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- Go to another national park--Great Falls of the Potomac--This one's for Chuck
And so you should, Mneme!
We all should!
A few of the parks are way over-visited, but there are so many that most people have never heard of! And they need our entry fees to keep going. Someone seems to have cut their budgets, indeed pared them to the bone, so that some may be closed before long simply because the people who operate them can't be paid.
posted by
Ciel
on January 9, 2009 at 10:09 AM
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Goodwhisky, I find I can either keep them in my head or in the camera, but
when I take a shot, it's as if my memory lets go of it, knowing the image is stored elsewhere. I suppose at my age, with the brain-caches filled and in serious need of defragging, there is a certain economy in the storage of yet more information!
posted by
Ciel
on January 9, 2009 at 10:04 AM
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Re: Oops...
I did indeed use my zoom for the heron. He was about 30 feet away, and progressed from the water to the shore, and wandered off into the woods. He had an eye on me the whole time! I suppose, in case of fish...
posted by
Ciel
on January 9, 2009 at 10:01 AM
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Amazing photographs, thank you. I live by a river and often want to capture a moment, the light or the life around me. But my eye does not see through the lens so good, i store them in actual memory and am always awed when i see magical photographs like yours.
posted by
goodwhisky
on January 6, 2009 at 6:41 AM
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Thank you
Ciel I love your photos and interesting comments and blogs!
posted by
merkie
on January 5, 2009 at 8:15 PM
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Great photos!
posted by
shelly_b
on January 5, 2009 at 6:18 PM
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Oops...
...I forgot to mention...great shot on the Great Blue Heron! How'd you get so close?
Did you use "zoom," or attract it by dangling a fish?
The only time I got that close to one was when my kids and I were fishing a few years ago and one hung around us, hoping for some generosity, and we accommodated it by tossing an occasional perch its way.
Watching the lump in its throat slowly descend was worth it. My kids, then 14 and 12, got the biggest kick out of that!
posted by
metalrat
on January 5, 2009 at 5:58 PM
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These are fantastic...
...and in my neck-o-the-woods yet!
Thank you so much, Ciel. You are quiet the photographer!
Of course, I'm sure you've heard that before.
posted by
metalrat
on January 5, 2009 at 5:50 PM
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Fascinating pictures. You are a great photographer.
posted by
TAPS.
on January 5, 2009 at 5:09 PM
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Ciel, those photos are amazing... makes me want to go there one day. Thanks for stopping by my blog
posted by
mneme
on January 5, 2009 at 5:07 PM
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