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Can You Believe?

Can you believe that December is already here? Where has the year gone? The weather here is Texas is more like spring, with temperatures reaching from the upper 70′s to the lower 80′s along with the constant howling winds. The long term forecast showed we were in for a warmer and dryer than normal winter…

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Life Is Good

I awoke early Saturday morning to grab a quick bite to eat and hit the road in search of wildlife to photograph. As the darkness faded away it was now quite evident that the sky was filled with dark gray clouds. Before I knew it the rain began to fall. The closer I made my…

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All Good Things Must Come To An End

This is the third post in the series of taking a look at the recent drought and the impact that is has had on the Fort Phantom Lake area. By the fall of 2010 it was quite obvious that we are actually above our annual rainfall totals. I wasn’t able to go out to one…

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The Drought Continues

I will be doing a series of post concerning the recent drought conditions here in the Abilene area and the impact that it has had on our water supply as well as the impact it has had on the wildlife. I have been photographing in this particular spot for the past couple of years and…

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Oh So Close

Dark ominous clouds hover over the drought stricken lands of West Texas as they give a small glimpse of hope that Mother Nature is about to provide some much needed relief.  But unfortunately like so many times during this time of the year many of these storms quickly fall apart just as fast as they…

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West Texas Beauty

Purchase a print of this photo Recently I’ve been going through some of my older images that I never did anything with and processing them in Lighroom 4 and Photoshop CS6. Today’s software used for image processing just keeps getting better and better with each new upgrade and Adobe’s Lightroom 4 is no exception. They…

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Rain Teaser

Purchase a print of this photo This is an all too familiar scene here in West Texas. Clouds like to gather in the late afternoon to tease us and get our hopes up for such much needed rain, then proceed to fail to produce a singe drop. However they can make for some great photo…

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Davis Mountains B&W

Purchase a print of this photo The image above is from the Davis Mountains area of Texas. I have been trying to find more time with Nik Software’s Silver Efex Pro and I thought the image above would be a good candidate because of the contrast in the cloud structure. I have always had a…

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