Well, I really did it this time… Yep, I’ve been neglecting my Epson 4000. I haven’t made a print in… Um, well, I can’t remember how long! And the Epson 4000 does not like to sit idle. The print nozzles were clogged something fierce. And the normal nozzle clean utility just couldn’t make any progress. It was time for a power clean. Ouch! That process consumes a lot of ink! In fact, cartridges that were low, and would normally still produce 10 or more 8x10s, needed to be replaced before the power clean could even begin.
Luckily my busy work and …

I just posted my full Snowy Range Trip Report with a short write-up, overview map and slideshow.
Enjoy!

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I survived my first motorcycle photo/camping trip. In fact, it went quite well! For 3 days and 2 nights the weather cooperated nicely, the bike ran great, and the newbie rider (me) managed to stay upright. What did I learn?
Pros:

55 mpg is awesome!
Riding twisty mountain roads is really, really fun!
You can smell the pines as you leave the prairie and enter the forest – cool.
Traveling light is liberating and it doesn’t take long to pack/unpack.
Stopping for a spontaneous photo op can be done very quickly and with even minimal roadside space.
Riding off-road on 4WD tracks was not as difficult as …

I recently returned from a wildflower photography trip to Wyoming’s Snowy Range. The wildflower bloom was fantastic and the weather was great. I’ve begun working through my images and wanted to share a preliminary version of this sunrise 5 image stitch panorama from the Lakes Trail. I still have some tweaking work to do on it, but I really like it so far…
In larger versions, the detail throughout the image is remarkable – from the grasses in the tarn to the jagged rocks of the mountains. This one will definitely end up on the printer.

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