Desert Weyr Blog
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Shepherds
This is the portrait of Ken and me taken by JT. He’s doing a series on the farmers who grow food in this valley. He hopes to make these into a book. I had no idea how to do the picture-of-a-picture until I saw us hanging from the trees at the Harvest Festival today. Prompt: Continue reading
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Common Here
We have a number of elk ranches here. These signs are all over their fences. I tried to get the big bull in the background, but he wouldn’t cooperate. Prompt: Make a photograph that features a sign of some sort today – maybe a stop sign, maybe an information sign, or maybe an advert. Continue reading
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Willow Tree
This is a grand old tree in the front yard of our guest house. Prompt: Make a photograph of a plant today. It can be a small one in a pot, a big one in the park, or a tree in a forest. Continue reading
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Collecting Eggs
Here, I’m getting ready to collect the eggs. The Welsummer hens seem to be ignoring me. Prompt: Make a photograph using hard light today. Feature the crisp and strong shadows as a major element of your photograph. Continue reading
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Fast Countryside
I cheated on this one. I tried several motion blur shots but didn’t get anything good – I can’t set shutter speed with my camera. Then, as I was sorting pictures from my UK trip, I found this. The blur was from the car moving. I liked it so much that I decided to use Continue reading
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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