Since 2009, the retirement home of Shot On Site Photography... the source of the finest sighthound performance images in the world. As of August 1, 2022, the blog will become much more photo-centric. Not only will I post images from the homestead in the foothills of the Little Florida Mountains, and surrounding environs, but also tips about shooting, editing, archiving, software, hardware and more. The political rants will become few and far between (but not eliminated! It is 2022 after all!)
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Buffy's Day. Looking Old School.
And Buffy just enjoyed herself immensely. Still the prettiest dog on the planet.
Is That All There Is?
Is Eli Manning a better quarterback than..... Peyton Manning? Sure looks that way. Is he a better QB than Tom Brady? You must be joking.
So thanks boys... for the most boring 3 quarters of football. At least the 4th quarter was... um, interesting. And, with the exception of the T-Mobile ad with D-Wade and Charles Barkley, the commercials were lamer than any year in recent memory.
And I'm out of Tequila.
Stanley Cup, anyone? I like hockey better, any way. Go Wings!
Hey look! The Biggest Loser is on NBC!
Is This It?
More Live Blogging...
If Patriots win, my pick for MVP is Wes Welker... fastest white man in the NFL.
Ohhh no. A big play by the Giants! More later.
Tom Brady & the Heartbreakers?
I know it's only half time... (great show by Petty et al, by the way), and I know the Pats have the lead, but geez.... I don't like the way this game's going.
Fortunately, they have the human equivalent of the Cray Supercomputer as the head coach, so I assume the problems will be adjusted to during the halftime. History awaits.
As to the commercials? Worst I can remember. That Doritos ad with the giant rat? WTF??
Hey Sports Fans.
Saturday, February 02, 2008
An Informed Electorate...
Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters
Friday, February 01, 2008
Kin.
Life Comes At You Fast...
No indication if Amtrak is looking into the technology for getting the trains to run on time.
Oh Good. It's Not Just Me.
I've told fellow football fan friends often.. I really don't remember this guy's career at Michigan. I'm not alone.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Unsafe in Any Decade.
Not again.
Sob!
Gleaned from Google Ads.
Every now and then something interesting pops up, up there. I saw this product advertised, but only briefly, the other day. Good thing I remembered the name of the business. This is a very interesting product. I'm trying to figure out if it's a product that would lend itself to Open Field Coursing. It's certainly less expensive than the California-made mechanical slips that most of the people are using now.
I'd like all my hunting friends to check it out and see what you think. It may need some modifications, but they wouldn't seem to be difficult. It would probably also be easy to modify for lure coursing. Check it out and send me some feedback.
Looking for dog food? Lots of ads for that up top, too. Help us out, and check them out.
Dad? Can We Go Hunting?
As usual, Buffy used her scouting talents to jump all the hares today. She just doesn't have the endurance any more to stay in the race, (and the picture). I had Sandia on a slip lead for this one. I let him free course back to the car, and on the way back Buffy jumped one for him.. they disappeared across the road, but I did see Sandia jump one of his own on the way back. Just about the time we got to the car, we got another one up, but too far away. I actually called Sandia off of it. He's one smart puppy.
Today's Nature Shot: Horned Larks. This desert's thick with 'em.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Not Politics. Aren't You Glad?
We're in New Mexico... (well, I am, anyway) to avoid this crap, but damn! This looks like a blast!
HT Paula, my BFF ;^p
Monday, January 28, 2008
We Roll 'em Out, You Pick 'em.
Mysterious Traveler Entrances Town With Utopian Vision Of The Future
Listen. It beats the latest "State of the Union Address".
If you don't vote, don't bitch.
Proof-readers Wanted
Yes
No
Thank you
Sunday, January 27, 2008
The Rear End's the First to Go.
That's what they say, anyway. Here's more proof that Randir is a biological freak! Remember, this is an eleven and a half year old -male- Scottish Deerhound. And... he'd just had 4 or 5 (short) runs on jackrabbits prior to this leap.
Forgive the quality.. I shot this with the phone :)
Saturday, January 26, 2008
What Bulgarians Want.
I don't know what's more disturbing.. the search, or the fact that we had a post that was, at least on the surface, relevant.
I'm going to go out on a limb, and say this visitor is an old Soviet Bloc female Bulgarian Olympic weightlifter.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Making Great Dogfood.
Then follow the steps in the slide show... (advisory: If you're used to getting your meat in a bag at a fast food drive-thru, or in the shrink-wrapped, styrofoam packages I mentioned previously, these images may not be your cup of tea)
For detailed step-by-step instructions, click on the slide show.
Must be a lot of tryptophan in jackrabbit. All the resident hounds have been sound asleep since dinner!
Milestone: The Best Ever.
A New, Completely "Natural" Feed From Nutro?
This fella's documented from the chase to the dog food dish. Next jack, I'll try out Steve Bodio's recipe... I'm thinking I'm going to like it. Dogs are already half out of their minds here, and it's still outside in the crockpot.
That's coming up in a future post. Hang in there.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Eight More Years!
Today's Feature: Fanny!
Hard to believe this hare got away. But Fanny's going on 8, she's not 8 months old. She's running well enough to get entered in Dutch Salmon's Desert Hare Classic, though.
We started of with Fanny free coursing, and Sandia on a slip lead for the first time. He was in this course, but I held him up just a little too long, so he didn't make the pictures. They ran about a half mile, and both came back quickly.
Then we jumped one that was too far out.. Fanny took off anyway, but I held Sandia. The course took Fanny back towards the car, so I started walking that way with Sandia. I watched as Fannt flushed another on her way back... a very fuzzy, distant telephoto shot shows that she should have come back with tail fur in her mouth! She was soooo close all day.
Before Fanny made it back to us, we jumped one for Sandia to run on his own. There are some pictures, but this is Fanny's day. :) He disappeared over a ridge pretty quickly. There's a good sized valley, with lots of brush, so I knew he'd be back soon. And he was, just about the time Fanny got back, so I leashed them up, as they'd had enough work for one day... Fanny 3, Sandia 2, and it was starting to sprinkle.
As we left the field I saw my old friend, the Golden Eagle on a power pole. Magnificent creature!
Wow! A Record-Setting Day.
And based on the new country counter we've put on the sidebar, we're actually getting readers from other coutries.. I mean other countries besides the Netherlands. ;-) South Africa? Bahrain? Austria? Yemen? Sweden? Argentina? Vietnam?...... Vietnam? (No, I don't have any children there trying to hunt me down... that I know of.) A quick check on SiteMeter shows that many of the visitors from these other countries... 30 different countries!, actually spend time here, and read stuff. Others, for whatever deviant reasons, get here from Google searches that take them to the screwing deer photo I used in a previous post. Many others come here from Patrick's blog, or Steve Bodio's Querencia, which is odd, since he doesn't have a link to us there.
Anyway... thanks for visiting. I'll try to make it worth your while to keep coming back. For instance, I'm taking Sandia out again today, so we can beat the possible "wintry mix" that's coming tomorrow.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The Family that Preys Together...
Monday, January 21, 2008
Oh Wait! This is Really It!
Let Sandia loose with Buffy and the auld warrior, Randir, and they almost immediately got into action.
Sandia can close! This hare is in peril.
And look who's joining in!! (Shh.. let him think he's helping.. he's 11 1/2 now, after all).
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Semper Fi.
I've enjoyed watching the Silent Drill Team ever since I first saw them on the Ed Sullivan Show back in the early '60s; or was it the '50s?!? Yikes! I'm old.
Some of you know that while I was a "Navy guy" for 4 years, my last year, 1969, was spent with the Fleet Marine Force in VietNam, with a Marine rifle company. I have a lot of respect for them.
Semper Fi.
This Is It!
What's that? Something moving!
It's a rabbit!
Go! Sandia, Go!
And, of course, he came back. We'll keep him.
Scenes From a Hunt.
This dog worked hard, over a long, long time and a great distance. Usually, unlike life, hard work isn't rewarded. In this case it was.
They're back out there today, but I have another task. It's time to let Sandia loose on a jackrabbit. Let the learning begin!
Friday, January 18, 2008
Might As Well Get a Greeter Job at WalMart.
Fer example, I get communiques like this:
Are you going to shoot any ASFA trials in places where I tend to show up? J ___ ran pretty well at ___ over ___ _____, but the photographer's work was not very good. __ has a poor sense of timing, and ___ focus is sloppy. I want a good picture of J___ for her breeder
(Edited to avoid embarrassing anyone)
So, what me worry?, right?
But, as "the Coach" on ESPN's College Game Day is wont to say: "Not so fast, my friend". Casio is about to tilt the field of play way out of whack. Beginning in March, any granny, or cuzzin Bruce with a thousand bucks laying around can get the perfect shot, (s'long as they can aim the damned thing, that is). The magic machine they will do this with is below:
See what it says on the lens barrel? If you want to see what kind of resolution you can get at that kind of speed, check out the samples here. Pretty impressive. So impressive I might as well retire to a life of leisure and panhandling in Deming, New Mexico.
Just kidding.
Alone Again. Naturally.
Other than cropping... this is "as is". No other editing. It's also a smaller copy of the original fullsize file (for quicker uploading). I'm likin' it.