<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Lynnlongprints]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nature Photography bringing a bit of the outdoors to your day.]]></description><link>https://www.lynnlongprints.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:13:01 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.lynnlongprints.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Go Touch Grass]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recently went on a week-long birding trip to Florida, and unlike the majority of my life, everything went according to plan. I was able to see all the birds I hoped to, and more. During this time, I didn't really read any news or even check the weather in my home state of Minnesota.  I largely stayed off of social media as well.  I was too busy from dawn to dusk photographing birds, and in the evenings sorting through all the pictures I had taken that day.  I had been in kind of a winter...]]></description><link>https://www.lynnlongprints.com/post/go-touch-grass</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699532cd31440415cc6a0e96</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 04:11:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/572c96_ee6a531bad804262a970a46adc395cd4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lynn Long</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I Really Think About AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I took this photo of a Short-eared Owl, I was standing outside in a prairie area in Iowa.  It was February, the temperature was 1...]]></description><link>https://www.lynnlongprints.com/post/what-i-really-think-about-ai</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65c8136695a8e4f71430a34d</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2024 01:23:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/572c96_d82fa2627de34c8f86f6e858ce5e1d4e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lynn Long</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Choosing Just the Right Photo]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am supposed to be working on my taxes right now...but I thought I would write a blog post instead, because procrastinating a little...]]></description><link>https://www.lynnlongprints.com/post/choosing-just-the-right-photo</link><guid isPermaLink="false">642b988741c09992e0dab9bf</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2023 04:41:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/572c96_d3d2466606aa40d3b74626a553386154~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lynn Long</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Backstory!]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the story about how I (unbelievably) became a published author. 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The list helps make sure...]]></description><link>https://www.lynnlongprints.com/post/the-shot-list</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61b7ac111daf6800177524d2</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 20:48:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/572c96_cb2bcbc0d9034327a0c7fcb52b250a22~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lynn Long</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always Be Prepared - Behind the scenes of a loon fight]]></title><description><![CDATA[Almost every summer we go to a resort for a week to fish, eat s'mores, relax, and most importantly take pictures of loons.  (My family...]]></description><link>https://www.lynnlongprints.com/post/always-be-prepared-behind-the-scenes-of-a-loon-fight</link><guid isPermaLink="false">616f73ddf23ab10016930809</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2021 01:59:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/572c96_7144473e87a74caea48a7d1e60a85843~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lynn Long</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold Still Heron!]]></title><description><![CDATA[With this blog, I thought I might occasionally explain the making of a photograph...a sort of "behind the scenes" of a particular photo. ...]]></description><link>https://www.lynnlongprints.com/post/hold-still-heron</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6115ebc14b8cdb0016e0de62</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2021 04:03:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/572c96_1807c165b5864aa3883ae648ed114ae4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lynn Long</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today is July 30, 2021, and I am about to publish my website!  It took many years of photographing nature before I felt confident enough...]]></description><link>https://www.lynnlongprints.com/post/welcome</link><guid isPermaLink="false">610476f38cb74c0015a231ce</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2021 22:08:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/572c96_95ba6dd6ec884e2291594ce59b9a6d29~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lynn Long</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>