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I was looking through some pictures from earlier in the year (it helps to remind me that I occasionally shoot things other then wildlife) and I came across this image of my son, Tristan, standing in a field of Bluebonnets.  This past spring yielded a fantastic wildflower display in the Texas Hill Country and I took the kids out one day to capture pictures.  This is one of my favorites from the shoot.  Tristan was getting a little tired of posing (the just one more argument having stopped working long ago) when I decided to try something different.  Rather then directing him, I started standing the way I wanted Tristan to pose.  Tristan thought this was hysterical and started to copy me.  I assure you, the pose looks a lot better on Tristan then it did on me.

Image was captured using a Canon 1Ds mark 3, 70-200mm lens, at 400 ISO.  The camera was mounted on a Gitzo tripod for support.  A cable release was used to trigger the camera so that I could maintain the pose and, most importantly, Tristan’s interest.