Computer Cowboy

Long-time lover of birds and trees and a recent retiree from fifty years of working in the computer industry.

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When I arrived at the bird-watching area, this pair of Sandhill Cranes were jumping up and down and honking on the edge of the road. They go through this much of the year, because the bond is an ongoing process, not a one-time decision. Rilke said about love: "it is work, day labor, day labor, God knows there is no other word for it.”

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The creek and all the plants on its banks are still in shade, but the morning sun illuminates Spanish moss and a vine, gracefully growing across a convenient branch and then spilling downward

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Few shorebirds stayed in our area through the summer heat. Even October seemed mostly shorebird-free. The local creek was empty each time I checked. Only in the last few days have Great Blue Herons reappeared. I caught this one skimming low over the marsh's gold-green grass.
This and more on my photo website: https://t.co/EBcLNzjFKO

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This Little Blue Heron kept hopping around on the mangroves, barely staying still. I took my blurry picture and used AI to "abstract" it.
You can see the heron and my other recent pieces on my website: https://t.co/qoa9dMFLxj

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Golden Bloom, Traces of Time
The speckles and frayed edges are part of the story, not flaws to hide or erase.

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Night on the Venice Fishing Pier

Taking away the light doesn't just hide things; it concentrates the vision. The night image isn't a darker version of the day image. It is a different argument about what is worth seeing.

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A gentle, lantern-lit study of black mangrove leaves. The golden-amber light of sundown casts a warm, cozy glow... it gives me the fanciful idea that the mangrove leaves are lively, talking, and jostling for space like crows.

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Not Another Sunset! I left straight photographic realism behind and moved toward a slight abstraction, improving last night's dull light. Nature is infinitely beautiful, and so is man's imagination.

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I walk at sunset for pleasure and exercise, and sometimes the sky offers me a potential piece of art. These trees, rising out of the mangroves, are one of my favorite spots in our cove to look for beauty.

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A Butterfly Interrupts My Walk
The natural world is full of small, fleeting moments that invite us to pause and pay attention. Most of what happens in the natural world is only briefly visible. A butterfly lands and leaves, flowers open and fade, leaves expand, age, and fall.

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Usually, I stay true to nature when creating my images, but this time, something new emerged from wondering what was hidden inside a large piece of driftwood.

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Would We Bee-lieve It?

It looks like science fiction, but this tiny alien does essential work: gathering pollen to bring back and feed her young, and perhaps accidentally moving pollen from one receptive flower to another, pollinating it.

All while I’m passing by on my walk.

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@Alexis_Images @ethanagarwal The approximate total value of the gift, based on today's population of children, is over ten billion dollars. You have an odd definition of nothing.

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@ChrisMartzWX "Ask any kid" is truly a foolish measure. Very few young kids have the ability and courage to speak independently. They want to please their parents and authority figures.

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@alex_avoigt "The damage for SpaceX is massive"... right there, it is obvious the author is writing a propaganda piece rather than a serious argument. A "fast-track" approval of a joint venture between four slow European companies is, at most, competition, and one that will be years behind.

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@KurtSchlichter "It is estimated..." — in other words, the poster won't take responsibility for the numbers; somebody else "estimated" them, but they quote it as if it were a fact. It isn't a fact. If it were even a legit estimate, they would cite a source.

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@paulsaladinomd Nobody wanted personal computers, automobiles, and, for that matter, electricity until someone invented them and made them possible first, then affordable.

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@paulsaladinomd Nobody wanted personal computers, automobiles, and, for that matter, electricity until someone invented them and made them possible first, then affordable.

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@Jvillesfinest Nobody wanted personal computers, automobiles, and, for that matter, electricity until someone invented them and made them possible first, then affordable.