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We came upon this in London whilst walking around...we did *lots* of walking.

Dawn of a new day...

What is it about the dawn of a new day?

For a time in the mornings my day is new of full of possibilities...I awaken to a scene like this and turn on some music to start my day. Once I make my way to the shower it happens...reality starts oozing its way into my reverie. It all starts innocently enough, I might simply consider taking the CD that's playing out to the truck...so I can listen to it on my way to work. Then the dominos quickly start falling, I'm taking the CD to listen to on my way to work...at a job I no longer enjoy. *sigh* I also realize I'll have time to listen to a large portion of the CD because of traffic retards. Even though I am a scant 20 miles from my office from my house there are days it can take me two hours to make the trip, and the bulk of my commute is on the Interstate, less than 5 miles of arterial roads. My average time is 35-45 minutes, and I just can't justify a logical reason in my mind except that the bulk of my fellow commuters are retards.

My goal is to get to a place where these things I no longer allow to detract from my feelings of possibilities and hope for the day...my peace.

Full Moon and a Thunderstorm

I get lucky with a lot of my shots...I just happened to get this one as I was leaving the gun range. A thunderstorm was moving in and I took the shot before the thunderhead covered the moon.

My first...

Now I've been into photography since...well some of my first memories involve a small Kodak 110 film camera. And I became really fond of it by the time I was 13. Especially what I like to refer to as "ambush" shots. Either when people don't know they are being watched or when they aren't ready.
I started shooting digital photos in 1997 with a Kodak camera I think was less than one megapixal...ahh those were the days. I really started taking quality digital photos in 2001 with my Nikon 880 CoolPix camera, it is a 3.3 MP camera had a decent zoom and quality of my images was good enough...or so I thought.
This squrrel eating a McDonald's fry here was one of my first shots with the Digital Rebel. I took it in Centennial Park which is pretty much across the street from work. I was using my 75-300 lens here because squirrels are funny about people getting too close. Speaking of work...that's how I ended up with this particular model of camera in the first place. Two of my friend's I happen to work with have the same camera. They took a trip to the Grand Canyon and came back with some fantastic shots. I'll post links to their pictures later on, I highly recommend the time to look through their collections. I was sold. My choice was confirmed the day after I got my camera and took my lunch in the park. The detail that this imaged showed when I got it back to my computer was phenomenal! Look at the fingers and the hairs on the tail. And this was at quite a distance away too. I'll eventually settle down on my postings, but I just have so many backlogged that I want to find time to post and talk about. :)

Is this art?

Alright...*sigh* I have what I consider to be a very nice DSLR camera with a decent lens that was used to take this and other photos, most of my photos are with this lens on my camera.
(Oh, for those that might care...It's a Canon Digital Rebel, with a Canon 28-135mm IS 72mm lens w/UV filter)
At any rate...I let some other people, obviously, use my camera. I say obviously only because there are photos of me in this collection, not because I'm a grand master photographer or some such. I have several photos of this...type I guess is a word I can use. Now this photo has definitely been 'retouched' I've tried to clean it up, but still couldn't tell you who the subject was. The moral of the story? Don't drink and shoot...just say no!