Danielle Hardt took this Nov. 19 photo that demonstrates some rules of composition: Light against dark, textured against smooth, warm colors against cool colors, and keep tension in the image by not centering the dominant elements.
UW/CC student Necole Rush holds up a gift from fellow student Jessie Linton during a gathering for graduating social worker students on Wednesday afternoon in Casper. Rush earned her bachelor's degree in social work while living in Thermopolis and making the two-hour drive to Casper for classes. (Dan Cepeda/Star-Tribune)
Into the great wide open Balloonists enjoy a bird's-eye view of the jagged peaks of the Teton Range near Teton Village recently. (Mark Gocke/Star-Tribune)
From left to right, Justin Rainwater, Forrest Bayne, Tom Rohrbach and Brian Welper share a laugh on the North Platte River after leaving the Robertson Road access point Thursday afternoon. The weather for the rest of the weekend will be prime rafting conditions. (Tim Kupsick/Star-Tribune)
Cassy Warren, 16 of Glenrock, yells while sledding down a hill off of highway 251 on Casper Mountain Friday evening. (Tim Kupsick, Star-Tribune)
Annabel Hagen, 7, of Jackson, enjoys some play time in a snow-sculpted playground at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Teton Village recently. (Mark Gocke/Star-Tribune correspondent)
Jeff Vanuga, of Dubois, enjoys some fresh powder in the Absaroka Range west of Dubois recently. (Mark Gocke, Star-Tribune correspondent)
Kendra Good of Casper sent in this photo snapped Sunday of the winter wonderland east of town along Hat Six Road.
Danielle Hardt continues her demonstration of fine art photography with this Nov. 19 photo by opening up the aperture for extremely narrow depth of field.
University of Wyoming's Tashaun Gipson runs catching drills during the first day of season practice on Thursday afternoon in Laramie. Dan Cepeda/Star-Tribune
Ian Bullard, a kindergartner at St. Anthony's Tri-Parish School, kneels during the Ash Wednesday service at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Casper on Wednesday morning. Photo by Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune.
A cow elk pauses for a look as the morning sun illuminates the snowy slopes of Buck Mountain in Grand Teton National Park recently. (Mark Gocke/Star-Tribune correspondent)
Sarah Gorin takes advantage of fresh powder from an overnight snow shower while cross-country skiing Monday in Laramie. (AP Photo/Laramie Boomerang, Andy Carpenean)
Bill Sparks of Tampa, Fla., helps prepare a massive stripper column for transport on Monday morning at High Country Fabrication in Casper. The recently completed column, which is used for processing oil from sand fields, is one of 24 that have been built at High Country Fabrication over the past two-and-a-half years. Weighing around 180,000 pounds and stretching 142 feet, the column will be hauled 1,500 miles to oil sands in Fort McMurray, Alberta in Canada. The trucking crew plans on averaging 150 miles per day, according to Sparks. (Dan Cepeda, Star-Tribune)
The antelope's annual migration from its winter range south of Pinedale to its summer range in Grand Teton National Park has been determined to be the longest of any big game animal in the continental United States. In this series of photos taken last week, a small herd of pronghorns makes its way through the Red Hills region of the Gros Ventre drainage, while a determined doe swims the swollen waters of the Gros Ventre River. The animal's migration route is more than 200 miles. (Mark Gocke/Star-Tribune correspondent)
A pedestrian is seen through a window of Jesus Moroles' sculpture called Granite Windows on Saturday. The artwork is located on Prexy's Pasture at the University of Wyoming. Moroles was a presenter at the Public Art and Community: Inspiration and Reflection art symposium last weekend at the UW Conference Center in Laramie. The symposium was held to further discuss the importance of public art in Wyoming. (Kerry Huller/Star-Tribune)
Details of hogs for a story on swine flu.Details of pigs on the Schmitt family farm in Holy Cross. Pigs roam in their pens on Jeff Schmitt's farm in Holy Cross, Iowa, Wednesday, April 29, 2009. Some people have stopped eating pork out of fear of Swine Flu, which has caused the price to drop, affecting hog farmers. Pigs roam in their pens on a hog farrm in Holy Cross, Iowa, Wednesday, April 29, 2009. With the spread of swine flu some people have stopped eating pork out of fear catching the virus, which has caused the price of hogs to drop, affecting many farmers. (AP Photo/Telegraph Herald, Jeremy Portje)
A mallard enjoys open water at Vedauwoo on a recent wet spring day. (Ken Driese/Star-Tribune correspondent)
Kay Mockensturm takes time out of her bus route to shovel the sidewalk in front of Casper College's Aley Fine Arts Center Monday afternoon. Mockensturm shoveled the same stretch of sidewalk three times by Monday afternoon. (Tim Kupsick, Star-Tribune)
A woman walks her dogs down a trail during a snow storm at Morad Park Saturday afternoon. Morad Park is getting a new entrance from WYDOT that will make the park more accessible to dog walkers, joggers and bicyclists. (Tim Kupsick, Star-Tribune)
Rachel George smiled with her kite dozens of feet in the air above her as she and others practiced their kite flying skills during sunny yet windy weather in Rawlins. George and others were preparing for the upcoming Celebration of Wind, a festival celebrating the windy climate of Carbon County and exploring the future of wind energy in the region. (Rawlins Daily Times, Jerret Raffety.)
Students at Spring Creek Elementary in Laramie learn how to dust for fingerprints during an after-school Science Club meeting on Monday. (Ken Driese/Star-Tribune correspondent)
Emma Lou Closs of Casper sent in this photo of spangled fritillary butterflies perched on horse mint flowers, taken by her daughter in Boxelder Canyon in summer 2008.
Long shadows are cast across the snow in the late afternoon light near Bondurant recently. (Mark Gocke/Star-Tribune correspondent)
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