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Post by High Sierra Fan on Jan 24, 2020 13:19:22 GMT -8
bluefish Sadly, though it lasted quite a while after their tragic deaths, the gallery closed in 2017. It looks like some portion of the business still exists online but the Bishop location next to Spellbinders bookstore & cafe is gone.
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Post by bluefish on Jan 24, 2020 13:32:29 GMT -8
bluefish Sadly, though it lasted quite a while after their tragic deaths, the gallery closed in 2017. It looks like some portion of the business still exists online but the Bishop location next to Spellbinders bookstore & cafe is gone. Damn, that's sad. I visited last in 2016. I have an Ansel Adams print in my living room, need to get a Rowell for it, too. Thanks for letting me know, HSF.
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balzaccom
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Post by balzaccom on Jan 24, 2020 19:17:44 GMT -8
You know, these would be a lot better if we had photos...
Oh wait...
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Post by burntfoot on Jan 29, 2020 20:42:31 GMT -8
Almost as bad.
I once re-hiked a 4-day stretch of the Colorado Trail because the camera store lost one of my rolls of film. Thankfully, I had written down an accurate photo log of that stretch. I camped in exactly the same place each night, did the same side trip, and hiked everything the same time of day. I recovered all of my photos, except for the one of the porcupine partway up a tree.
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Post by ErnieW on Jan 31, 2020 4:59:30 GMT -8
Film? Is that the stuff they used last century?
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Post by Hungry Jack on Jan 31, 2020 6:08:27 GMT -8
Almost as bad. I once re-hiked a 4-day stretch of the Colorado Trail because the camera store lost one of my rolls of film. Thankfully, I had written down an accurate photo log of that stretch. I camped in exactly the same place each night, did the same side trip, and hiked everything the same time of day. I recovered all of my photos, except for the one of the porcupine partway up a tree. That sounds pretty anal retentive, but I get it. Epic trip!
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Post by echo on Feb 1, 2020 20:12:01 GMT -8
These remind me of a children’s picture book, “Owl Moon” with the most wonderful description of going out, silently on a winter full moon with a Daddy in search of an owl, just to see it.
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Post by foxalo on Feb 2, 2020 7:45:59 GMT -8
I have seen more owls in the past few months than I have in all my life. At camp this summer, I saw some baby owls on my way to the bathroom at dawn. We saw them a few more times that week, so it was a treat to the boys too. They were screech owls. I saw a barred owl a couple months ago in the side of the road as I turned onto the road out of my neighborhood. About two weeks ago, as I was pulling into my parking space at work, there was a hawk, a red-shouldered maybe, just standing in the space next to where I park. The school police officer pulled in behind me and and we just stared in awe until it flew into a tree. He had never seen a hawk up close. I told my coworker and she asked if I got a picture. Nope. Didn't think of it until it was too late.
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Post by autumnmist on Feb 2, 2020 8:04:05 GMT -8
foxalo , that's really an experience to remember, especially someone else also stopping to watch the hawk. echo, that's beautiful artwork. I like the soft blends of contrasting colors, as well as the exquisite detail of the owl. It's an interesting blend of techniques.
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Post by hikingtiger on Feb 28, 2020 9:29:34 GMT -8
Rounded a curve one night just north of Chapparal, NM, to find an Oryx buck standing in the road. Eased around him, but didn't think to pull out the phone and snap a shot. My luck...if I had grabbed the phone, he would have charged the car.
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Post by johntpenca on Feb 28, 2020 10:27:50 GMT -8
Whoa! I had to google that. Apparently they were introduced to the Florida Mountains near Demming. I thought they only existed in the US on exotic game ranches. Is there a reproducing wild population in NM now? That is interesting.
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Post by hikingtiger on Feb 28, 2020 12:46:35 GMT -8
Is there a reproducing wild population in NM now? Probably about 5000 Oryx in NM. NPS put up a fence around the White Sands Nat'l Monument to keep out as many as possible, but trapped some 200 animals inside. They darted them from a helicopter, then transported them outside the fence. So very glad I didn't hit it (or it me) as there's a lot of paperwork involved aside from the damage to the car. Their horns will go through a car door, in case you wondered. Just one of the many things to watch for driving the Tularosa Basin.
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Post by johntpenca on Feb 28, 2020 14:17:08 GMT -8
Probably about 5000 Oryx in NM. They are wild and reproducing? How did the introduction come about? Did they escape from an exotic game ranch or what? This begs questions about introduction of invasive/non-native species.
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Post by bradmacmt on Feb 29, 2020 7:16:27 GMT -8
Photography is a funny thing. There's something in us as humans that wishes to "possess" what we see, and photography has become the ideal, everyman's medium to do this. I'm no different than anyone else in this desire to "capture" a moment in time, but I try to keep it limited. There's something about traveling "photography free" that is quite liberating. I wonder whether we really "see" when we are burdened with the compulsion to click away at every turn of events.
Over 10 years ago I was high in a Wilderness Area elk hunting. It was November, and plenty of snow was on the ground. I was sitting on a steep mountainside, leaning against a tree, overlooking a deep valley watching the last light of day. Suddenly, a fairly large, migrating bird landed on the ground very close to me - within 6 or so feet. While not unusual when one is hunting - being quiet and still - it's still very gratifying. I was studying the unknown bird when suddenly a previously unseen Ermine sprang on it, killing it! I watched as the life drained out of the bird in the jaws of this mini predator. The Ermine eyed me carefully, decided I was no threat, and proceeded to drag the big bird -which was much larger than the Ermine - a further couple feet and bury it in the snow.
Perhaps not a thing I'll see again the rest of my life.
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Post by bradmacmt on Feb 29, 2020 7:21:04 GMT -8
Probably about 5000 Oryx in NM. They are wild and reproducing? How did the introduction come about? Did they escape from an exotic game ranch or what? This begs questions about introduction of invasive/non-native species. There is a limited-draw hunting season for them in order to control their numbers.
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