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Some recent images from Yellowstone National Park this spring.

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Dahlia with the lensbaby sweet35

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Black-eyed susans (I think) with the lensbaby sweet35

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Walkin' along a country road... #horse #wildhorse #wildpony #assateagueislandnationalseashore #BPA_arts #earthnow #freshbreezeclub #hey_Ihadtosnapthat #raw_community #raw_community_member #raw_country #raw_horses #raw_vip_gold https://instagr.am/p/CsW3rS5vm28/

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Wicked Tulips was wickedly full of tulips

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Creativity

There's this belief that you are either born creative or you are not. I don't think that is true, and have read many stories and books that bolster that belief. I think creativity is a muscle, it needs to be developed to be used. Some people develop muscle (both physical and creative) more easily than others, but it takes work to get it the way you want it.

I thought for the longest time I wasn't creative. Yes, I was a good photographer, but not a creative one. I recorded what was there, not quite like a photojournalist, but I didn't try to actually try to create something. Then I started to shoot with an infrared camera, which made me *see* differently. Green grass and leaves weren't green, they reflected infrared light. Blue sky absorbed it. Water absorbed it. So I delved into learning about it and how to photograph it, and then how to develop it. That started me thinking about other things I could do differently and more creatively. I looked at people's work and then extrapolated from that. I now think I'm fairly creative photographically, but I'm always going to be a work in progress.

I still don't write well, and I can't paint or draw, but that may come too.

Some of my creative explorations:

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Tulip Time

Sometimes it feels like winter is endless and spring will never come. Especially winters where there is little snow, lots of rain, and it's been very windy; there's nothing photographically to look forward to when every day seems like that. This winter seemed like that, so when the tulips started showing up in the supermarket, I began a tulip buying and photographing spree. I love the deep depth of field I get from focus stacking, but I also love the soft, almost sensual effect of a very shallow depth of field, but for most of the inside work I focus stacked anywhere from 30-120 photos to make these images.

Some almost white tulips.

Orange tulip, just beginning to bloom.

Orange and yellow tulips, from above, just before they began to fall apart

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The Dream?? #escape #rhodeisland #providence #raw_community_member #raw_community #raw_newengland #raw_usa #raw_edit #canon #ig_myshot #lilrhody #rfshooters #igersnewengland #sbcc_ma #hey_ihadtosnapthat #verogang (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqWvLmSOQVc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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https://instagr.am/p/CqWtzoku-9j/

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at Providence, Rhode Island https://www.instagram.com/p/CqWtzoku-9j/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The partys almost over

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On my second trip to Iceland I encountered this wonderful rock statue behind the hotel we were staying at in Reykjavik. #Iceland #travel #statue #rock #winter #nordic #equisitepics20 #globalcapture #hey_ihadtosnapthat #lensculture #pictas #igpodium #raw_artgallery #raw_community #raw_colors #raw_blue #raw_nordic #raw_potd #raw_community_member #raw_world #rebels_united #universalpixelz #verogang https://instagr.am/p/CpobSyXscMY/

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When the party’s almost over. The petals fell off when I picked the vase up from the floor. #tulips #flower #flowerstagram #flower_perfection #spring #equisitepics20_colours #equisitepics #hey_ihadtosnapthat #verogang #raw_allnature #raw_colours #raw_edit #raw_flowers #raw_potd #raw_community #raw_vip #bestnatureshot https://instagr.am/p/CpgaDNJub3U/

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When the party’s almost over. The petals fell off when I picked the vase up from the floor. #tulips #flower #flowerstagram #flower_perfection #spring #equisitepics20_colours #equisitepics #hey_ihadtosnapthat #verogang #raw_allnature #raw_colours #raw_edit #raw_flowers #raw_potd #raw_community #raw_vip #bestnatureshot https://www.instagram.com/p/CpgaDNJub3U/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“It was a foggy day in Franconia notch as I drove through last October. #raw_snap_foggy1 #teammate_raw_snap_foggy1 #autumn ##Tree #Tranquility #Nature #Outdoors #ScenicsNature #TranquilScene #fog #color #leaves #equisitepics20 #globalcapture #hey_ihadtonsnapthat #naturegang #podium #raw_allnature #raw_alltrees #raw_community #raw_community_member #raw_colours #raw_challenges #raw_landscape #rebels_united #universalpixelz #verotography https://instagr.am/p/CpF3sOlO779/

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“It was a foggy day in Franconia notch as I drove through last October. #raw_snap_foggy1 #teammate_raw_snap_foggy1 #autumn ##Tree #Tranquility #Nature #Outdoors #ScenicsNature #TranquilScene #fog #color #leaves #equisitepics20 #globalcapture #hey_ihadtonsnapthat #naturegang #podium #raw_allnature #raw_alltrees #raw_community #raw_community_member #raw_colours #raw_challenges #raw_landscape #rebels_united #universalpixelz #verotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CpF3sOlO779/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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"I will never let you go" White birch trees in New Hampshire this past autumn. #birchtree #blackandwhitephotography #forest #outdoors #nature #newhampshire #autumn #bnw #bnwphotography #earthofficial #igersnewengland #landscape #tree #raw_allnature #raw_alltrees #raw_bnw #raw_community #raw_newengland #raw_usa #raw_world #raw_textures #rfshooters #sbcc_ma #verogang #hey_ihadtosnapthat https://instagr.am/p/CpByUMiM_JX/