2 of 2: Doggies!

Yes I call them doggies. The same way I call "horses" - horsies. I always have, always will! Today was Matt's mother's birthday and although we all felt horrible from the colds we can't seem to shake, we spent a few hours at their house to give her a gift and have some food before heading back to Stockton. While I was there I took some pictures of their three labs as I always do. The weather was AMAZING out there - I was warm and cozy with a t-shirt and jeans and the sun was absolutely beautiful. I did get a few lens-flare pictures which was very cool, but I wanted to play with them a little bit. Here's what I came up with:

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Cool, right? Anyway, it wasn't the best thing ever, but I thought it gave the sky a nice color and texture, so I like it. Here were a few others I liked (taken all on manual mode in RAW):