Nice shots! More proof that Texas can be a really cool place as long as you aren't in the Huston or Metroplex areas.

Especially the Cord!

that bear bears a resemblance to my wife when i try to photograph her (super grin).

Welcome to a wonderful group of helpful folks and at times acerbic critics.

I haven't seen the moon for a month! thank goodness I'll be in Regis's vicinity for Thanksgiving and at least have a shot at seeing stars and the moon, but I only have a 300mm, so my shots seem primitive to yours Regis. Congratulations on another enviably great shot!

heck, the DOS PC is only about 37 years old

All birds molt. I get it if your kill an eagle and take its feathers, but when they fall out naturally, it doesn't make sense to make possession illegal.

My opinion on the inflexibility of some laws.

And Ben Franklin pitched these as the National Bird? Absurd! But they are tasty and when courting, they have a magnificant display of feathers. Amazingly clear and we'll composed shot Regis.

Thursday night, weather permitting, I'm on Dobson Pass shooting the meteor shower.

Rick

Super nice shot Regis!

I'm heading up to Dobson pass north of Wallace Thursday night to photograph the milky way. Maybe I can get a good lunar shot too. Can't wait for the meteor shower coming up.

Where were you in general when you got this? It's so clear, it seems like you are away from town.

Rick

Proof positive that those Canadians are a CRAZY lot.

if they have been around for more than a hundred years around Bear Lake, chances are they were brought by Chinese labors. They are common in old mining communities and along the railroads of the developing west.

In 1975 I saw hundreds of photos like this, taken in-situ across the Inland Northwest by my Botany professor, always with a BLACK background. He used a Hasselblad with bellows. What stood out to me, and this picture does it perfectly, was you could see the inflorescense, leaves, stems and really understand what the plant would look like in nature. I was new to Idaho (from PA) and had never been one to really observe wild flowers - then Systematic Botany, oh boy tough class.

Thanks for an excellent trip down memory lane Bill.

Now I'll have to find my best Dog Tooth Violet (Erythonium not really a violet) and post it.



And yup, it's basically a weed when growing in the wrong place.

Great focus & DOF. Ranuculus? Kind of a perfect Botany class photograph.

Future Christmas Goose in first picture. Yum#

Thanks - I'll spend some more time reading and then give that a try.

National Gallery of Art: Four Panels on wood.

I was struck by these paintings and though I'd grab a picture (I never use a flash in a museum) knowing full well that this picture had a shadow from the frame.

How would you tackle brightening the portions of the pHotograph in shadow, and with what software?

I have Adobe Elements and PSP X3 at my immediate disposal.

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