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Seeing after having seen

Seeing after having seen

There is one thing about photography that I can count on, always an abundance of things to do and play with.  If I am in a slow time for actually being in the field, I certainly have plenty of images and tools to play with on my Mac.   Ideas on the back burner that...

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Textural similarities

There is one thing that kills an afternoon for me (in a good way?), and that is poking around for new music.   My music tastes tend to be fairly diverse, which is probably reflected equally in my preferences for nature subjects.   One of the things I tend to do is to...

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Often Nature is enough

It is somewhat ironic that I am writing this post as a following to my last one that reviewed a Photoshop plugin, but I think there are some important points to be made .    It seems every year we have new terms to add to the modern photography dictionary.   It seems...

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The mountain will always be

Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer. Camp out among the grasses and gentians of glacial meadows, in craggy garden nooks full of nature's darlings. Climb the mountains and get their good tidings, Nature's peace will flow into you...

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Mount McKinley (Denali)

With only 2.5 days around Denali, I suppose I had to be prepared for never actually seeing the highest point in North America.   Cloud cover, rain and fog were all my enemies of getting a peek.    This is one morning from within Denali National Park, with a clear view...

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Denali wildlife

While I only spent a short 2.5 days in Denali, I suppose I had OK luck with seeing wildlife there.   Only the first 17 miles of the park road are open to public traffic, which is such a miniscule portion of the entire park.   Yet, it still is an incredibly large...

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Denali Fall Colors

For the past few years, it seems whenever I took a fall color trip - I was a bit early, or a bit late.  The colors are always nice, but you miss that absolute peak time. As I mentioned in my previous post, my Alaska trip started out in Cantwell - primarily for its...

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