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The Eyes Have It

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Santa Barbara, California U.S.A 2015 My friend, Judi, and I drove up the coast to Santa Barbara yesterday. Our plan was to spend the several hours photographing the animals and birds at the zoo.  The zoo is small; it is designed … Continue reading

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Communication

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California, U.S.A. 2015 Here’s another attempt to get my ultimate art shot of horses. All of the horses were curious about me. Most likely they thought I’d brought them a treat or at the very least would give them a … Continue reading

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Transylvania: Bran Castle

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Transylvania 2012 On my first visit to Romania, in 1974, we were told that Dracula had lived in this castle. We were shown “the well where he threw the headless bodies of his enemies, the carpet which hid a trap … Continue reading

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Scars of Honor

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Ethiopia 2013 A Hamar warrior, with his meticulously scarred torso, crosses our path and accedes to our request for a photo. We shot from a worm’s eye viewpoint to emphasize his height and lean, muscular build. Turning the photo into a black and … Continue reading

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Color and Gesture

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Gujarat, India 2009 A simple gesture by a man with outrageous red hair makes this photo interesting to me. It’s the colors: tints of soft reds and blues that please my eye, but the man gives the photo the spark of life that … Continue reading

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Devotion

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California, U.S.A. 2015 I wanted the dog to turn his head toward me. He did look in my direction for a brief second, but then ignored me to stare, statue-like,  toward the barn. I got the feeling that somehow I … Continue reading

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Four From Damascus

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Damascus 2010 The digital darkroom gives a photographer an unending ability to manipulate the original shot. I love to sit at my computer and see what new nuances I can tease out of my photos.  Here are some of the results. … Continue reading

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Vintage Poster

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California, U.S.A. 2015 It took 14 layers in Photoshop to get this vintage poster look. I’ve been looking for a way to get those black outlines and now I’ve got it…for this photo anyway. I’m not sure the same ideas will … Continue reading

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Nature’s Bounty

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Yunnan Province, China 2005 It was fall when we toured Yunnan’s countryside. People were getting ready for winter. The farmers were harvesting rice. Whole villages were in the rice terraces: cutting, shocking, threshing and then carrying the grain and the … Continue reading

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Spectral

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Ethiopia 2013 This looks nothing like the melee that took place as the Ethiopians tossed fish heads and skeletons to the pelicans and storks. I liked these two birds and decided to see if I could make a photo. I … Continue reading

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