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It's been a unusually busy summer - don't usually travel a lot, but this year I have. Haven't let my camera gather dust though, still managed to get out and do some good shoots.

It's been almost a month since I've posted something of my own hasn't it? Wow.

I embarked on my annual trip up north and enjoyed myself quite thoroughly as usual two weeks ago. For my first time taking my camera up there (rather than just relying on my iphone), I didn't get/take as many shots as I had envisioned beforehand. Still, I got a few good ones and was able to tweak them to my satisfaction here.

Scenes Unseen: The Summer of ’78 Long-forgotten pictures capture escape and discovery in the city’s parks.

"Wilderness is not a luxury, but a necessity of the human spirit." -
-Edward Abbey

"In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks." - John Muir

https://brothephotography.smugmug.com/Here-and-There/i-mrj4qsW

It got unbelievably hot this weekend (95 - 100F) and against my better judgement, I tossed my camera in my bag, tossed it over my shoulder and hit the trail. I ended up sweaty, sore and thoroughly exhausted at the end (after a 26mi ride), but for this shot and a few others, it was definitely worth it.

Orange Crush.

(used this old shot to experiment with a bit).

"What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal." - Friedrich Nietzsche

(This bridge has been out of commission for a while, but interestingly enough is being preserved for contingency purposes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Central_Missouri_River_Bridge)

A shot a buddy of mine shared to a group has stoked the creative juices here. Haven't been down to since I got my Nikon (and really, the last time I was there, I couldn't stick around long). With all the PTO I got saved up, I think some day-tripping this summer is going to be in order.

(credit to Images by J.p / Justin Paul Prosolow for this shot)

Into the wild with Thomas D. Mangelsen The renowned wildlife photographer shows 60 Minutes what goes into his iconic pictures

My area's been lucky for the most part and escaped a lot of the bad weather that bedeviled certain parts of the country this past week. We have been left with some pretty eerie fog though (which I tried to make a bit moreso after I got the original shot off my phone and cleaned it up a bit).