slump breaker

Well, for today at least, the curse has been lifted. I finally took
some photos I am happy with.

I was supposed to photograph a dog club picnic this afternoon in
the rain and I did, but very few folks showed up.
The picnic took place in a large state park. Picnicking on the fields on either side of the
dog club were folks from a Church of God.
It seemed they had no problem with their attendance as I think there were probably a few hundred folks. This was a great looking group and
they were ever so active. With my telephoto I was able to get good detail even
though I was at quite a distance from them.

I liked this shot here because of its muzziness. I really don't know what that
is from but I liked it. It was raining (pouring) on and off and humid and so the air was
interacting with the lens to create all sorts of interesting effects.

In all, I shot 570 photos today. I started out the day on a walk in my usual
woods with the dogs. I am happy report that I got to pretend that I was the infamous knight_errant that we all know and love. Have a look:

click here for: drops of dew 1
click here for: drops of dew 2

then it was off to the picnic at which I got these two:
click here for: puppy
click here for: two puppies

and finally, a couple more from the Church of God:
click here for: the youngest goalie
click here for: the beautiful smile

If you managed to have the energy to look at all six alternates, I would be curious to hear which of
these seven shots you prefer.

cheers... liza