So, I took a lot of pictures last
year that I think are pretty alright. I want to share them, and the
easiest way to do that would be to just have a few picture dump posts.
I’ll start off with some pictures I
took while working. A camera is useful for documenting what is going on while
surveying or observing construction, so I always carry one. It’s nice to have
pictures that show where you were and what was going on. Plus, if the project
makes it into the company newsletter you need some nice pictures to go with the
article. I think I ended up with some decent project shots:
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This is a Right of Way stake |
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A scoria pit that I helped survey |
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An old railroad tunnel |
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One of the more action packed moments of culvert installation |
There are also plenty of non-work
related pictures. I covered a good portion of western North Dakota over the summer, and I’d take landscape pictures whenever the scenery
caught my eye:
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Yeah, they’re just backlit trees in a cow pasture |
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A canola field |
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Fields of flax |
No sunset pictures this trip. There are
also the non-landscape features of North Dakota. Surprise, they're related to oil:
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A common sight |
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You can generally see a couple of gas flares no matter where you’re at |
The thing I always got the most
excited about was wildlife photos. Maybe I just think that getting a picture of something that's alive takes more skill:
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A dragonfly that landed on my passenger seat |
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An enormous fly |
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A Flickertail Gopher |
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Cows! |
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Leopard Frog |
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A salamander I found hiking though the road ditch |
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Who would I be if I didn’t hunt down some waterfowl? |
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This is technically just a fresh water diving bird, but I’ll take it |
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And a bunch of lovely ducks |
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I even found some duck eggs |
I also took
some picture to document the state of my life on the road. Pictures to capture
the essence of what was important and what parts of life became inconsequential:
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All I kept in my fridge was beef jerky and dill pickles |
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These are right of way peas, and they were a major part of my diet |
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Here is the other half of my diet |
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Here is my face after a day of surveying |
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Road Beard |
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My take of hotel toiletries for the summer |
I had a
good time working over the summer, and not just because of all the pictures. There
were boring or tedious moments, as with any job, but give me a camera and I’ll find
something interesting (a book, and mp3 player full of podcasts also help). I
also like to take pictures in my free time, especially while diving. Up next is
shots I took while
snorkeling.
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