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"The name you will never guess. The name that no human research can discover, But the cat himself knows and will never confess." TS Eliot
This orange tabby cat was resting comfortably amidst the rush of tourists near the Stradun in Dubrovnik. He is a carbon copy of our cat, Mac, and apparently lives near this stone bench because I have seen this same orange cat sleeping in almost the same place in an album of photos some one else had posted of their visit to Dubrovnik. Life is good!
Canon 5D
By Scott Shephard
In our part of the world, we get more snow than freezing rain but in late November, 2005, we got rain and then cold temperatures. Everything was coated in a layer of ice. School was called off, trees broke and driving was difficult. But there was a silver lining - the clear, icy coating.
I took this photo late in the day after the storm had passed and the sun had come out - you can see the sun glowing in each of the out-of-focus ice-cycles in the back of the photo. I took about 20 pictures during the short time I was outside but this is really the only one that turned out.
Canon 5D f5.0 1/640 iso320 Canon 70-200 2.8L (135mm)
By Scott Shephard
On a Saturday morning a couple years ago, my wife sent me out to get the paper, which was wrapped in plastic due to a slow, cold drizzle that was falling. When I picked up the paper, I noticed that the water had beaded up on the plastic and then frozen. So, before I let my wife unwrap and read the paper, I put it on the dining room table and took a couple photos before the ice started to melt. Some people read the paper (left brained); some people take photos of it (right brained).
By Scott Shephard
This is South Point on the Big Island of Hawaii. South Point is billed as the southern-most point of the United States. So why not jump off the edge of the US? I didn't jump but my son, Brian, did. I love the scream that seems to be frozen at the time the photo was taken. It turns out that Brian over-rotated and landed a little on his tailbone, which hurt for a few days after this jump. I sometimes use this picture to illustrate the concept of a "leap of faith." It is one of my favorite family photos.
Canon 1D f16 1/640 Lens unknown 28mm iso500
