First off, I want to say, what a great site. It's been over a year since I visited and there are so many new improvements to the site. Hats off to Cory.
I made a trip up to a small town about 60 kilometres from my place. I now have a new camera, HP Photosmart M737 with 8.0 Megapixels and 3X zoom.
Here are my pics. Hope you enjoy them as much as I
First off a pic of me
Wow, it's sooooo easy to post pics to your story.
You can expect more stories with pics from me soon
I just got back from my first trip to a nude beach. Don't worry though I won't burn out your eyes with what I saw. Needless to say it was not as hot as one might think. Unless of course you're aatrracted to old pot bellied men with Santa Clause beards and creepy European guys with hairy backs and gold chains. Iit was my first time hitting the sand on the West Coast and I got a few decent shots. The weather is amazing here and there is nothing like living next to the sea. around_town_059 around_town_007 around_town_012 around_town_014 around_town_013
Which one tickles your fancy?
Actually it's not Potpourri - it's Garden Garbage. Potpourri just sounded better. :)
Trying a new technique with my Canon G9. Bought a filter/lens adaptor for my Canon G9. Attached a 58mm IR filterI had laying around. Set the Color to Sepia for one shot, and B&W for the second shot, used the timer so that there would be no blur. Sepia IR BW IR Let me know what you guy's think. This looks like a very promising way of producing IR shots. ANd there is no postproduction software work needed. It is all done in the camera. Details for the shots. F2.8, 0.6 sec. exposure, Iso was at 200. Everything was set for automatic except the ISO. I normally leave that at 200. Now, I wonder if I can do something similar with my Nikon D300. Thanks for listening to my long winded speech.
This may not be perfection, but I like it better.
I took a drive down Highway 1 from San Francisco south to Santa Cruz on Labor Day. First time I have been down that road with a camera in almost 2 years. The weather was picture perfect (usually it's foggy at the coast, but not this week). I discovered Pigeon Point Lighthouse sort of by accident.
The actual lighthouse is closed to the public, but the grounds are open and it's a very scenic spot. I think I'll be going back....
lighthouse two (my personal favorite)
lighthouse five (fun with photoshop)
Leaving for Hong Kong and Taiwan in a few days. Hopefully the weather will be better there than it was in Japan.
Well after inheriting my mothers Minolta and buying two rolls just to mess around with, I finially got one roll developed! Now i hope i can figure out how to use this story feature.
My family is my life and i thought i'd waste most of my first roll on them ;D but seriously I think the next 2 rolls or so i buy will be used for just family pictures that portray my time with them and capture that good ol' atmosphere that hovers around your grandmother.
I also hope to go with just stil lives and local places all the young people like myself go to hang out around my lame town!
comments and suggestions would be great since these are pretty much my firsts! (I know i wont be going to CVS to get them developed since i didnt have time for any better quality this time, i'll choose more wisely next time ;D )
I was sitting out on the deck sipping a beer and reading a Stephen King novel when this scene unfolded in front of me. I take it to be the leading edge of Hurricane-now Tropical Depression-Hanna. We are in for some nasty weather by day break, but it sure got off to a great start this evening.
The is the next part of my camping trip.
There is lots to capture in this beautiful and natural place. I took a couple of hours to drive ( walking has not been a good thing for me lately I was having problems with my knee) around to see the different views. I stopped at a few places to shoot some pictures. here they are.
The first is Science lake; science_lake_ reflection
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Then to Red House Lake; DSC_1668_edited_2 one_cloud DSC_1977_edited_1
This is Quaker lake in the morning; DSC_2016_edited_2 DSC_1444_edited_1 and later in the day quaker_erea_lake_ DSC_1434_edited_1
This is the creek that runs by our cabin gypsy_lane_creek My boys love to collect crayfish and small fish from here.
This was always my favorite place in the evening. DSC_1594_edited_2
I will be posting part 3 later. The woods.
Enjoy and all comments welcome as usual. ;)
Borrowed a 100mm Macro for my Canon Xti from a friend, for the weekend, and trying to think of some good reasons not to give it back - - -
Reason 5 - Laid it down in the woods and can't find it -
Reason 4 - Left it in the car in the camera bag and somebody stole it -
Reason 3 - Cats found it and pushed it down the furnace duct - into the furnace -
Reason 2 - I just don't want to be your friend anymore and ain't gonna give your lens back -
and THE NUMBER 1 REASON - Aliens came and abducted us, took us aboard their ship - released us later but kept the lens thinking it was some sort of WMD.
Our daughter's rescued kitty presented her with 4 beautiful gifts! In 5 weeks they will be ready for really good homes!!!
You all seem to be having so much fun with grunge effects, that I asked Kitzi to give me a leg up.
So I thought that I would never drive a motorcycle again. But things change. Even the motorcycle has come in a different form. It's light and small, gets over 70 mpg and has automatic shifting.......yes, it's a scooter.
I don't know if it's the same way for everyone else, but don't give up on the slideshow loading...it seems to take awhile to start.
Oddly enough, some of the (big boy) bikers will still give me the motorcycle brother sign when they pass-by me sitting on my small ride like a chair. I always thought that was a weird thing anyway.......how come people in cars don't give each other a recognition wave. But now that I think of it........ they do, it's just a one finger salute.
I can take it on the freeway (if it's not to windy) and hills are no problem. The best thing is the 70 mpg, the second best thing is the storage for the camera equipment.
There was a spider outside the upstairs window and I wanted to get a shot of. Couldn't get the screen out since it's removable only from the outside so had to face a fear of heights to get close to it. So I grabbed the 7 foot ladder, climbed it, then had to fight my way through a wisteria vine and then pull my camera through. I got the shot of this BananaSpider . Know it's centered and the siding of the house was in the way but hey, I faced a fear of heights to get it! What a person will do to take a picture!
Have a great day!
... this little beetle Tiny weevil was too cute to pass up. It'a less than 1/2 long (including snout) and was on the window framing near the light.
Here are the photo details:
A different perspective as seen by the small creatures in a back yard
Mesa Verde was our last puebloan stop and our second to last stop of the trip. We had visited Chaco and Canyon de Chelley's ruins, but these topped the cake. Why you ask? Because we actually got to crawl inside! And there were times where I literally mean crawl. But mostly there were ladders to climb. This is the entrance to balcony house and the shortest ladder I climbed while there.
The wood sticking out is the actual remains of a balcony (hence the name of the ruins) and the inside of a kiva (a ceremonial space). They were a bit fearless and would build almost to the edge of the coves.
While here we learned that the ruins were used by pueblo people who originally lived on the mesa tops above, but eventually moved to these natural coves to build their dwellings. Men would literally scale the mountain (like we had to to get out of the dwelling) and tend to the crops up above while the women stayed in the dwellings. There are actual smoke stains on the ceilings from where they had fires in thier homes. Men averaged between 5'2" adn 5'4" and women around 4'9". Men lived longer than women, typically ranging around 35-40 (at this time they became the "story tellers" and quit working the fields) while the women's lifespan was only around 25.
The park was founded on a basis that it be open to the public and that the public be able to walk through the ruins. They still allow people into the ruins, however to keep erosin to a minimum they only open certain houses up at certain times of the year. And lastly, they are still finding more ruins in the Mesa Verde Park but the debate is whether to excavate them or leave them as they are to avoid anymore deterioration.
Coming soon, shots from Cliff Palace. One of the largest dwellings in Mesa Verde.
A simple little slide show. Flowers, close up and all personal like.
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