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This was taken the first day of Spring near Fayetteville, Arkansas. Need I say more?

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Went to the zoo last week to get some shots for whatever I am going to do for my art class. This was the first time in at least a decade I had been to the Tulsa Zoo.

Yeah....It looked a little worse for wear....

That aside, it was quite nice and fun because I more or less had the whole zoo to myself. Not even staff were around. This was partly because instead of going on the nice, beautiful and warm day, I went the next day when it was cold and drizzly. Eh, no big deal, most of the zoo is indoors anyway.

I believe they did this on purpose. Have you ever been in a deserted zoo? It's kind of creepy. As in a lot creepy. And the Tulsa Zoo has all these different exhibits set up on motion sensors. What this means is that I nearly had a heart attack several times. The worst was when I was walking through the elephant museum area and set off the switch that made some old timey phone ring. Gah! Oh and then there was the time I was off in some remote corner in a swamp area and set off the sensor to make African voices start talking and singing, this was bad enough and then I walked a few steps forward and saw a rather real looking manikin.

I promptly left that area.

When I was in the Rainforest I kept having this feeling I was being watched....

I am a sheep

Well, I guess since all the cool kids are doing it, it is about time I started my own photo blog.

A compatriot of mine, Jeremy Jewell, has a photography blog where he always posts a story with his photos, I am now going to proceed to rip him off. It really is a good idea as you can see here: http://jeremyjewellphotography.blogspot.com/ I strongly suggest going there.

I created this website a week ago, but I did not post anything because I could not decide what my first picture should be. I had two options. One option was the picture that I claim to be my first successful picture that has everything in it that I want. Or I could post a Photoshop project. The reason behind this is because I learned to use Photoshop at an advanced level before I ever learned how to use a "real" camera. I eventually got tired of using other people's photos so I decided to start looking for a good camera to take pictures the way I want.

I chose the first of those two options. This is the photo that started it all.

This picture really exemplifies my style. Since I started out as a Photoshop user, my photos end up having varying degrees of editing.

This particular picture was great by itself but I wanted to capture how I felt when I took it. I took this with my father's camera that I was borrowing at the time in a park on a cold spring day. While wandering and looking for something interesting I saw this bird fly and land in this tree. And like me, it looked cold, so I waited for the right moment and took the picture. When I got this shot on my computer, I knew it was what I was looking for. The photograph made me remember that cold, crisp, clean day, however, I wanted everyone else to feel that feeling and messed with the shot until I got this. I think I succeeded. As for those who are curious, due to my editing, this particular shot is in the grey area between a photograph and a photomanipulation.