Walking off Thanksgiving meal

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After lunch at Sue's folk's house on Thanksgiving, her mother, brother, sister and I decided to take a walk through Spitler Woods, State Natural Area (SNA) and Park, Near Mt. Zion in central Illinois. (Sue was sick.)

These two trees were in the woods of Spitler SNA:





... and the next two are from the walk back to the house in Mt. Zion:




All shot with the Canon dRebel XT/350D and the Sigma 18-50mm, f2.8EX lens.

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Dee

Nice walk
I love the bare branches tree photos.

ChrisJ

Nice shots, Ziggy... I particularly like the flowering grass.

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Dee wrote:

I love the bare branches tree photos.

Strong, late daylight and a deep blue sky. I love that kind of setting!

Thanks Dee,

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ChrisJ wrote:

Nice shots, Ziggy... I particularly like the flowering grass.

Thanks Chris,

That one was on private property and surrounded by other houses. I was gonna drop to the ground for an even better angle, but the folks I was walking with were already pressed to understand my "actions" and what I was looking at. (They're not "shooters", of course.)

I am a different person when I'm behind a lens.

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I simlified the "leaf" image with the "Cutout" filter in PhotoShop. I do believe I like this better, although I realize it's kindof a "caricature" of the original.



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