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<p>nicely shot Gup......we seen a lot of them in the Rio Bebeder when we were down there a few years ago......the river guide took us to one old couple that the locals called Fred and Ethel......and they were real behemoths</p>

<p>caught this juvenile red tail scouting my bird feeder shortly after sunrise a couple days ago</p><div></div>

<p>warm and cold</p><div></div>

<p>vertical and horizontal lines</p><div></div>

<p>this is the opening of the ice cave shot i posted in Monday's nature thread</p><div></div>

<p>thanks Laura.....we actually had a heat wave Sunday when that was shot......it got up to 29F</p>

<p>squeezed into this small area behind a frozen waterfall for this shot</p> <p> </p><div></div>

<p>snow on a driveway</p><div></div>

<p>waiting for spring</p><div></div>

<p>sunrise</p><div></div>

<p>-10F here this morning when i filled the bird feeder.......hard to believe these little birds can deal with this 24/7</p><div></div>

<p>for basic editing your fine with PSE 6 thru 10.......11-13 has the ability to do luminosity masks and also import photoshop action sets but if your not running windows7 64bit and have at least 8gb of ram i wouldn't bother.....13 is a frustrating POS on older machines, epecially if your using plug-ins like Topaz and Nik FX</p>

<p>driftin'</p><div></div>

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<p>day late and a dollar short........braved zero F temps and 3' snow drifts to catch moonset yesterday morning at Lorain Lighthouse</p><div></div>

<p>from earlier today out scouting for full moon and sunset locations</p><div></div>

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<p>haven't had the desire to tromp around in the snow and cold so far this winter but here are a few from the Berea Falls a couple days ago</p><div></div>

<p>hi Alan, can't help you with where to stay since i'm a camper but will give you an opinion on what i consider the best times for these places as far as photograhy</p> <p>Arches/Canyonlands.....late March/early April while there is still snow on the La Sals or in September/early October for the tail end of the monsoon season combined with fall color over in Colorado along the Million Dollar Highway</p> <p>GC/Mon Val......late summer monsoon season for dramatic skies</p> <p>Zion/Bryce/CR......late October/ early November for the fall color</p> <p>also, you might want to ask this question over in the travel forum</p>

<p>lone pine and a nice sky a little bit before sunset</p><div></div>

<p>great woodpecker shot Bill, i've never seen one of those either</p> <p>my ghosts are looking thru a cloud window.....from a sunset last weekend</p><div></div>

<p>Breaking Bad</p><div></div>

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<p>a couple from this past Sunday morning before the snow and cold took over......+55 to -5 this morning</p><div></div>