You just have to dress for the occasionā¦ fleece lined pants, wool socks, warm jacket and hat (with a vape) keep me pretty warm.
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That does sound pretty good. I guess part of the reason Iāve put off doing that is because I donāt like being in the woods when itās all cold and dead. Not a whole lot of evergreens around here. It just seems so empty without all the birds singing, and bugs and sunlight, the warm breeze or the woodsy, delicious smelling, wonderful humid hot air. Itās like paradise. Why isnāt it summer yet. 
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And you made that from a wood pallet didnāt you?!
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So far all the wood Iāve used is from pallets and some scraps that are laying around the house. Thereās a super nice pallet I found in a dumpster near by. I gotta go pick it up soon.
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Here is a little black and white edit from a failed sunrise trip. Failed in the sense that I didnāt catch cool red/orange/pinks. It was still a good day with the pup.
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The picture with the dog looks awesome tho. what camera did you use?
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I am using a Sony a7rIV with a 24-70 mm lens. Although I may use fancy equipmentā¦my old sony5100 (1/100th of the price) would have done just as good.
As for editing I use dxo photo labs, and for the black and white I used their silver effects add on.
Ultimately itās the final edit from raw that helps with the end resultā¦with the first being at that spot in that moment in time (to include waiting for light, slight changes in weather, and etc).
The middle part of the process with gear only does so much. But the upgrades do help with being able to crop photos keeping the clarity.
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Ah hah!!! I donāt know what it is, but when I looked at that photo the first thing I thought was thatās got to be from a Sony camera. I guess my eyes were right.
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I really wanna get an old Sony alpha. Since Sony bought out Konica Minolta they began using their technology in their alpha line. Something about the way it takes photos, Itās just adds a very specific look to the photos, I love it. Seems like to this day they still utilize part of whatever magic is in that technology. I can see it in the photo of your dog.
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You shouldā¦only because there are so many affordable good lenses from third party manufactures (sigma and Tamron for example) to pick from.
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Awesome. Ive spent a few hours looking around at cameras and lenses. I was gonna buy used ones, but Iāll definitely keep those two brands in mind.
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Love it 
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I imagine these probably donāt look too great on a PC because I draw them on my phone. But hereās a couple more. I might revisit them to improveā¦ When ever Im ādoneā though itās kinda hard to go back. I always start something else. Two of these are of photos I took, the middle one is just a random one.
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Finally after 40+ days I made my first sourdough recipe. No bread yet because it takes up a lot of hoursā¦which I didnāt realize, BUT, I baked some Reeces chip cookies tonight 
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Omg yummy.
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I didnāt think I could actually do this. I definitely cant do real paint, Iāve tried to. I need an undo button. This app also has a color selector for the reference photographs, I wouldnāt be able to get the colors right either.
I made anotha one.
Its a rest dayā¦ And I feel like Iām on a roll here. I usually donāt have the motivation to keep churning stuff out.
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They are so yummy! Iām going to make pesto parmesan crackers this weekend 
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Canadaās got talent!
Drew this MANY moons ago when the wife was a flight nurse for West Michigan AirCare.
Sheās even prettier than this bird!
It was such a beauty Scalecraft makes a mahogany model of her.
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Wow thatās a really nice drawing! For some reason it gives me a nostalgic deeling.
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