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Today I dug up a photo of a couple years ago that I probably overlooked before because the tree in the foreground was way too dark. So I learned a little about dodging today to lighten it up. I also adjusted the colors a bit (probably too much) to bring it to life.
Lower Lily Pad Lake
Frisco, Colorado
September 20, 2008
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I’m not totally excited how this photo turned out, but since it got me to learn some functions of Photoshop I hadn’t used before, I’ll take it. What you don’t see is a ton of branches from the scraggly tree in the neighbors yard. A few remain, and the retouching work isn’t close to great, but I accomplished my goal today so I move on.
In the backyard, WI
June 13, 2011
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Battleship in San Diego Harbor.
San Diego, CA
November 2, 2011
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My first star-trail photo.
I wish I had framed this better, but I really didn’t expect this to turn out at all. It was merely a test shot as I had not ever taken a long exposure like this. I had no idea what I needed for exposure, ISO, or anything, especially considering the trees would catch some light from the porch light. 3007 seconds, ISO 1000, f8
Up north, WI
November 21, 2011 10:20 PM
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I got to try out my new, nifty, camera timer for the first time a few weeks ago while out hunting. Among other things, it allows me to program how many pictures to take and how often to take them, in order to be able to make them in to a time-lapse video.
I really didn’t plan this out; I only came up with the idea of shooting this location about 30 minutes before I did it. I didn’t have a lot of time to pick the best angle or check the sensor for dirt as I needed to get out in the woods for the last 90 minutes of hunting.
In the first few seconds, you’ll see me walking out to my hunting stand. About 25 seconds in to it, you can see deer run across the field, and if you watch close in the last few seconds, you can see the blur of me and another hunter walking out. We’re blurred because of the long shutter speeds needed to expose a photo at dusk.
This is 704 photos taken over 2 hours and 5 minutes. Camera: Canon 30D
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Two down from Kelli’s. Everyone is OK. With three trees in striking distance, Kelli’s house is OK. The huge (1″+) acorns must have been like bullets though as there are shredded leaves plastered to the siding. Mom & Dad a few blocks down lost half of their 5″ tree. The old part of town just a few blocks away (where I grew up) may not be so lucky though. Mailman came by Kelli’s about fours hours early because he said he couldn’t get down any streets in that part of town. Another round of weather is supposed to be on its way…
Police officer checking in. The white stuff is attic insulation.
The driveway below the grassline is Kelli’s.
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My second-ever HDR image.
Brookfield, WI
July 16, 2011
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Awesome! Biking, light-rail and high-speed rail, not cars and planes, need to be our future. Not spending $1,000,000,000 (that’s a billion) on two, 10-mile, carpool lanes @ $50,000,000 (that’s 50 million) a mile.
Carmageddon Challenge: The Bikes Won!
How a team of cyclists—and a guy on the subway, and a Rollerblader—beat a Jet Blue flight from Burbank to Long Beach.
http://www.slate.com/id/2299432/
I didn’t see my Uncle Jim very often and when I did, we didn’t really talk much. It wasn’t because of any friction or anything like that we didn’t talk, but rather because I just didn’t know what to talk about. I’m not much of a deep conversationalist at times.
But when I last saw him on Mother’s Day at Mom & Dad’s house, I purposely sat down next to him for a while and we had a nice conversation. He was interested in the portraits hanging on Mom & Dad’s wall that I had taken last year of Kelli and I, and my brothers family. Having gained some confidence in taking portraits and wanting to share that talent with others, I offered to take he and his wife’s sometime this summer, once they picked out a spot. Little did I imagine that we wouldn’t get that opportunity.
Jim died unexpectedly today, way too early, in his mid-sixties. He was a peaceful, seemingly easy-going guy, and I noticed that the sky seemed to be the same tonight, as if he was using his talents as a painter, to paint the sky. So I took a moment to snap a photo, in remembrance of him.
For about the sixth or seventh year, I’ll be playing music before the fireworks in Kimberly at Sunset Park. If you haven’t been there before, it is a cozy atmosphere at the lower softball field along the river with the fireworks shot from the parking lot just outside the field.
Stop by and say hi if you like. Let me know you’re coming and I’ll save you a prime bleacher seat. You can also bring your own chairs if you’d rather sit a bit closer.
July 5
Music starting at 7.
Fireworks starting at dusk.
Here is a shot I got in 2007.
