Leap Year. Last day of February. When the hell is spring? It’s almost March.

Some random shots of waterfowl. Click for full size

Lies, damn lies and statistics

Statistics come courtesy of Google Analytics.

Yesterday we were “stumbled upon”. The social networking site Stumbleupon.com sent Sleeping Wolves more visitors in 1 day than the site normally has in a full month. It won’t last, but it’s fun while it does, good exposure for this humble photography site. (no pun intended).

I’m not a “Stumbler” and don’t really have any plans to become one because I’m definitely not a social networking type. It seems like an interesting concept however and I guess I will at least check it out.

On a related note, for what it’s worth, Google now ranks Sleeping Wolves in the top 100 results for the search string “Nature and Travel Photography”. This is out of over 1 million results. The exact ranking was #76. Remove the quotes and it does plummet though!

:)

More huskies from Sunday’s shoot.

Sled dogs. Looking very similar to their wolf brethren, these Huskies were photographed today at a local winter carnival festivity. The pups were adorable.

Just got my year-end performance results at the office. I now have to decide what to do with my annual bonus. Should I spend it on something foolish like food, rent, or shelter? Or do I blow it all away on toys!

How about neither. How about I give in to the urge to buy myself a new camera though. Not really looking for a replacement, just a second body. This would allow me to carry two bodies with two different lenses in the field. For example one could have a wide angle, the other a telephoto.

What would I buy? My first choice would be a Nikon D3. But I’m not into Photography for the money, just for the fun, so at about $5,000 the D3 is too expensive – unless I start selling my photos to recoup the investment. This leaves the excellent D300. Stay tuned to see if temptation gets the better of me and I take the plunge. Photos below courtesy of Nikon USA.