Last Year on Rin's family's yearly camping trip to Lake Mildred I set out to shoot pictures for the 2010 Lake Mildred folio. I had shot about 4 pictures when suddenly my camera would fire. I turned it off and back on, still no luck. I started to look at the settings when i noticed batteries laying on the ground at my feet. The darn battery cover had broken off of the camera.
Distraught I wasn't able to think of the easy fix - a rubber band to hold the cover on - so last year there was no folio.
This passed Christmas I was finally able to treat myself to my dream camera and passed the old Fuji rubber band model down to my daughter, so armed with my new camera i went out to shoot more pictures. This year I mostly was stuck on the beauty found in nature, much of it small things. Having forgot my bellows at home my hopes for much macro work wasn't realized, but I still spent some belly time getting down amongst the grasses.
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| One thing in abundance to watch out for - Poison Oak! |
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| Itsy Bitsy Spider |
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| A vulture circles overhead searching for dinner. |
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| Of course the dogs had fun running, chasing and wrestling at the dog beach. | | |
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| The burn scar from a fire several years ago is beginning to heal. |
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| After a number of dry years the wet weather this winter has the spillway flowing. | | | | | | |
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| Some artsy stuff... |
