Miscellaneous

4th of July sparkler fun

It's a shame I didn't think to have him remove his bike helmet before lighting the sparklers. I was too busy trying various shutter speeds and experimenting.

New Friend, Orton effect

Grasshopper, Being Held

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Pika With a Mouthful of Grass

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Forty-five 30 second exposures taken over the course of an hour. It's the big dipper, trust me. :) Courtney

Rusty

Colors and Cattle

These cattle nicely color-coordinate with the fall colors. They were free-ranging right across the road this day.

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Red Squirrel

Saw this cute little guy while on a hike this afternoon. Template created by Christell for Template Tuesday #81.

Peeking into the butterfly house

Thanks to the Coffeeshop blog for providing instructions on her "Velvet Truffle" action. http://www.thecoffeeshopblog.com/2010/12/coffeeshop-velvet-truffle-pspse-action.html Thanks to Shadowhouse Creations for Old Canvas 1 texture. http://shadowhousecreations.blogspot.com/2010/10/old-canvas-texture-set.html

Valentine kisses

Narcissus bulbs

Before (shot in January) and After (shot in February) a month to grow. For the Monthly 8 challenges.

May 2011

A small calendar for my fridge.

June 2011 Calendar

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Building with Food

A slightly different version of my June/July 8 Model photo.

911 World Trade Center piece

On the 10 year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack we went to the Calgary Military Museums to view the newly unveiled memorial - a mangled piece of the World Trade Center.

Chris in the River

Used Kimi's homework #74 on this one, the "velvet truffle" technique from the Coffee Shop Blog.

"H" for October 8

Happy birtHday with HotwHeels

Bride, Groom, and Photographer

It was barely above freezing the day at Lake Minnewanka when I spotted this couple having some wedding portraits taken. The photographer probably had to photoshop out the bride's goosebumps!

Snowshoeing in the Foothills

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east west 180 pano of river