Category Archives: Daily ramblings

The daily ramblings of our traveling life. Where we are, what we’re up to, and things we see and do.

From Clicking to Creating

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I like to walk in new and different places. I mentioned yesterday we spent the night last week at Independence Rock in Wyoming. We have been here before, but it’s always so interesting. This was a big marker for the people traveling the Oregon trail in the mid to late 1800’s. Names are etched in the rock all over. The evening we were there, we decided to walk around and stretch everyone’s legs.

The prompt for this weeks 2 Lil Owls is On a walk, so perfect. Al is checking out a few of the names.

Independence rock

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Wild Horses of Wyoming

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Wild Horses of Wyoming

We left South Dakota last Tuesday. The weather was pretty yucky the whole time, so we were glad to go. We got our drivers licences taken care of though, so we are good for another 5 years.

We spent that night at Independence Rock in Wyoming, which we have done before. It’s a rest stop, a historical place, and a nice place for an evening walk. The wind was blowing hard all night, yep…that part of Wyoming gets the wind, and we were ready to hit the road early in the morning.

When we got to Green River, we decided to do something we have always wanted, and that was to find the wild horses in the area. I did some reading and learned that going on the Wild Horse loop road is best if started in Green River. The road goes through the back country, and connects in Rock Springs. Of course we had the RV, but the dirt road looked really good, so off we went.

Wild Horses of Wyoming

We tried to find a place to unhook, and leave the RV but didn’t have any luck. The area is hilly, with the road doing a steady uphill climb, so no flat spots anywhere.

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From Clicking to Creating-Slow shutter speed

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From Clicking to Creating-Slow shutter speed

Have you ever experimented with slow shutter speed photography? I have a little bit here and there, but not very much. I know that low light conditions are the best for slow shutter, or if you are shooting in the day time you need a neutral density filter to compensate for the bright light. Otherwise you just have a bright blown out image.

One evening this bull moose was thrashing the bushes. Since it was late evening, and there was no sun to speak of I knew this would be a good time to get this shot.

From Clicking to Creating

For this image, I slowed the shutter down and I did the moving. I wanted an image of the aspens in a more abstract way, and slowing it down helped me get that.

slow shutter speed

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