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I learned a trick about breaking out of a "mental block" or slump which is to buy postcards you like of local scenes and try to beat them (shoot a better composition, detail, ect…). It is a great way to stimulate creativity when all else fails. I have a crazy one of a full moon with cactus flowers, it is definitely a PS creation. It has been on my desk for months and I finally grabbed a decent full moon early in the morning yesterday. My top layer is a shot from the Superstition Mountains…

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At least half of my painting effort goes into shooting good reference photos. I “create” my composition in the viewfinder and shoot with as wide dynamic range as possible. Lately I have been using a drone to get shots that would have been impossible before. In order to get the widest dynamic range, I shoot bracketed photos at different f-stops then process them on my computer with Photomatix. I shoot thousands of photos, often visiting the same places at different times of day to find…

Please indulge me as I upload a few more hare poses that were struck so conveniently for my camera as I sat in the car in state of high excitement and hands shaking. Camera control in those circumstances was not easy.

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