a.k.a. a blog by Jeffrey
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Just outside of St. Louis is Lone Elk Park, a wildlife management area, with bison, wild turkey, waterfowl, elk and deer. Today I took my daughter (and camera) to see what we could see.
The great advice I got was to go about an hour before sunset. It paid off with elk so close to the road you could almost reach out and touch them.
If you are near St. Louis check it out.
More photos are uploaded in two galleries, one of the girls playing and one of the animals we saw.
The Gateway Cross Cup is professional bicycle racing in Heman Park less than a quarter mile from our front door. Mia and I decided to spend some of a beautiful Sunday morning in the park watching the racing.
Of course, I took my camera and while not every photo was a winner, I got this pretty good one. A few more photos are up in my Smugmug site.
For me the best way to have fun in the park involves my family and my camera. So when Mia wanted to go spend sometime in the park I grabbed my camera and hoped to be able to get a decent photo or two.
I was pretty pleased with this one of Mia jumping off the wall because I got it on the first try. Typically a shot like this would take three, four or more attempts to get the shutter speed, lighting, composure and camera movement just right.
In addition to jumping, climbing a tree turned out to be another good photo opportunity. Although I don't shoot much video, I had to get a short one of Mia working on her cartwheels and splits. The improvement she has shown since she started cheer classes has been dramatic and quite fun to watch.
