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Great Horned Owl and Owlett

I’ve posted this image here before but this is a new version of it. It was taken several years ago very late in the day with an older SLR. Not only was the image very noisy thus not printable to much larger than an 8×10 but her wing tip was cut off as was the Saguaro arm on the top left. I loved it so much, though, that every year or so I go back and work on it. Last year, I added a wing tip and also the Saguaro arm which turned out well. This time, I went a little crazy with textures. The result is my favorite edit so far! I’m going to print a 48×36 canvas.

Can you spot the baby?

Hells Canyon Wilderness

A wrong turn at the start put us quite a distance away from our intended destination but we still had a fantastic hike today in Hells Canyon Wilderness. For those who live in this area, the little sliver of water you see in the distance is Lake Pleasant. We hope to go back in a few weeks and do it right 🙂

Saguaro Faces

Found a great face on a walk in my neighborhood this evening.

Sonoran Storm

We’ve had two great days of rain in the last week so I’ve had to dodge raindrops to get a photo for the day. Black/White by Topaz Labs.

Another Desert Face

Came across this guy on my walk a few days ago. Shot with my Canon S1 compact in very low light so the quality wasn’t great but one click of a preset in Topaz Labs new B&W Effects and it’s not bad! The software is available for $29.99 for a short time. Worthwhile in my opinion.

Prickly Pear in Black and White

I haven’t posted any phoneography in awhile so here’s a recent one.
DroidX capture of Prickly Pear Fruit

Desert View

Almost forgot to post a photo! Here’s a shot from my office window last night. I then subtracted a little color.

Desert Sun Tea

After trying for a few years to give up DC (Diet Coke) I finally went cold turkey at the beginning of this year. I’ve always known that the phosphorus in sodas was especially bad for women (it leaches calcium from our bones) but every year, my bone density scans looked great so I felt no urgency to quit. I can’t remember what made the light bulb go off but I decided it was time.

Yes…I miss the fizzy BIG TIME but thankfully I don’t have to give up caffeine. My two favorite sources of caffeine are Chocolate and Flavored Black Tea from Hawaiian Islands Tea Company…not typically consumed together 🙂