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Today I attended a flickrmeet to honor a special guest. Ryo Hirosawa from Japan. Hirosan is member of our flickrmeet group even though he lives In Japan. He has attended 2 other meets in the past but I was unable to attend them. What makes Hirosan a very special photographer is that he is completely blind (cannot see any light at all) He uses echos to tell him where the object he is shooting is at and also relied on help of friends in assiting him on critiquing the shot after he has taken it.

Please listen to his audio clip to learn more about Ryo and his photography
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Here is a link to his flickr site so you can see his photography
www.flickr.com/photos/hirosan/

I am not normally known as a portrait photographer but am very pleased of the result of this on. It is straight out of the camera and is on the darker side as it was taken inside a dimly lit pub at ISO 400. f1.6 1/80 sec

Today I went to Elk Island with a couple of facebook friends that may end up as flickr friends. When Pamela and I were walking to the boardwalk we noticed these two cleared rinks on the lake between the boardwalk and the island. There was also a circle cleared for skating as well. This is the first time I've seen this at Lake Astotin, just a shame that no one was using the ice today as it was a beautiful day in the park.

From an early morning trip to Elk Island last fall. It was one of those mornings that it defintely worthwhile getting up early for. The colors of the sunrise on Lake Astotin were stunning and then to put the icing on the cake was this moose that was out for an early morning swim and stroll. Watching it swim from island to island to the shore right in front of us was an awesome experience.