doho123
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Yellowstone animals
There were quite a few of accessible herds of bison roaming around.
There was this sad coyote who still had the quills in his face from a recent run-in with a porcupine.
Herds of elk were everywhere, and in dangerously close quarters with people.
And there was the male and female moose couple, constantly being followed by photographers with giant telescoping lenses.
Click here if you would like a somewhat graphical description of our lodging experience.
Ducks at Lake Mead
A day at the zoo
The Baboon Island is always a favorite with the kids.
A nice shot of a tiger , or may the tiger's nice shot of me.
Funny that you can find a butterfly at the butterfly exhibit .
Old bridge details and an observatory
And then in my travels, I just happened across the Harper College observatory at close to sunset with a clear blue sky behind it.
Some nature shots
And my experimentation continues in mimic-ing the Harris Shutter Effect by combining three photos in Photoshop using the EXCLUDE layer setting.
Random Las Vegas shots
"Fountain outside of Caesar's."
"Statue outside of Caesar's."
"Same statue," quite a different time, quite a different angle.
Low water levels at Lake Mead
Due to a drought happening in the Southwest for the past year or so, the water levels at Lake Mead have dropped considerably. Boat ramps have been shut down since they are now sitting high and dry, and you can now walk around the buoys at some places where only boats could float to.
Also, some interesting things apparently have started to surface, like just how did this car get here ?
drained pond
They've been draining a pond near my house, so I've been going over there every so often to see if I can get some good wildlife photos (lots of egrets and cranes). Unfortunately, those birds rather skittish. But have been able to get a few others.
Out on a small island which I was finally able to walk to, you can find three or four duck eggs scattered about, sadly unhatched. Or maybe they are Canadian Goose eggs, I'm not sure.
A dead tree taken slightly after sundown.
Two black birds roosting in a dead tree.
Two unrelated pictures
They are going to be rebuilding then train tracks near my bike riding trail soon, apparently.
Arizona Memorial
Sadly, at the memorial, most people just take pictures of the sunken ship itself, and they never seem to look up and notice the somber, yet strong, architecture. It's too bad; most people don't really think of what it is, which is a tomb.
