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A lifelong native of the Southwest Missouri Ozarks, I grew up traversing the wooded hills and hollers, developing a love of nature, color and the great outdoors. Seems like I was always interested in art and photography, always drawing and taking photos with instant cameras from a young age, graduating in later years to other media such as pen-and-ink, charcoal, watercolors and oils, along with professional imaging equipment of all kinds. I have worked for many years as a graphic artist, first working by hand and later with software. I currently use Canon professional digital camera equipment and use various types of software for image enhancement. A friend recently gave me a graphics tablet for my birthday and I love using it to edit my photos!
My current interest is old buildings, churches, schools, country stores, old homes and old vehicles, and especially nature. I love driving the rural roads looking for interesting subjects. I would like to do more macro photography and people photos.
My processing secrets: There are no secrets! Most of the old building images are 5 exposure HDR processed photos. After the HDR processing, the most important adjustment I use is the Curves adjustment in PS.
All images found in my photostream on flickr are copyrighted works created solely by me with all rights reserved. You may not download and use these images without my express permission FIRST. I often allow use to those who ask first. I do pursue those who violate my copyrights.






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Photos of Uncle Phooey (3)
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Contacts (133)
Groups (50)
- EOS Cameras and Manual Lenses 43,967 photos, 3,403 members
- Bugs on pixels / Makros und Nahaufnahmen / Macros and Close Ups 22,608 photos, 2,032 members
- Historic One-Room Schoolhouses of America 2,192 photos, 267 members
- Canon DSLR User Group 1,831,695 photos, 105,113 members
- Geotagged: Missouri 3,826 photos, 100 members
- Ozark Springs 108 photos, 29 members
- New Photo Page Preview 0 photos, 3,713 members
- Black and White 3,921,384 photos, 208,406 members
- panoramas 172,316 photos, 19,621 members
- Golden Garden 31,360 photos, 1,310 members
- Explore the donkey 150 photos, 51 members
- *Karma* 683,598 photos, 15,630 members
- ...-Wink's Place-... 187,806 photos, 3,538 members
- MDC Reader Photos 637 photos, 79 members
- MACROLICIOUS GROUP 49,142 photos, 3,111 members
- Flower Macros (Post 1 / Invite 1) 2,576 photos, 398 members
- Missouri Native Plants 990 photos, 82 members
- Imaginātio 21,950 photos, 1,291 members
- World Masterpiece Award " Win Pro Account - NEW EASY RULES" 43,825 photos, 4,861 members
- HBW (bringing the blurry since '08) 17,224 photos, 2,323 members
- Happy Flowery Friday!!--Everyday~~~ 12,436 photos, 1,032 members
- Mountain Decay (and Flatland Rot) 190 photos, 33 members
- NatureLovers - CLOSING!!! 50,538 photos, 3,705 members
- Silhouette Photography 24,245 photos, 4,251 members
- Explore Front Page (Please read Group Rules before posting) 965 photos, 578 members
- 100+ Faves 1-2-3 (Post one,Comment and Fave two) 13,685 photos, 2,612 members
- 100+ COMMENT GROUP **(P1/A2) *LAST CHANCE TO ENTER COMP!!* 33,349 photos, 4,080 members
- Top 20 Birds 19,597 photos, 836 members
- Cardinals..Our favorite Red Bird! 1,010 photos, 254 members
- Beauty of Nature 130,933 photos, 2,965 members
- Bird Lovers 117,958 photos, 3,048 members
- Missouri State Parks / Historical Areas 4,422 photos, 254 members
- Missouri Photographers 30,503 photos, 765 members
- Missouri 42,145 photos, 1,129 members
- AdoBe Photoshop (CS3, CS4 and CS5) Official ™ 11,245 photos, 1,698 members
- Spider-ville 11,832 photos, 2,550 members
- MOVING trains --READ THE RULES 80,929 photos, 3,251 members
- BNSF - Burlington Northern Santa Fe 13,225 photos, 530 members
- Rot Squad 20,528 photos, 1,387 members
- The Spider Web 35,426 photos, 9,083 members
- Realistic HDR Images 16,140 photos, 5,557 members
- Quality HDR 186,687 photos, 11,480 members
- HDR 712,394 photos, 83,098 members
- unseen face's 153 photos, 122 members
- Fractals 'n Flames 1,557 photos, 86 members
- The DaVinci Touch (Admin Invite) Extraordinary Photos 13,268 photos, 1,316 members
- Gas and Steam Engines 8,277 photos, 364 members
- Rural Arkansas 4,891 photos, 187 members
- Arkansas 29,457 photos, 1,117 members
- Wildflowers 59,156 photos, 3,426 members
Galleries (2)
- Unforgettable 6 photos
- Black & White Barns 1 photo
Testimonials (4)
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Allen Gathman says:
"Uncle Phooey has an unerring eye for landscapes natural and man-made. His loving portraits of old rural structures bring their stories back to life."
12th October, 2008
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Falcon EyE says:
"I met Jerry lately on flickr and soon he became a dear friend!!! his caring personality and sharp perspective reveals how great artistic skills he has...I got many "best" comments from him ! happy to have your friendship Jerry and keep up the good stuff my friend"
13th September, 2008
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Patrick Henson says:
"Jerry has got to be in the top three all time favorites for me on Flickr. His style is unique and truely artistic. He and I share a love of old abandoned places, so it's not hard for me to relate to his work. Also, he has the best, most descriptive comments, it's always great to hear from him. Keep up the great work, Jerry."
27th April, 2008
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ilsebatten says:
"Jerry is the most supportive of flickr friends and I count the day he visited my site as a very happy one. Jerry has undertaken the enormous task of documenting the history of rural American life. To see his work is to understand the past as it weathers in remote areas, reminders of what seemed a quieter and gentler time. He brings his ‘ghosts’ to life with such beauty, tenderness and imagination that we fall in love with history all over again and wish for a time capsule. I hope that at some stage someone will pick up on this fine work and turn it into a book. The kindest and gentlest of gentlemen, I am so proud to know you."
18th December, 2007
- Name:
- Jerry E Shelton
- Joined:
- February 2006
- Hometown:
- Mansfield Missouri
- Currently:
- Seymour Missouri, USA
- I am:
- Male and Single
- Occupation:
- Computer / Network Tech














