Category: Featured
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A lot to be thankful for…
Thanksgiving is a time of course to give thanks. Yup we should do it all the time but it’s a day to actually think about it! I was thankful for the ability to watch this little bug and for the wonderful bounty of food we had today. I think our bird enjoyed his treat of…
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How to make an RSS feed with an easy subscribe link
Getting content spread around! Making an RSS feed for my website seemed like a very simple concept but when I tried to find informaiton on it I ran into a lot of problems. It seemed like everything I tried didn’t work. Welcome to the world of web development! For a while I used google reader…
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Spooky neighbor
Here is a photo of a winery that is not yet completed. For some reason this house always spooks me out a little at night. I think it’s because there are no lights on the outside of the house. Every light in the house is on and yet it appears lifeless – almost looks like…
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Watershed photos
I was called today by a SCI Consulting Group that helps public agencies with their funding sources in these troubled times. The public agency was the Contra Costa Clear Water Program. I have had a number of my photos of the surrounding area printed in their annual calendars and today the consulting group asked if…
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Rim lighting
While taking a break at work today I took my new camera on a little walk down the halls. In front of me I saw a student with a marvelous glow around his body. Within a second he moved and it was gone but for moment I was able to capture it.
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More fun with my toys and patient models
Having some more fun with my D7000 and a new lens I got last night for it. It’s a 35mm 1.8 that allow even more low light photography. All these shots except for the movie below were shot in very low room light and hand held.
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New camera & Pomegranites
Oh did I have sooooo much fun today playing with my new toy, a Nikon D7000! WOW – this is sure a step up from my D200. I have never been able to hand hold my camera and take pictures in such low window lighting like you see below. If you scroll to the bottom…