Heaven is sort of a relative place, and I imagine it would be relatively close to this place — the first class lounge of Qatar Airlines. There you get everything from silken robes to delicate doilies on which to place your tomato (pronounced tom-ah-to) juice.

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A tiny little shed surrounded by huge old trees by Slough Creek in Yellowstone, just on the edge of the border between Montana and Wyoming.

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I had a relaxing weekend and was finally able to go back and look at some shots from an ill-advised but very fun trip to Chernobyl. My mom is still not too happy about that one…

This is the “cozy” elevator that awaited me after I got finished with the radiation detox and cleanup area. Note that it was nothing like T’Pol and Travis, if that scene rings a bell…

Ukraine was a rough place, to say the least… that little red light on the elevator was a little alarming since I did not know if it meant there was a problem or if it was ready.

If you missed it, you can read the whole story about the trip to Chernobyl at this link.

And here is a shot of me holding a Geiger counter that the Russian soldier let me borrow… it was clicking away, giving me a little fright.

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Daily Photo – A Giraffe on the Savannah

I know you guys and gals liked that crazy camel with the pretty sky… here is another one… this time of a giraffe. It’s not like I need to tell you that… I should assume you know your animals. I wish I could say I shot this in Africa… but I can’t because it was from Disneyworld! We had a room at the Animal Kingdom Lodge and these giraffes would walk right by our window all day and night long… a little surreal to wake up and see that!

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This Dromedary, or as I like to say, this open-toed ungulate, was running at full speed as I managed to grab this quick one before being trampled. I was just kidding about calling it an ungulate…. only a nerd would do that (looks nervously both ways).

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I’ve never posted videos before… and this one has nothing to do with photography… just a funny little thing that happened at home this weekend.

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Here is a bit of experimentation with some hand drawn art and some rendering post effect work…

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This colorful area, painted by Indonesian children, was found in the back alleys of Jogjakarta. Everything was so nice and colorful I had to stop for a few shots!

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While I was in Montana, I was able to stay with a good friend.  As part of the "payment" for staying there, I offered to take a few shots of his adorable grandkids.  Here is one of the ones that came from the click-fest.  This was shot inside of a teepee, which has excellent light reflectivity, for those of you that ever get the urge!

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I came down to Horseshoe Bay for a little family thing this weekend… I haven’t been taking too many shots, but I was reminded of a few of my favorites from around this area, which is really just right by Austin!  The first is of a nice sunset on the lake and the other is from a Texas summer t-ball game.

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I spoke at the Austin Shutterbug meeting a few nights ago and the gentleman that invited me, Pete, had taken one of my shots and printed it with a very cool printing process. This thing came out as black as Zaphod Beeblebrox’s stolen ship…

If you want a print of it, contact me and I can hook you into Pete, who knows about such things.

The shot below was of a red firework exploding in a storm cloud in the black of night.

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It looks like this blog was mentioned in This Week in Photography, which is a most excellent podcast, whether or not they mention this site. I always pick up a few good tidbits on there.

In honor of them, I have had to make a cut to my top 10 shots. I took one of the new ones from Glacier and put it in there, and one had to fall… it was a tough pick, but here is the one, going down in flames in the Duomo… You had a great ride in the top 10 old friend…

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