Thank you! :)

Ha! Well, the simple answer is – you don't. As I've mentioned above, after many years of fumbling with various methods of dust-protection, I finally made the leap to 'bareback' in 2012. I decided to trust

Thanks so much, guys! Glad you like it! :)

Thanks @jfolkmann! You'd be surprised how well they handle. Of course, I'm shooting with a markiii and only prime lenses – so not a lot of moving parts. And I'm pretty careful about how and when I switch

It was a particularly dusty morning, even for the playa! And, yes...my camera survives. I used to try all sorts of things to protect it, then finally decided to trust and have been going 'bareback' since

Thank you! Glad you like it. ;)

So, so true! I've often referred to it as the city of Shadows & Kites...such contrasting truths existing simultaneuously. please follow @zipporah (I've relocated) for more photos like this!

Thank you! Please follow my new account @zipporah for more like this! :)

Thanks @gabyoraa! This is actually my first (now unused) account. I've relocated to @zipporah. Please do follow me there! ;)

Thanks so much @lilycampbell! I suspect I will – the response has been so warm and supportive! Beyond grateful. <3 • Likewise – enjoy the rainy grey beauty of the Gorge today! ;)

Thank you @didic! Glad to know you appreciate it. :)

Thank you @soundlegion! I am deeply humbled to have made your selection at all, all the more so to have the honor of spot #1. As sharing my music this way is so new and tender and still so vulnerable,

Thank you!! I sincerely appreciate your enthusiast response! ❤️

This is such a fun subject! So inspired to do more long exposures. ⭐️ Grateful for my inclusion amongst the winners. Thank you so much for creating these contests and giving so much to make them awesome

Thank you, @juliank! I love the water theme. So awesome! 💧 Congrats everyone! As always — it’s an honor to be featured with all of you. ⭐️

Thank you @edenmichelle! I'm actually migrating to another account (@zipporah) as the typo in my username (should've been @zippylo) has been driving me bonkers. LOL! Please follow that account instead!

Congrats and thank you @victorbz! So hard to choose faves in this series — sooo many greats!

I agree! Well done @rimicane! ⭐️

Thank you so much @ductuyen! Your phot is beautiful as well! Reminds me of a few others I considered from Varanasi, looking directly down at folks seated on the ground. I love the graphic nature of that

Congrats everyone! And big thanks to you @juliank! Sweet to see my photo as the lead image. ❤️ Love, love, love "Gorgeous Smile of Ethiopian Kids 🇪🇹“ by @itchyfeetdonica, "writer's photograph