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In between rainstorms I did manage to get out to Fir Island looking for Snow Geese. I didn't see any of them, but I did manage to take these photos: [ Dick

I took this photo on Lopez Island (here in Washington State). It is a relic of the old Reef Fishing Fleet of days gone by. My Uncle worked on one of these old boats when he was about 14 years old. He is now 84. :) I'm printing it out in 8" X 10", matting it and framing it for a Christmas...

Blue Moon, You've got me singing the blues........... Last nights Blue Moon. Canon 5D Mark II Camera. settings: ISO 100 Aperture F/13 Shutter speed: 1/400 of a second Lens used: Tamron 150-600 mm. Telephoto Photo edited in Lightroom and cropped way down to 8.5 X 11. Also, Photo was taken...

The world sees a magnificent sight: GPR

The Great Baby Rattle Fiasco of 2015 I found out yesterday that a friend of mine was just told that she is going to be a Great Grandmother in a few months. She is so excited about the news and just tickled pink. Today I was sitting outside in the shade trying to beat the heat and also bored...

Of Teaching Archery to Cub Scouts at Fire Mountain Cub Scout Day Camp. The Very First Time that this boy had ever shot a bow and his Very First Arrow! :) I told him to stare down the target, looking right at the red dot. Then draw his bow without taking his eyes off the dot. Pace the point of...

Patterns The photography Rule of thirds is not an Absolute! At times it is meant to be broken and at other times Nature likes to break it. I normally try to follow the rule, but in this photo I just Had to go against it; due to the pattern of the fence and because of all of "Nature's Silk...

45 years ago today I got married to Ellen and my life was changed forever! Even though she has been a rough and tough, Retired Women's Marine Corps Drill Sergeant, she has always been a pretty decent one to to me. She has on occasion thrown a 12" Cast Iron skillet at me, she never really hit me...

that I have been working on for a few days. :) I hope you enjoy it. :) Please feel free to share the link with anyone you would like to see it. :) Mount Baker Photo Trip by Richard and Ellen Raymond May 27, 2015 Mount Baker Photo Trip - Google Slides GPR

In search of a photo. GPR

On Friday May 1st. one of my Grand Daughters got Married. My wife and I were the main photographers for the wedding. :) We took well over a 1,000 photos during the wedding and the reception. :) During the Father Daughter Dance, I spotted a young man dancing with hid daughter that was such a...

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In the act of taking some photos today: GPR

The day before yesterday turned out to be a wonderful day to take photos, even though it started off on a rocky path with Heavy Rain and Hail. Here are a few photos I managed to grab and totally mess up: GPR

Here is wishing each and every one of you a Very, Merry Christmas fro me and my family! I haven't posted much here for a while, but I do pop in from time to time. :) Life has been very busy and now it is even more so. :) I already got to open one of my presents from my wife and I'm having a...

Let's see some photos of what you all look like. This is me and my trusty old car that I bought new way back in the day: GPR

This is where my wife and I stayed while we were on Lopez Island. It is a little cabin that is almost 100 years old and is owned by my Uncle. Here is a series of photos of the view from the porch of the cabin that we were forced to endure: ....

My wife and I recently took a little Vacation / Photo Adventure trip to Lopez Island in the San Juan Islands of Washington State. Here are a few of the photos I took. Between the two of us and our 3 cameras we took 1132 photos in 3 days. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. GPR

This little girl was having so much fun throwing rocks into the water at the beach today. If you look real close you can see the huge rock she threw flying towards it's splash down. This was just a quick throw up the camera, point and shoot while hoping the settings were right. I'm surprised...

Sometimes the point is not so sharp and well defined as we would like it. All we can do is try to focus on the positive and forget the negative. Even that sometimes is not enough. All we can try to do is Accentuate the Positive and strive to move forward! GPR