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Best of - Power of Nature

One of my fave. things to shoot is nature. It should come as no surprise to those that know me well, I simply love nature. I love being outside (even though it's cold out).

When I have time, I'll look around for something in nature to photograph. Ever since I first started college I have had a love of nature.

That being said, I thought I'd start my best of 08 series with a pair of nature shots that I really liked from this past year.

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A single bluebonnet clings to the concrete curb on Pasadena Drive near Johnson Road. Dozens of blossoms have started popping up around town with the recent rains and abundance of sunshine.

That is one tough bluebonnet. I mean... it's growing from the concrete curb. This photo was from early April as the flowers were just starting to take off. I was out looking for a flower feature for the paper and found a nice bed of the Texas state flower... and this one little guy hanging on the bare concrete.

I went back out there a little later in the day when the sunlight was a little lower in the sky, providing a perfect shadow across the pavement for the photo. I took dozens of shots from various angles of this guy, but this one was by far my fave.

Looks kinda like an inspirational poster or something.

This next one....

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A 3/4 moon rises into the sky over Henrietta during halftime of their football game last Friday night.

From late October at a Henrietta football game. It was a boring game and I had the advantage of using our big 400mm f2.8 lens. The moon started rising over the field and I remembered that I could probably get a decent shot with a 1.4x teleconverter on the long lens.

It helped that it was a chilly night and the heat waves in the atmosphere would be minimal. The shot was cropped in about 40% but still had enough detail to make an awesome shot of the moon, something that I had actually never done before.

Since that night, it's been the background on my computer at home, making a nice night light in the living room.

Until next time..........

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