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Nice day for third week of -10F. Anchorage, Alaska. Not the prettiest city architecturally speaking. British Petroleum building reflection.

I deleted this image Jan 21, so that I could remove a few street signs.

Bohjangles pleading with me to not put him on Death Row for eating my Dad's $3,800.00 hearing aid. I think your suppose to grant one pardon on Christmas Day so it's being considered.

Photo Notes !!!
Portrait Shooting
1). Make sure when you shoot that you have "Catch light Reflections" in Both eyes. Ideally, it would be good when you can, to have similar shaped highlights in both eyes, but some highlight is better than none.
2). You really need to maintain Focus on both eye balls. This is where everyone will look to relate with the image, this is where the emotional connection to the image is most likely to take place.
3). Set Exposure to control the Highlights from Clippiing by watching your Histogram if you are shooting Digital. If you feel your main subject is getting too dark with this method, then simply add some more light to fill in the shadows so that you are not Clipping and loosing details in those areas. In general, there is less harm in loosing shadow detail then there is with loosing highlight details in your photos. Note that the fur highlights show shaping and details of fur, and the brightest whites are not blocking up in this area.

In this shot the Dog was getting too dark on the shadow side because I was setting exposure for the highlights, so I turned on the room light to put more light in the shadows. The colors of the outdoor daylight an indoor light don't match, so in editing I desaturate all the color to make a B&W Portrait from this shot.

The flair of the of the light in the background is not being caused by over exposure, that effect is be added in editing for two reasons. First it softens the contrasty details of the bright background that would compete for your viewing interest with the portrait subject itself, and second, because it added a soft dreamy look to the picture offering an emotional appeal to the image. With a soft non competing background, your eyes will be drawn more to your portrait subject.

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The first snow is the most interesting because it highlights all the fine elements in nature equally. I like these for interest because later snows builds up covering the ground that contains much of what would be interesting to see. Mount Susitna in the distant background.

Cat Tails along the edges of Potter's Marsh, Anchorage.

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First touch of snow.

View @ 1024px width size, largest, best for seeing the strong branch patterns. Down Sampling by flickr mushes them up some. Have a good day.
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Small spring by the back road of Potter's Marsh, Anchorage.

October 1, Anchorage. Miss the sun already.
Stack image to help with DOF.

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