Desert Weyr Blog
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Wide Pasture
This is our view out the back pasture. Sheep are grazing in the background, but they’re hard to see. All the recent rains have really helped the grass. Prompt: Make a photograph using a wide focal length. Zoom, prime, and iPhone cameras all qualify for going wide today. Continue reading
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Repeating Electric
This is a close-up detail of our newly-installed PV panels. Prompt: Find a repeating pattern and make a photo of it today. Continue reading
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Rule of Thirds
Back home with a lovely view of Mt. Lamborn. Prompt: Make a photograph that uses the rule of thirds in a very obvious way and post it. Continue reading
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A New Shade of Green
This is Black Sheep Power & Light. It’s not fully operational yet – we’re waiting for the final electrical inspection and installation of the new meter that will go backwards. It will provide shade for the rams and power for us. It’s a 3200-watt grid-tied system. Prompt: Today’s color is green. Make a photo of… Continue reading
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Sherborne Abbey, Continued
The ceiling at Sherborne Abbey was as close as I got to taking pictures of triangles. Prompt: Triangles keep the viewer’s eyes on a photo. Follow a triangle, and you see other elements. Make a photo with triangles. Continue reading
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Sherborne Abbey
One of the places I visited in the UK was this lovely old abbey. It was very peaceful and beautiful. Prompt: Sympathy can be difficult to express in words. Make an image suitable for the cover of a condolence card. Continue reading
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Big Pit Museum
Here, we’re getting ready to go on the underground tour of the Big Pit Coal Mine Museum and Park in Wales. Coming from a coal mining area, I was very interested in how mining was done here. We were required to leave everything with a battery on the surface, so no underground pictures were allowed.… Continue reading
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Welsh Wasp
I had a hard time finding an insect for this Daily Shoot until I spied this wasp eating a fallen cider apple. This was in Talybont on Usk in Wales. Prompt: Insects are everywhere. Photograph a bug in your environment (no spiders – they’re arachnids). (@DeForestRanger) Continue reading
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Abergavenny Millennium Tapestry
I actually took several pictures of fabric this day, but decided that the beautiful Abergavenny Tapestry would be my choice, even though I cound not get the entire piece in one frame. This lovely, hand-knotted tapestry was made for the Abergavenny Millennium Celebration, and it’s now housed in the fully-restored Tithe Barn of the Abergavenny… Continue reading
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Off to Wales!
While Ken stayed home to care for the farm, I headed off to Wales again to continue my judge training. The goal is to become an approved judge for Black Welsh Mountain sheep eventually. My journey started with an uneventful flight from Grand Junction to Dallas. Next, I flew overnight from Dallas to London Heathrow,… Continue reading