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'Trees' Contest - top 10

Journal Entry: Wed Feb 28, 2007, 1:42 PM
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Hey Y'all!

I'd like to announce the final top ten photos (out of 65 entries) have been chosen by the four judges in ~darkernights 'Trees Contest'!

It's time for the public to vote, so head on over and cast a vote for your pick.. good luck to the finalists.


On a personal note, I'm back to 100% health now and went on my first photo shoot in 10 days just yesterday morning .. unfortunately a spectacular sunrise turned into nothing as  storm clouds rolled over it, but it sure felt good to be out hiking again!

Also I'm getting excited about my daughter coming for a 10-day visit starting next week!  She lives with her mom in Sioux Lookout which is 400km away, so when she comes to visit, it's a huge deal for me :aww:

Forest fire season is almost upon me ..only another month before I return to work.  I have to perform my annual fitness testing in three weeks, so I'm getting a bit nervous about that.  This will be my 17th season fighting fire, and as always I look forward to the adventure and comradery.

There's a bunch of new features for ya there,,enjoy! ..and as always..

Be good to yourselves and one another,

Skinner






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If you missed my previous journals or are a new watcher and you want to know more about what makes me tick, I was chosen as !absinthebride's featured artist for February.. read my interview here:

Interview with Skinner

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Daddy's little girl by *Buble

The first painting ever done of my daughter.

It touches me like no other piece I've ever laid eyes on, and pretty much makes my heart swell.  I wish you all could find such a piece of art if you haven't..whether it's someone elses work or your own, so that you may appreciate the true power it has when you look at it.

Karen based her work on my photograph Walk in Fields of Gold

I am forever in your debt. ... thank you Karen :heart:

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This new foray into a genre of photography completely different from my nature stuff has.. artistically speaking.. been an absolute breath of fresh air for me.  It's become, in fact, far more challenging and rewarding then I ever would have guessed.  I started with rural explorations such as old barns and abandoned farmhouse interiors and branched out into trespassing dangerous old industrial derelict buildings and shooting seedy alleyways at night in the worst parts of town...




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:iconcaptain-planet:
I lvoe burn season! So over the weekend I attended 16 hours of prairie burn training in Chicago. I got a part-time job doing burns on the weekend. I'm working for a fire-fighter that just started his own side-buisness. See you out there! :w00t:
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:iconwb-skinner:
OI! .. fire brethren! :horns: ... yes maybe we'll cross paths.. I do alot of travelling :nod:
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:iconcaptain-planet:
:w00t: Remember, black lines need to be 2.5 to 3x the vegitation height. ;) And we must leave refugium for the native insects and ground dwellers.
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:iconvirgo-e:
I really love your journals!
You are really one great person !
And this gallery of yours is absolutely breathtaking
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I have bought new 19 inch monitor and wow, what a glory of watching this photos !:butterflytwo:
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:iconwb-skinner:
glad you like my urban photos hun! .. yes a 19 inch monitor makes a difference when you can set your graphics to 1280x1024
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:iconkozywozy:
this is weird, how come you get fires up there with ll that snow and humidity!!

I always thought of canada and alaska as a damp place!!! :shrug:


good to hear that you are working on all 8 pistons!!! good luck at your fitness test!!! and I hope your daughter will have a wonderful time!!

p.s. I made it to the final 10 :w00t:
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:iconwb-skinner:
actually Canada has thousands of fires every year .. very dry summers..

thanks for stopping in! :wave:
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:iconkozywozy:
that is a pitty!!!! great big forests you got up there!!! it is a shame to be burned!!

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*aartvocado Feb 28, 2007  Student Photographer
Re Shotuborad:Being one of the ftify fvie it is olny true if you leran the crorect sllpeing in the frist palce.
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