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Camping with Young Ones

I’m attracted to the national parks of the west. For each of my visits, I’m armed with a detailed list of attractions that I want to enjoy and photograph. However, this past August’s visit was a little different. I invited a granddaughter and grandnephew to accompany me on an end of summer excursion. We would go to a few of the parks and stay in a small popup camper. So this series of photos are not my usual scenic variety. Instead they are a scrapbook of places that the kids and I visited.	Adeline and Elliott are surprised to find snow in August.
Standing beneath the elk arches in the Jackson, WY town square.	Looking at a grizzly behind glass at Jackson Lake Lodge
Riding the tram to the top at Jackson Hole Mountain	At the Willow Flats Overlook in the Tetons
Checking out the shoreline at Colter Bay	Nice view of the Tetons at Jackson Lake Lodge
Layers of travertine at Mammoth Hot Springs	Watching the flow at Tower Falls
Painted bison at a W. Yellowstone restaurant	Lots of steam and noise at Beryl Springs
A reprieve from the parks in Rapid City, SD	Fun at the water park
Presidential faces at Mt Rushmore	Last stop at Badlands Nat’l Park

It was fun visiting the parks again, but this time with the kids in mind instead of my usual photography expedition variety.

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Arnie Lee

Fauna in the U.S.A.

My “serious” photography adventures have me lugging a couple of cameras and a few lenses into the wild outdoors.

A long lens lets me capture four footed or slow moving animals in the field easily if I remember to be patient.

I’ve found that capturing flying birds with a camera are one of the most challenging endeavors. Fast moving birds are difficult to track with a long lens and using a shorter lens produces smaller subjects in the image.

I’ve thrown away countless images of wildlife that were blurry, poorly exposed, badly composed, etc. Below are a few that I’ve kept over the years.