© 2009 Gary Ertter Photography - All Rights Reserved
1/200 sec., f9, ISO 200, Nikon D300 with 24-70mm lens at 24mm

The Special Olympics Switzerland Ski Team came to McCall this week to check out the Winter Carnival.  I got them to pose for me at the Alpine Village sculpture.  The skiing events will be in Sun Valley and Bogus Basin, so I won't get a chance to shoot them skiing.

There will be the Idaho Special Olympics in McCall in early March.  I hope to cover that, and I'll be sure to post some photos.

© 2009 Gary Ertter Photography - All Rights Reserved
1/2000 sec., f4.5, ISO 320, Nikon D300 with 70-200mm lens at 98mm

A fun and popular event at the Winter Carnival is a fund raiser put on by McPaws, the local rescue shelter.  Dogs pull sleds with weights down a track, about 25' long.  The weight in the sled varies with the size of the dog.  The dog owners employee lots of tricks and bribery to get the dogs down the track as fast as possible, as there are prizes to be won.

This Corgi lives in a house with another small dog, and the two of them must like hot dogs.  The owner took the other dog to the finish line, and started feeding him a hot dog.  Now, do you see the look in the Corgi's face, he's not about to loose out on that treat.

1/4 sec., f3.2, ISO 800, Nikon D300 with 24-700mm lens at 58mm.

Here's my fireworks shot for McCall Winter Carnival.  I shot this from the 3rd story balcony of the Park Street Plaza.  It's all in who you know I guess, as to where you get your shots from.  I expect to see this get used for some kind of promotion.

More fireworks here...
http://www.ertter.com/blog/post/2008/07/4th-of-July-Fireworks-Over-Payette-Lake.aspx