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Another big spider. In reality these are only about two inches accross. 

There are many big spiders around my place. I used a cheap macro lense to get these. You can tell the lense is cheap because the depth of field is so narrow.  

Cowboy 

Cowboy 

Team Roping 

Cowboys 

Cowboys 

Team Roping 

Team Roping 

Bull 

These shots are 'rescue' shots. It was too dark to take normal photos, so I boosted the ISO, opened the apature wide, and set the exposure to 1/50th of a second. After that I lightened things up and cropped with EOS Viewer and Photo Shop. 

I need an edge, a theme, something new. I take nice photos, but that's it-- they are only nice. What to do next? People have suggested something Mapplethorpish, but I'm not sure I want to go that far. If you have a suggestion, then leave a comment.

Yet another waterfall made pretty thanks to a one second exposure. 

The I-90 from underneath. 

Out by the Alpine Lakes. In infra-red 

Out by the Alpine lakes. 

Lake Union at night 

Lake Union Infra Red. 

Lake Union. 

Gasworks park. 

This was a bad attempt to get some color into an other wise grey view. 

Fall has hit Seatte. The grey is back. Fortunatly, the sun still peaks behind the clouds. These photos were taken from Greg and Chad's place. 

Statue 

I sometimes photograph art and nicknacks for Mark. I don't enjoy taking these photos as much as candids. With a candid I capture some emotion-- something special that I want to remember. The art photos, while attractive, don't do that for me. A candid captures a moment I may never see again. Photos of art capture beauty that is better perceived by actually looking at the art. 

Parachuters over Seattle. 

Sail boat entering Port Ludlow