tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90626677748908062492024-03-14T08:06:01.273-05:00Shane RuckerWelcome to the Shane Rucker photography blogShane Ruckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614516871717401765noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062667774890806249.post-55870968301573661662014-02-04T19:55:00.001-06:002014-02-04T19:55:20.812-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lake Superior rocks covered in ice.</div>
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Pictured is a Great Gray owl during the winter months near the shoreline of Lake Superior just north of Duluth Minnesota.</div>
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<br />Shane Ruckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614516871717401765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062667774890806249.post-44591572296874311392011-12-23T16:09:00.000-06:002011-12-23T16:09:53.008-06:00November cover Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6xvMpKtQRRo/TvT7n1LBJ2I/AAAAAAAAAs8/_hHhWiuKweU/s1600/2011-12.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's my latest cover for Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine. The November issue covers the cronic waisting disease issue in Wisconsin.</div>Shane Ruckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614516871717401765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062667774890806249.post-4688330946664676182011-08-01T19:14:00.004-05:002011-08-08T21:45:04.600-05:00Central Wisconsin Public Lands Portfolio<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here are few photos that I took in the past few years in the central Wisconsin public lands. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaPkKxJG5-R4LfBT6cBW__BbJD13UYElyuoz6GZd82UGjHDclrFh84QhaLCIReYl7QFH63Q0UFqUSpyFUHpzCKggfMrP0p8T9YUQy7LKqOSye7AlhYvZAnPUUu0Xpd-AwUQMiUx8hEDg8/s1600/Wood+County+Wildlife+Area+Rainbow1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaPkKxJG5-R4LfBT6cBW__BbJD13UYElyuoz6GZd82UGjHDclrFh84QhaLCIReYl7QFH63Q0UFqUSpyFUHpzCKggfMrP0p8T9YUQy7LKqOSye7AlhYvZAnPUUu0Xpd-AwUQMiUx8hEDg8/s400/Wood+County+Wildlife+Area+Rainbow1.jpg" t$="true" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wood County Wildlife Area Rainbow</div><br />
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</div>Shane Ruckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614516871717401765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062667774890806249.post-66168643465644198712010-11-04T23:25:00.000-05:002010-11-04T23:25:44.044-05:00Column: Unusual sightings in central Wisconsin wilderness<a href="http://www.htrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?template=zoom&Site=U0&Date=20101031&Category=CWS10&ArtNo=10310321&Ref=AR" onclick="window.open('','popup','scrollbars=yes,width=650,height=600,left=5,top=5,resizable=yes')" s_oid="http://www.htrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?template=zoom&Site=U0&Date=20101031&Category=CWS10&ArtN" s_oidt="0" target="popup"><img alt="Pictured is a mystery to cryptozoologists. The question arises: bug, bird or skyfish?" src="http://cmsimg.htrnews.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=U0&Date=20101031&Category=CWS10&ArtNo=10310321&Ref=AR&MaxW=318&Border=0" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.htrnews.com/article/20101031/CWS10/10310321/Column-Unusual-sightings-in-central-Wisconsin-wilderness"></a>Shane Ruckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614516871717401765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062667774890806249.post-38498115407992217212010-10-04T20:03:00.000-05:002010-10-04T20:03:10.913-05:002010 October Cover Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div align="left">I'm very pleased to announce my newest cover on the Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine as a Wood County Wildlife Area badger. This photo was taken during the mating season in August. The badger photographed is a female. I have been around badgers enough during mating season that I can identify the sex simply by their behaviors. The female badger has a very mellow and a near tame behavior and easy to photograph where as the male badger is very aggressive and has a point to prove towards anything or anyone that crosses its path. The male badger isn't a good subject to photograph, I have been chased on several occasions while a female was present. <a href="http://dnr.wi.gov/wnrmag/2010/10/badger.htm">To read this article online click here for the link.</a></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Shane Ruckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614516871717401765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062667774890806249.post-72230763273869840792010-08-22T16:57:00.000-05:002010-08-22T16:57:06.459-05:00Buena Vista Grassland Wildlife AreaLast evening I was at the Buena Vista Grassland in cental Wisconsin and witnessed a large display of prairie knats. As sun set small tornadoes of insects started to pop up throughout the flat terrain. Here are a few photos from the evening. Also I felt creative and took a photograph of some bluestem grass using a blue flash while exposing for the moon.<br />
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</div>Shane Ruckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614516871717401765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062667774890806249.post-16314809076480667182010-04-23T18:20:00.000-05:002010-04-23T18:20:05.173-05:00Spring Marsh - Wood County Wildlife AreaThis is one of my favorite marshes in central Wisconsin. There is always something going on in this area. Trumpeter swans nest in this marsh as well as sandhill cranes and a variety of waterfowl. Soon this marsh will fill with signs of timber wolves, black bear, raccoon, mink a bobcat from time to time. These preditors move in when the marshland birds hatch their clutches thus looking for a quick meal.<br />
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</div>Shane Ruckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614516871717401765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062667774890806249.post-67701853104511571102010-01-31T22:17:00.003-06:002010-01-31T22:21:56.236-06:00Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine Cover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The February 2010 Issue of Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine cover featured one of my photographs leading to the article "A low salt diet for roads". This is the second cover shared with the magazine and hopefully not the last.<a href="http://dnr.wi.gov/wnrmag/"> To visit the WDNR magazine website you can follow this link.</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Shane Ruckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614516871717401765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062667774890806249.post-23527239616629224732009-11-12T20:59:00.002-06:002009-11-12T21:07:17.469-06:00Sandhill Wildlife Area Closed For Winter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At sunset on Monday November 2, 2009 the Sandhill Wildlife Area trumpeter trail closed for the winter season. The photographs below are the final moments from a wonderful year within this gem of Wisconsin.<br />
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</div>Shane Ruckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614516871717401765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062667774890806249.post-86877082259225661242009-10-15T20:29:00.017-05:002009-10-26T20:09:15.792-05:00Last Week of Autumn Color<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This autumn I took a week of vacation so I could work on my second full time job. I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I enjoyed creating them.<br />
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</div>Shane Ruckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614516871717401765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062667774890806249.post-78705439690727708432009-10-12T22:05:00.002-05:002009-10-13T12:58:19.122-05:00Autumn Awakens<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As the warmth of summer fades to a brilliant palette of color, the wilderness awakens. Birds of feather flock together, those less fortunate to flee the callous season to come begin to prepare for an uncharitable time. The sky filled with leaf confetti is only a reminder of the riddle of the past season. The crisp air is far from a hint of the fading summer as the first frost coats the autumn canvas. The first snowfall congregates the final full season of the year as it passes. Absolute as the season falls.<br />
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</div></div>Shane Ruckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614516871717401765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062667774890806249.post-6401247220282312532009-10-11T12:36:00.014-05:002009-10-13T12:51:55.997-05:00Wisconsin Endangered Resources license plateDuring this past week I received word that the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources selected one of my badger photographs to be installed into the new Endangered Resources license plate running. Until October 19, 2009 the public is welcome to <a href="http://doa.wi.gov/DNRSurveys/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=78M36o2">vote</a> for their favorite plate designs. There are four total, the red headed wood pecker, great blue heron, blue bird and the badger are the selected species with a potential to be the next Wisconsin Endangered Resources license plate. I find all the plates to be wonderful and each has a great purpose -<em><span style="color: #f1c232;"><a href="http://dnr.wi.gov/org/LAND/er/">Protect the Endangered Resources in Wisconsin!</a></span></em><br />
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</div>Shane Ruckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614516871717401765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062667774890806249.post-23849905362296772562009-10-11T12:20:00.009-05:002009-10-11T20:01:18.863-05:00Giant SpiderToday I visited the North Wood County park near Richfield Wisconsin. My focus was set on the autumn colors around the Yellow River. After photographing a small creek within the park I began the hike back to my truck. As I tucked away my equipment I noticed a large clump of leaves slowly descending onto the surface of the forest floor. The scene was quit odd and of course worth a second look. I knew for certain that the size of the spider that could hoist a clump of leaves with the limb still attached to be large. Following the web I found this giant. The base of this spiders back was larger than my thumb, and leg to leg, all of three inches. Though I didn't have my macro equipment on hand I decided to work the scene with with my 135mm lens.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLmf9HfbZmgxklm38vNoBPZh9ilbnj39Bv-nh2-DPme59PXYu1MZ42uhQWic_JvFgwEucSktwSvu7mU89DowjUFgN8BU5FY_XwI7CMbO7U16X5YzIyuUROnANLfKJqeKOZKC9NB5fW4dI/s1600-h/Giant+Spider+.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391393888711958914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 108px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLmf9HfbZmgxklm38vNoBPZh9ilbnj39Bv-nh2-DPme59PXYu1MZ42uhQWic_JvFgwEucSktwSvu7mU89DowjUFgN8BU5FY_XwI7CMbO7U16X5YzIyuUROnANLfKJqeKOZKC9NB5fW4dI/s400/Giant+Spider+.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Shane Ruckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614516871717401765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062667774890806249.post-82184048302601160082009-09-27T21:59:00.005-05:002009-09-27T22:06:11.217-05:00Beginning of autumn 2009<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVB5iZHNOsJS8wO7szOZsfcoadDni3yG4RNldTxZP_Y0x3A2BRZeyOFObXhkit-bXRa8RUKfa7nbhNuJICRQ0ftneG7Oe4En9TY5KtR5ecv_YIesBrDvwWoDU18hW1rotA3fcIpUZyW6Q/s1600-h/Start+of+Autumn+Sandhill+Wildlife+area.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386348305556089170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVB5iZHNOsJS8wO7szOZsfcoadDni3yG4RNldTxZP_Y0x3A2BRZeyOFObXhkit-bXRa8RUKfa7nbhNuJICRQ0ftneG7Oe4En9TY5KtR5ecv_YIesBrDvwWoDU18hW1rotA3fcIpUZyW6Q/s400/Start+of+Autumn+Sandhill+Wildlife+area.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Beginning of autumn - Sandhill wildlife area</span> </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHjpyXfMBZPVuWBs4afYY8nWKmZ0yPm3hFtUo7Y3gboaWl4ph_4lq1RqP_Py1PNMQSjir4OIl5cXtXlWJ0b4x2jepBqKaGPdbsF4iSseuNrfHVSbzNRx-Inh2Y5tQMEjOmL6W73KFWBbw/s1600-h/Loon+and+saddle+mound.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386348293343566050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHjpyXfMBZPVuWBs4afYY8nWKmZ0yPm3hFtUo7Y3gboaWl4ph_4lq1RqP_Py1PNMQSjir4OIl5cXtXlWJ0b4x2jepBqKaGPdbsF4iSseuNrfHVSbzNRx-Inh2Y5tQMEjOmL6W73KFWBbw/s400/Loon+and+saddle+mound.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> Loon and saddle mound - Wood/Jackson county border</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-TR59WwGpHyXyUJ_HsMEyVVaZii427JwpLAFNLQPtq35dGHBiz02fGDOHrk0FiuXEmzl8hlIKVxREobXIdaIZeh5-LvVdhGHIqoeY5xWBrKBW3Jsf2fhDpzGqYTAoe31tXM5u1q-e1o/s1600-h/IMG_6778+Jack+pine+sunset+Sandhill+WA.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386348290362734498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-TR59WwGpHyXyUJ_HsMEyVVaZii427JwpLAFNLQPtq35dGHBiz02fGDOHrk0FiuXEmzl8hlIKVxREobXIdaIZeh5-LvVdhGHIqoeY5xWBrKBW3Jsf2fhDpzGqYTAoe31tXM5u1q-e1o/s400/IMG_6778+Jack+pine+sunset+Sandhill+WA.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">Sandhill sunset - Sandhill wildlife area<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6O5fgj2iBuwvpwFZ78mHiHYig1W10QevzCNH57fyY2sZDkPEwkqibXv3j2TrGBrMLRWdow7sB5NszRo0abaZftWP3Y9tL96Nnf9xD4chlRUCI8n3r6w-Mqir5kXfp1AIpG2x1WsUVyA0/s1600-h/IMG_6645+Grass+at+sunset.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386348284882703922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6O5fgj2iBuwvpwFZ78mHiHYig1W10QevzCNH57fyY2sZDkPEwkqibXv3j2TrGBrMLRWdow7sB5NszRo0abaZftWP3Y9tL96Nnf9xD4chlRUCI8n3r6w-Mqir5kXfp1AIpG2x1WsUVyA0/s400/IMG_6645+Grass+at+sunset.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> Sunset grass - Sandhill wildlife area<br /></span><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3UAVeMqzk1eMbtqDBb71TBNUjRcruJnV_HxEuo9AEZaAqnkOTdGZkMyvYkREj5X0sZuoBvPx-LJhxuJ9xlMsDFJ3XA1SqfjrwNv97WmnJtcjJmLbhtam6GJfk5Hl3s9eTQlDQwgRPp8/s1600-h/IMG_6259+Forest+Sunset.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386347863920105074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3UAVeMqzk1eMbtqDBb71TBNUjRcruJnV_HxEuo9AEZaAqnkOTdGZkMyvYkREj5X0sZuoBvPx-LJhxuJ9xlMsDFJ3XA1SqfjrwNv97WmnJtcjJmLbhtam6GJfk5Hl3s9eTQlDQwgRPp8/s400/IMG_6259+Forest+Sunset.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> Forest sunset - Sandhill wildlife area</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjahjKVXK4QfkmQbnqr4Xc872OXi_3l2It-_Gb79HsryJa9ZnxKNnddT9tgo45w72Nul8mZfSkWtigP6Pnd3coaLb6q939ca47cm8FarmNasjRqhh63J2OjW2b3TuVG9I9d0XCOEqoiXj4/s1600-h/IMG_6152+Meadow+fog+at+twilight.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386347860294145730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjahjKVXK4QfkmQbnqr4Xc872OXi_3l2It-_Gb79HsryJa9ZnxKNnddT9tgo45w72Nul8mZfSkWtigP6Pnd3coaLb6q939ca47cm8FarmNasjRqhh63J2OjW2b3TuVG9I9d0XCOEqoiXj4/s400/IMG_6152+Meadow+fog+at+twilight.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> Twilight fog - Wood county wildlife area</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-D6haihSyZ_zCJjNQoRzvorTAZQl9ExaqyFRMp1XX1JzwYQV0p1nW8iBAdK3ablJ_o2ee4hEkp-qEYMTiLycndLkQ393sYCr805cuHgEKeT-aj-9L_Up-p9ZJ0uMSmYVPTb8bUOdXJFc/s1600-h/IMG_5971+Foggy+moonrise.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386347852046276514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-D6haihSyZ_zCJjNQoRzvorTAZQl9ExaqyFRMp1XX1JzwYQV0p1nW8iBAdK3ablJ_o2ee4hEkp-qEYMTiLycndLkQ393sYCr805cuHgEKeT-aj-9L_Up-p9ZJ0uMSmYVPTb8bUOdXJFc/s400/IMG_5971+Foggy+moonrise.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> Foggy moon rise - Wood county wildlife area</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCzyfXiQR8jcAsUOIttEYs7hzR-r2n95wXRadurdBY2LdWhA6xIaKw2oG0TbSs_S8wDYlOdb3CNTqe0Z4dU0tdwrvKuezVGgcyvfREVwWgtoUFt8LeKcwabqO1y2rgq5_KorYbfv8SUA/s1600-h/IMG_5868+Sunset+sandhills.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386347847625447154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCzyfXiQR8jcAsUOIttEYs7hzR-r2n95wXRadurdBY2LdWhA6xIaKw2oG0TbSs_S8wDYlOdb3CNTqe0Z4dU0tdwrvKuezVGgcyvfREVwWgtoUFt8LeKcwabqO1y2rgq5_KorYbfv8SUA/s400/IMG_5868+Sunset+sandhills.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">Sandhill cranes at sunset - Wood county wildlife area</span><br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Shane Ruckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614516871717401765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062667774890806249.post-90104196372744111092009-08-29T13:06:00.005-05:002009-10-11T19:58:59.741-05:00Color Magazine - Merit Award Recieved<p align="left">Check out the new November special issue of color magazine. The magazine just hit the news stands this week and has wonderful photographic art within. You can check out pages 200-201 to view my merit award from the competition. <a href="http://www.color-mag.com/index.html">Here's a link to color magazine </a></p><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7LZsd2NeN9CZa3eSE7rQvESQ5KwbpybZwWBAIgHqHuk23ZAK9gBJ6LnIt0sCPh0zXdy4rhLHRp-uJwvK8dzVyCPxLgkVqjDcWKDlYd9oPJZ9pBzsKQXZamfw6Q725j9c92TKpwyd5pE/s1600-h/Color+cover.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375448980100291330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 228px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7LZsd2NeN9CZa3eSE7rQvESQ5KwbpybZwWBAIgHqHuk23ZAK9gBJ6LnIt0sCPh0zXdy4rhLHRp-uJwvK8dzVyCPxLgkVqjDcWKDlYd9oPJZ9pBzsKQXZamfw6Q725j9c92TKpwyd5pE/s400/Color+cover.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>Shane Ruckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614516871717401765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062667774890806249.post-36599709281174063772009-08-28T14:04:00.010-05:002009-10-13T13:06:12.860-05:00Late summer in central Wisconsin<div style="text-align: left;">The past two weeks of late summer have been very inspirational. Fog, for certain, simplifies compositions by adding a dreamy quality and layered effects to an ordinary landscape. All of the photographs below were taken in the central Wisconsin area. This area is known by locals as cranberry county. The rolling sand flats are boggy and the soil moisture can severely change from week to week. The soils in this area can become very drought stricken or water drenched. Its these rapid fowl changes that make this land unsuitable for normal farming but oddly enough wild cranberry thrive. During 1939 President Roosevelt declared this area as a federal waist land due to these rapid changes in soil moisture. I for one am very happy that this land wasn't developed, though efforts to develop this land were made, they failed. Perhaps one day this waist land can be seen as more than a barren environment but instead a rare wilderness gem of Wisconsin. <br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: 78%;">Great blue heron pearched atop barren branches</span><br />
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<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YMR6x3Hb5Wa6AI4TTdHUA-sAnQ9FP1OO9WzMMR7jUNzIbBc3aC8gSmccnSu8mHn0kskqXR-G5-6P6vYmEB7CfBxx2epsLJsi93nGlz9AtjC0a337eUvRjbrufcgF8LSyck9LQHtM1_U/s1600-h/IMG_4993+Meadows+edge.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375093215737494690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YMR6x3Hb5Wa6AI4TTdHUA-sAnQ9FP1OO9WzMMR7jUNzIbBc3aC8gSmccnSu8mHn0kskqXR-G5-6P6vYmEB7CfBxx2epsLJsi93nGlz9AtjC0a337eUvRjbrufcgF8LSyck9LQHtM1_U/s400/IMG_4993+Meadows+edge.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 267px;" /></a> <span style="font-size: 78%;">Meadow and passing rain clouds</span><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="font-size: 78%;">Twilight rain in the sand flats</span><br />
</div>Shane Ruckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614516871717401765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062667774890806249.post-33975053198078985422009-08-27T14:47:00.004-05:002009-08-27T15:02:38.254-05:00Necedah National Wildlife refuge visitors center unveiling and ground breakingToday I attending the unveiling and ground breaking of the new visitors center at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Necedah</span></span></span> National wildlife refuge. There were many in attendance on this cool Thursday morning which was quite a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">surprise to me. I guess many took the day off from work to attend this historic event. </span>The unveiling of the new visitor center was breath taking... my first response was "WOW" followed by an ear to ear smile. The center will rest overlooking a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">beautiful</span> marsh and promises to have more to offer than just the scenic location. I can't wait to see the final product and what it has to offer.<br /><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB_uqcjZKkY0dvRtxmSjVvZDZyy5ZR8ceESv2A1v0s5WxUkDUND2MMKaqiYtdAYlGp1lzNQxuNelNohJtFU4S4LzOFdUW76MOXOTF1ln6eQPTUVvokg2tUp7qXZihG2USoy_6oM-B5xno/s1600-h/Necedah+NWR+Visitor+Center+Unveiling+1000dpi.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374733104827538226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB_uqcjZKkY0dvRtxmSjVvZDZyy5ZR8ceESv2A1v0s5WxUkDUND2MMKaqiYtdAYlGp1lzNQxuNelNohJtFU4S4LzOFdUW76MOXOTF1ln6eQPTUVvokg2tUp7qXZihG2USoy_6oM-B5xno/s400/Necedah+NWR+Visitor+Center+Unveiling+1000dpi.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> Visitors center unveiling</span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374733112905573410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_h257q9M1PEIfPL4hgqfiTp5luxK-futhiWvwu8yzDLjQgMLipaOzU4k2-pLfLRwGtvfaKM5H3gOHn20FHNZo0_B0pqNBxhnWV7S1-PJwbC-1g4X3zseCdDJqbdAgRJReJpr4X67GHw/s400/Necedah+NWR+visitors+center+ground+breaking+1000dpi.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-size:78%;">Ground breaking of the new visitors center<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJh_854O-NIwDKshYDOIj-psz2O1xnrjCalbFgRrmZqPQLFwlDHZHJ45nMZyKgNWuIvOaZY_YpOKGZEuvBaheyCYUqKWbgaSvzwIHzXb311CzqEmzmfSNo0-ytvo4SIYn9q5omApcEWo/s1600-h/Neceah+NWR+unveiling+1000+dpi.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374733103113258050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJh_854O-NIwDKshYDOIj-psz2O1xnrjCalbFgRrmZqPQLFwlDHZHJ45nMZyKgNWuIvOaZY_YpOKGZEuvBaheyCYUqKWbgaSvzwIHzXb311CzqEmzmfSNo0-ytvo4SIYn9q5omApcEWo/s400/Neceah+NWR+unveiling+1000+dpi.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div></div></div>Shane Ruckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614516871717401765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062667774890806249.post-14926127272385487172009-08-20T16:27:00.003-05:002009-08-20T16:37:27.797-05:00Commentary by Art Wolfe<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmS6bbkxISF5FMnwketwiLOJ0g0zPK0nlxZxvEAhbye-jPsm8KvAsaMxPGjK2k1DOQQuVwPeEmDnroJ_BDWyJvma_c0iN16awJQn7Vg7UIS5NS4o_lOXydDmYSQdRJJHiZ_Rl9B2Ro6sQ/s1600-h/IMG_7317_Forest_in_down_pour.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372161684365025794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmS6bbkxISF5FMnwketwiLOJ0g0zPK0nlxZxvEAhbye-jPsm8KvAsaMxPGjK2k1DOQQuVwPeEmDnroJ_BDWyJvma_c0iN16awJQn7Vg7UIS5NS4o_lOXydDmYSQdRJJHiZ_Rl9B2Ro6sQ/s400/IMG_7317_Forest_in_down_pour.jpg" border="0" /></a>Each month Art Wolfe comments on a few selected photographs that are uploaded to his sites blog. This month I was very fortunate to have caught the eye of the master photographer. To read his commentary you can click on the link below.<br /><a href="http://blog.artwolfe.com/2009/07/arts-comments-onjune-photo-submissions/">http://blog.artwolfe.com/2009/07/arts-comments-onjune-photo-submissions/</a>Shane Ruckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614516871717401765noreply@blogger.com0