… a little of this and a little of that … thoughts are scattered and so are the images for tonight. Above is a shot I took of a Bobcat earlier this year as he sat and posed on the tee box behind our home. I haven’t seen one for a while, but know they are in the neighborhood. The squirrels have been fattening up in my bird feeder and the Bobcats love to dine on them … we feed the whole food chain!
Below is a female Cardinal I shot in a friends back yard and I think in many ways they are more beautiful than the males who sport the red you just can’t stop looking at.
The last image is a shot looking north from near the ranger station of SR179 and at 7400′ on the right is Woods Canyon running deep into the Colorado Plateau … on the left behind the ridge is Jacks Canyon … horizon left to right is Bill Williams Mountain, Sitgreaves Mountain, Kendrick Peak and finally the San Francisco Peaks.
Time to wrap the day and get some rest for we’re starting another new week. Smile, keep breathing and be kind … choose to have a great day.
Cheers,
Ted
If you have spoken something beautiful,
Or touched the dead canvas to life,
Or made the cold stone to speak—
You who know the secret heart of beauty;
If you have done one thing
That has made gentler the churlish world,
Though mankind pass you by,
And feed and clothe you grudgingly—
Though the world starve you,
And God answer not your nightly prayers,
And you grow old hungering still at heart,
And walk friendless in your way,
And lie down at last forgotten—
If all this befall you who have created beauty,
You shall still leave a bequest to the world
Greater than the institutions and rules and commerce;
And by the immutable law of human heart
The God of the universe is your debtor,
If you have made gentler the churlish world.
If You Have Made Gentler The Churlish World by Max Ehrmann
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In addition to sales of photographs already taken Ted does special shoots for patrons on request and also does air-to-air photography for those who want photographs of their airplanes in flight. All special photographic sessions are billed on an hourly basis.
Ted also does one-on-one workshops for those interested in learning the techniques he uses. By special arrangement Ted will do one-on-one aerial photography workshops which will include actual photo sessions in the air.
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