Desert Weyr Blog
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Cleaning the Barn
Red, green, and a lot of dust from cleaning out the chicken dust in the red barn. Prompt: Make a photograph that plays two complementary colors off each other today. Continue reading
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Garden Bounty
The simplest of garden pleasures: a lovely, vine-ripened tomato. Prompt: Simplicity is economy. Make the simplest photograph you can today. Take things out until you can’t remove anything else. Continue reading
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Large Economy Size
This is one of the welders we use on the farm. Prompt: Power plugs are ubiquitous. Can you make a creative photo of such a common thing? Try it today! Continue reading
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Divider Fence
This divider fence separates the orchard into the east and west halves. We use it to more easily limit how much grazing the sheep have. Prompt: Fences and walls can divide or demarcate. Make a creative photo of a fence or wall today. (@muffett68) Continue reading
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Guilty Pleasure
Bejeweled is my guilty pleasure. It’s mindless, but fun! Prompt: Make a photograph that shows an interpretation of your favorite indulgence or guilty pleasure. (@PrimalPhil) Continue reading
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Banned Books
The American Library Association’s Banned Books Week is from September 25th to October 2nd. Here are just a few of the books on my shelves that have been banned at one time or another. How many times must we repeat this before we learn that banning ideas does not make them go away? Freedom demands Continue reading
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Symmetry
Kona has nearly-perfectly-matching horns. It’s too bad he doesn’t like to pose very well. Prompt: Symmetry can be calm and soothing. Make a photo today featuring symmetry, either in subject or in composition. (@logista) Continue reading
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Chaotic Storage
These fleeces, sorted by sheep name, are ready to go to the wool mill. It’s chaotic, but it’ll be beautiful yarn soon. Prompt: Communicate chaos, disorganization, or messiness in a photograph. Find some beauty in it. (@divadeb88) Continue reading
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Truck Mirror
I wanted to do something completely different, so I kept looking for a mirror in an odd place. The bright sun reflecting off the truck’s hood seemed to be the right picture to me. Prompt: Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you’d like! Continue reading
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Chicken Feather
Our hens are molting right now. This means, among other things, that we are getting very few eggs and there are feathers everywhere. Prompt: Make a photograph of something that is soft, or at least that looks that way. Convince the viewer of the softness. Continue reading