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    'Black Bear' sighting in the Red River Gorge

    ‘Black Bear’ sighting in the Red River Gorge

    Friday my wife, and Black Bear founding member of TeamCoyle went for a stroll through the Daniel Boone National Forest. While much of the monolithic ice formations had melted or fallen down there were plenty of good photo opportunities.

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    Gameday comes to the Bluegrass

    Gameday comes to the Bluegrass

    ESPN College Gameday rolled into Lexington and gathered an impressive crowd to watch what amounted to 40 minutes of television.
    “You guys are crazy!” UK Men’s Head Basketball Coach John Calipari said. 24,000 came to Gameday and at 9pm 24,000 came to watch UK play Tennessee. Kentucky won 73-62. John Wall had 24 points and was 9-12 from the charity stripe.

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    Capitol Critters | Lizard and the Ladybug

    Capitol Critters | Lizard and the Ladybug

    While on assignment today at the Capitol in Frankfort I stumbled upon an interesting scene. There was a lizard that had been frozen from the cold temperatures and a ladybug near the west side of the building. After shooting my assignments I decided to waste time using my macro lens to make photos of the [...]

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    Canon's new workhorse 'Just works'

    Canon’s new workhorse ‘Just works’

    My colleague David Coyle recently acquired a Canon Mark IV. He has been shooting mostly strobed action at UK men’s and women’s basketball games in Lexington. This past Saturday he went to the Lancaster Aquatic center for the UK senior day swim meet. After processing the images he, as I, was amazed at the number [...]

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    Something Fishy in Atlanta

    Something Fishy in Atlanta

    Georgia Aquarium patrons make photos of Nettlefish Thursday, Dec. 4, 2009.
    Danielle and I are taking a respite from Kentucky and visiting some friends in ATL. We were able to enjoy a relatively empty city on Friday. Despite the SEC football championship game between Florida and Alabama.

    Students on a class trip watch fish in the Ocean [...]

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    Quarter Century of Losing

    Quarter Century of Losing

    This past weekend I was sure history was going to be made. I was correct, UK was handed its 25th loss in a row to the University of Tennessee. There was a glimmer of hope near the end of the game but was quickly squandered away. In the overtime period UK’s defense was no match [...]

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