Enjoyable Outdoor Weekend

[Dbl]

What a weekend for enjoying the outdoors! I spent the day fishing on Ottertail Lake(some nice fish for the pan), Saturday pheasant hunting, and fishing again on Sunday. I also spent Friday evening shooting some star shots which are scattered in a few different posts. If there is a better time to spend time outdoors in Minnesota I don't know of it!

I also shot some video with the 7D but I have a lot to learn about video editing, but when I get a workflow established what a fun addition to outdoor shooting that will be.

#1 My dog was very happy to get out and do a bit of pheasant hunting.

#2 My dad, myself and my dog. What a day in the field. This is my dad's first time out since he put his dog down this summer. Always a tough thing to go through.

#3. A nice evening.

#4. None of the following three shots are black and white, doing a conversion did nothing for them. In fact other than the frame, crop and watermark these are straight from the camera as shot.

#5.

#6 Water reflection

[CFRay]

Very nice series. I found myself looking at #6 over and over.

[ricerdude69]

yeah #6 is pretty sweet

[MARINERMAGNUM]

Last one is top notch stuff!

[Hwood]

I agree with them.

[Dbl]

Thanks all!

[USRanger]

Love that last one, Dbl.

[mmeyer]

Sounds like a great weekend, Dan. Thanks for sharing it with us.

My favorite is #5.

[The_Duckslayer]

#6 caught it! A very plain and simple picture yet awesome picture at the same time. The total lack of waves make it kind of ... serene? Great pics thanks for sharing././Jimbo

[Dbl]

Thanks again to all, very kind words!

[ShawnZ]

The last three are magnifique!! Second to last is minimalism at it's best!

[bassNspear]

love tyhe dog shot! Great photos

[upnorth]

Little foggy eh??? Really like the last one.

[Jim Almquist]

That last shot is very sweet. Sorry to hear about your dads dog and I hope the outing on such a beautiful day was able to remind him of all the good times he has had with his favorite pooch.

[Deitz Dittrich]

not to sound like a broken record here, but #6 is something special!!!

[Paul]

Dan, you up on Otter Tail in Ottertail county? Catch anything?. Havent been there much this year, been a bad year for me to go fishing wich ended up with a broken prop and caput trim/tilt motor on my new (to me) pro-v

[Dbl]

Thanks again for the comments! Jim thanks for the thoughts, yes that first time out without the dog is always a bit tougher.

Paul, I was born in Fergus Falls, lived in Underwood until kindergarten age and grew up in Fargo/Moorhead but all of my family is in the Ottertail County area. My folks moved from Moorhead full time to the "lake" just a few years ago. We have had a place up there for 40+ years.

Fishing was good, absolutely dead calm and temps in the low 50's...perfect!

[finnbay]

Very nice series, Dan. #6 is great, but I like the hunter as well. I can just imagine myself in that scene.

[fishinchicks]

Very nice series. I like the last one as well. Although I really like the happy dog, the lone hunter, the sunset...

[dukhnt]

Sweet pics. Number six stood out to me.

[Steve Foss]

Really nice images there, Dan. The last one is truly the exclamation point on a good series.

[MN Shutterbug]

The water reflection is just so...... I really don't know what to call it. But I like it. A lot.

[Canon Guy]

That last one is wonderful! Ottertail is where I get all my walleye meals from. Did you crank or go deep?

[Birdsong]

Number 6 is breathtaking. A truly beautiful photo.