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I've been livin' like a star 'cause it's gettin' me high
Forget the hearse, 'cause I never die
I got nine lives, cat's eyes
Using every one of them and runnin' wild

There he goes again
Take me to the edge again
All I got is a dirty trick
I'm chasin down the wolves to save ya

I took so long to set this up that I almost missed it. The was the last competitor going over the final jump of the competition.

It's difficult to encapsulate Nassau in one shot, there were so many places to photograph and I can't upload them all. But mostly, to me, the simple colours are what make the place so lovely

The leading pack for most of Stage 7B - Izaguirre, van Poppel, Greipel and Rubio

I was able to capture about 30 of these types of images last night.. lots of fun

Taken with a Nikon D7000 with a 70-200 f2.8

Sorry about vanishing for a while. I just needed to clear my head from politics and hate. I took these last night at a benefit roping near home..

A skilled glassblower checks over his handiwork in making the bowl for an octagonally shaped drinking glass. Taken in the kiln work zone of Murano Glass Works, Venice, Italy.

I haven't really been out shooting latel except for some architectural work so I thought I would have some fun in photoshop this morning. Not great but fun

Got this shot of a bull rider at the Kingman Az rodeo this year. This cowboy didn't move to fast...hit the ground hard.

I'll be out shooting another gather and branding this summer and hopefully have enough to publish a book on ranch life.

Rafter S Cattle Company Branding

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A shot I got at the Needles Ca. rodeo recently

Bronc riding is an extremely dangerous profession.

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Turkish belly dancer performs for passengers' early show in forward lounge of Ocean Princess during November 2014 cruise of eastern Mediterranean and Black Seas.
My wife's comment "She has muscles in places, I did not were muscles!"
One of first successful performance images with new Sony Alpha58 and 28-85mm kit lens. Auto functions were used as crutch and were likely the reason for most of the success in this image.

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A shot from the AVI River Stampede I shot this past weekend

Some downtime from search and rescue training.

I'll be shooting 6 more brandings coming up in the next 2 months..I can't wait

Third baseman prepared for action.

My best friend's Mustang during autocross action at a charity event to raise money for breast cancer research.

I hope I don't bore you with all these rodeo edits...I really enjoy doing them. Keeps my old worn out mind active

From the Andy Devine Days Rodeo Kingman Az this year

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I was lucky enough to capture a 22 image sequence of this cowboy who got hung up in his rigging and the horse went a little nuts. This is just one shot in time. Both horse and cowboy were fine

Jumping off a perfectly good horse to catch a steer

From the Kingman Arizona rodeo this past year. Course I added my own touches

Another bronc rider from our little rodeo here in Arizona.

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Just finished this image and thought I'd share...rodeo is a great shooting adventure. You just never really know what will happen

A small local jumping competition held this summer. this horse was having
nothing to do with this jump!