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Taken on an outing with my brother in the not-so-distant past. We spent nearly the whole day at De Soto National Wildlife Refuge, watching deer and blue herons, but the bulk of our time was spent in a muddy, partially flooded parking lot, photographing toads and butterflies. Ah, the simple things that amuse us.

"We learn something every day, and lots of times it's that what we learned the day before was wrong."
--Bill Vaughan

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My buddy Ben and I took a whirlwind tour up the Oregon coast a few weeks ago, from the Oregon Dunes north to Ecola State Park and all points between. If memory serves, this was taken at Strawberry Hill, looking south.

Much of the coast that day was blanketed in a dense layer of fog being blown ashore from the Pacific Ocean, which made for some unique photo opportunities. The fog density changed often depending on the wind speed and direction, so distant features would emerge suddenly, only to vanish within seconds.

Tamron 17-50 non-VC
f/8, 30 sec, ISO 100, 25mm focal length
B&W Big Stopper
Tripod-mounted

"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia."
--Charles M. Schulz (1922-2000)

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A Japanese maple I set out to see for myself.

"Life engenders life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich."
--Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923)

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A buffalo in Badlands National Park, shortly after sunrise.

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: “Whose?”
--Don Marquis (1878-1937)

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Whitehorse Falls, along the Clearwater River in northwest Oregon.

Tamron 17-50 non VC
f/16, 3.2 sec, ISO 100, 17mm focal length
Kaesemann circular polarizer
Tripod-mounted

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
--Mark Twain

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