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Yosemite National Park Series

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Yosemite National Park - Bridal Veil Falls and El CapitainI spent the past weekend visiting Yosemite National Park and environs. Yosemite is famous in American photographic lore as being the place made famous by Ansel Adams, and the place that made Ansel Adams famous. I make no pretense at these photos being "after" any of Ansel Adams' photographs. But as I poked my lenses about Yosemite, I often felt the ghost of Ansel Adams, thinking and wondering about him hiking the valley with his heavy camera gear, and what effort he must have put in to capturing those images.

Here are the first few images from my recent trip.

Yosemite National Park Flash Photo Gallery

Smaller images can be viewed in this separate dial-up optimized gallery of photos of Yosemite
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Young at Heart: The Active Seniors Collection + Massive Redbubble Sale!

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Ollie Grandpa Stepping into the freedom of retirement after a long, 45-year career completely shifts your perspective. You finally have the time to let loose, hit the road, and truly embrace the fun side of life! That joyful, unrestrained energy is exactly what I wanted to capture in my newest Redbubble collection. I'm so excited to introduce my new " Active Seniors " series, featuring designs that perfectly embody the "young at heart" spirit. The series features a vibrant, adventurous little old lady tearing it up, and a matching active grandpa catching some serious air on a skateboard or cruising on a bright orange motor scooter. Complete with flower-adorned helmets, flying striped scarves, and big, beaming smiles, these characters are a tribute to everyone who refuses to slow down. These make fantastic graphic tees, travel mugs, or stickers for your own "Fa...
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Samoan Youth

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This young man was preparing with his friends for his moment of fame on the stage at the Samoan Village at the Polynesian dance festival called Pasifika in Auckland in March this year. Samoan Youth Canon EOS 20D 1/30sec at f/20 ISO 200 Canon 70-300mm lens at 300mm
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A Very Industrious Rat Caught on Wildlife Camera in my Backyard

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Something a little different today — and the answer to a mystery that had been quietly bothering me for ages. For months, possibly years, I'd been waking up to find my back deck covered in sticks, twigs, and leaves. Every morning the same scene: a small but unmistakable scattering of garden debris, exactly where I hadn't left any. The trees overhead would explain a few leaves, but not the sticks, and not in those amounts. Something was bringing the material to the deck — quite deliberately, by the look of it. I finally ordered an inexpensive infrared trail camera from Amazon — an Abask model, since discontinued — set it up looking at the deck, and waited. The Culprit The very first night caught my visitor in the act. A rat, scampering back and forth across the deck under the infrared light, carrying sticks and leaves in its mouth and stockpiling them in a particular corner. Industrious, focused, and completely uninterested in my presence as a watcher. Here's the v...
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