The house has been pretty quiet since our cat Jet passed away 2 months ago. Val and I decided a few weeks back to get a new puppy, one that would be an inside dog…a first for Val and 22+ years since having one for me. We brought Cleo home last Sunday. I spent the week working from home, trying to help acclimate her to her new environment.
Read detailsI have an unopened bottle of Crystal Head Skull Vodka in the cupboard. It came with 2 skull shot glasses. Since I bought it, I envisioned lighting it from the bottom with and LED puck. I think I need to work something up, but this was my first quick attempt at it, as my wife asked for a shot of it yesterday.
Read detailsI made my way South, hoping to catch the Aug 21st Solar Eclipse. It was only 75% at home, and Nebraska was the closest location with 100% coverage. Clouds threatened the East side of the state, making Lincoln, Aurora and Beatrice look like it would be a bust, so I traveled west. I decided on visiting Five Rocks Amphitheater in Gering, as the radio broadcast from that location was explaining the clear blue skies above them, while spotted low level, scattered clouds to the east.
Read detailsVal and I went to the North Shore this weekend to hit a few trails we haven’t done before. The first was Shovel Point and the second was Miller Creek Trail near Lake Superior College.
Read detailsThe Bemidji Water Carnival is going on this weekend, so I took one evening to wonder down to photograph some of the rides in motion. I went with the intent of doing some really long shutters, turning the rides into streaks and circles of light. Exposures of my images ranged from 0.5 to 15 seconds.
Read detailsIt is that time of year where the Minnesota State Flower is in bloom. Yesterday after work, I drove up to a spot a co-worker mentioned and found one large bundle of about 10 fully bloomed Lady Slippers. I spent a little time, and found a few angles to photograph. While I would normally have a macro lens in the bag this time of year, I have been trying to photograph various birds and other wildlife, so my bag had the 150-600, 70-200 and 24 TSE.
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