creative Lighting System). Honl grid on flash. PP with Nik filters in CS5.

One thing we don't have a shortage of in Billy the Kid country is "junky buildings and trashy doors"! Would have loved to submit something as beautiful as Curt's Stockholm door . . . sigh. But I hated to NOT submit something. Seems to be a lot of "old and weathered" in New Mexico. Must be the...

Jan. 19th 19/365 "Winter Day at Bonito Lake"

Jan 18th 18/365 "Country Fence"

Jan. 17th 17/365 "Cemetery at Sunset" Drove around for two hours looking for an interesting doorway for the weekly challenge. No luck. Since I was in the vicinity of the Merchant Marine Cemetery in Fort Stanton, I thought it would be perfect for a little "surreal HDR".

I'm curious to know what's involved in "refurbishing a lens". Is it all taken apart and cleaned, or what else? When would you know if one of your lenses needed to be refurbished? If there were not much difference in price, am I better off buying a "manufacturer (Nikon)refurbished" lens or a...

Jan 16th 16/365 "Night photography from my back yard"

I love this thread and it's taken me some time to respond, not because I don't have any or too many favorite photos, but because I spent quite a bit of time thinking about what photography and photos mean to me. Regardless of how many "pretty pics" I take, I always come back to this one for so...

Jan. 15th 15/365 Well, definitely not the most creative, but I did want to play with the flash grid (after reading Ranie's post). "My mom's 65 year-old photo album"

Eagle next letter, "E" (again)