Desert Weyr Blog
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Places I’ve Never Been
Books take you to all sorts of wonderful places you can never go, whether it’s Pern, the Expanded Universe, the Rabbit Hole, the Jungle, Discworld, or hundreds more. This is a tiny fraction of the worlds within our books. Prompt: Novelty can help goose creativity. Go somewhere today you’ve never been, even if it’s just… Continue reading
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Negative Space
This was a very difficult assignment for me. Prompt: Negative space can be just as important to a composition as your primary subject. Explore negative space in a photograph. Continue reading
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Shipping Sheep by Car
Desert Weyr BaaBaa and Desert Weyr Martha are traveling to their new home via the back seat of a Subaru Legacy. Black Welsh sheep are small and fairly well-behaved. I bet not many folks can carry sheep in the back of their cars. BaaBaa is going to be a ram buddy, and Martha will be… Continue reading
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GRiDpad & iPod Touch
This is a picture of old and new technology in conflict. Prompt: There is often a conflict between traditional and contemporary. Make a photo that shows this tension. Continue reading
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Black and White
I interpret monochrome to mean lacking in color. Prompt: Monochrome photos don’t have to be the result of processing or desaturation. Find a monochrome composition and shoot it. Continue reading
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Black Welsh Mountain Sheep in Snow
This is what the front yard looks like today. We finally had to extend the fences. This is one of the adult rams, contemplating trying to jump out. So far, only 1 ram lamb has escaped, but I bet more would’ve been out by tomorrow if we didn’t shore up the fence. Continue reading
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Kitchen Squares
This is our kitchen sink backsplash. Prompt: Squares and grids surround us in our built environment. Focus in on some squares today and make a photograph. Continue reading
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Afternoon Snow
I sure hope the rams and ram lambs (in the left and right pens, respectively) don’t decide to go walking today! There was a path up this aisle this morning. Continue reading
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Move Along
Here are our sheep in the Colorado snow. Prompt: Backgrounds are tricky. They can make a subject stand out or distract from it. Make a photo with a good background today. Continue reading
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More Snow!
We got another eight (or more) inches of snow, and it’s still snowing! Sheep tend to walk in the same trails once they’ve made them. Here you can see the flock making their way up to the feeder for hay. Some of the lambs have been smart enough to climb the snow drifts. This one’s… Continue reading
