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About Me Official Beta Tester General Digital Photographer Taryn33/Female/United States Recent Activity Deviant for 10 Months
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Legacy For Tomorrow

One of the three Mexican Wolves at the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium. The Zoo has sired 22 wolves and the current alpha female has born 17 of those herself. They do a fantastic job of helping to repopulate the world with his dying breed and work with the National Wildlife Service to make their care of the wolves as hands-off as possible so they can be reintroduced into the wild as easily as possible.

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~bilootza:iconbilootza:
10x 4 the fav
Sat Nov 14, 2009, 1:20 AM
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Have a nice day :P
Wed Nov 11, 2009, 6:20 AM
~samspot8r8s:iconsamspot8r8s:
THANK YOU so so much for the watch <3 <3
Wed Nov 4, 2009, 2:50 PM
=groundhog22:icongroundhog22:
Thanks for another fave!
Mon Oct 12, 2009, 1:45 PM
~Leahchy:iconLeahchy:
amazing gallery! :)
Sun Oct 4, 2009, 10:42 AM
*Dorandinha:iconDorandinha:
Beautiful gallery!
Sat Sep 26, 2009, 1:19 PM
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thanks for the fave
Fri Sep 25, 2009, 7:39 AM
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Tnx for faving =)
Tue Sep 22, 2009, 9:19 AM
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Thanks again for faving my work!
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thaks for the fave!haha
Mon Sep 21, 2009, 12:31 PM

Uncooperative Titles

Journal Entry: Tue Nov 17, 2009, 9:23 AM
I just couldn't think of anything clever to put for my title, the creativity bug has left me in that area...I feel a little smug. It's chilly, rain is being forecast along with drizzly gross weather, but last week for NE Ohio, the weather was low 60's, not a cloud in the sky weather. I lucked out so much on that, and I'm terribly happy because it meant that the sun was bright, the air was warmish and all of the animals at the zoos were very active. And as many of my watchers may have noticed, I have had a very successful week off while spending time at the zoo probably 90% due to this lovely weather. I've been trying not to spam everyone's inboxes with photos, but I'm so damned proud of a lot of the ones I got!

My 365 project has been going steadily so far. Some photos were easy to come by, while some nights I've been driving home, trying to figure out what to shoot. A lot of the photos have been set up and still life and this has become something of a blessing for me because I've relied on natural light and happening into the right moment, whereas this is making me think about something to shoot, composing it how it will look right, and getting the right lighting on it. By the end of the year, I would hope this will help make my still life photos way better.

If you saw in my Butters and Bokeh photo--I purchased a prime lens last week! I can't tell you how much I love love love love love it. Although it's not full frame on my D80 and shoots closer to 80mm rather than 50, that's okay. The 1.4 aperture is wonderful and I love the effects I can now play with, it's really making me antsy for the Christmas lights to go up and start shooting those and playing with DoF. But I just can't rave about this lens enough! I decided to go with the faster lens in the long run--it was almost a $200 difference in lenses, but between costume contest money, birthday money and some money from a portrait shoot that I'm doing this weekend, it put this lens to practically paid for. If any of you out there can afford it, I would highly recommend getting a prime, it is SO worth it!

I also found that a camera shop in Cleveland rents out their lenses--next on my list of lenses I want to invest in is a good macro lens (or if I go Nikon/Nikkor--micro)--but due to what I want and the sheer cost associated to the lens itself I don't want to invest in it and then get it and think "Oh gawd, this sucks, I can't work with this!" So I'm going to rent the lens in the next few months, play with it, see if I like it or if I want to bump back to a 60mm (because I don't know when I'll eventually move up to full frame format body anyway).

Ach...I've rambled! Enough about me, let's move on to my Random Watcher Feature!!

This time it's :iconjuicebox77:! She's only been on dA for about three months, but already you can see a budding photographer in her zoo photos (which, let's face it, I have severe partiality to!). But she doesn't limit herself to just zoo photography, she also finds beauty in the world around her, whether it's flowers, her pets or her family. So here are some of my favorites out of her gallery and you should head on over and take a look at her gallery as well and give her some love!





Clubs I'm in:
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  • Mood: Optimism
  • Listening to: Blessed quiet
  • Reading: My scratchy handwriting
  • Watching: Nuthin'
  • Drinking: Water, of course!

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: Norton, OH
  • Interests: Photography, writing, hiking, reading
  • Favourite movie: Inherit the Wind
  • Favourite band or musician: Theory of a Deadman
  • Favourite genre of music: Anything not rap or death metal
  • Favourite poet or writer: Lewis Carroll, Jane Austen, Michael Crichton, Brandon Sanderson, Jim Butcher, EE Knight
  • Favourite style of art: Anything that catches my interest
  • Operating System: Windows XP
  • Favourite game: Guitar Hero World Tour! (or MarioKart)
  • Favourite gaming platform: PlayStation 2 or 3
  • Favourite cartoon character: Bucky from Get Fuzzy
  • Personal Quote: I prefer the world through my lens.
  • Tools of the Trade: Nikon D80 and 10 pounds of additional equipment

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If you look at my gallery, you'll see that I focus a lot of my photography on wildlife, whether it's outside my window or in a zoo. But really I like to take photos of anything and everything if it means that I can continue to grow as a photographer. So you'll also see flowers and still life and martinis! and anything else that looks like it would be interesting in the frame. I'm passionate about photography and feel blessed to have the chance to pursue it when and where I can.

Just a photo-holic who has been snapping shots since I bought that used Pentax back in '93. Many upgrades later I have graduated to my Nikon D80, a present from the BEST husband in the world. Now my photo-holicism has gone into overdrive as I look for any and all opportunities to take a picture.

So go in, take a look around at my gallery and I hope that you like what you see. =)

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Nov 20, 2009
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Comments


:iconsnapperrod:
Cheers my dear for the faving Full Flow.

I keep coming out your gallery because I think I am in the wrong place, something big, round, fluffy and pink is missing on the way in :giggle:

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:icontleach0608:
You're welcome! LOL So funny that I am identifiable by such a silly but utterly cool hat. =D

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Thanks for the :+fav: dear friend!!!:heart::)
:icontleach0608:
You're welcome!! :huggle:

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~*Taryn
"Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Carroll
:iconstormchazzy:
Thank you for the :+fav:!
:hug:

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:icontleach0608:
Always a pleasure!! :huggle:

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~*Taryn
"Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Carroll
:iconreto:
thank you for the fav...:-)
:icon5ive2wo1ne:
thanks for the fav
:icontleach0608:
You're welcome!! =D

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~*Taryn
"Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Carroll

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