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Earth Day 2011

I think Earth Day is one of the better ideas they have come up as far as special days to celebrate. They have golf day, coffee cup day, wash your dog day and so many others that they are starting to overlap. I feel Earth Day is one of the needed ones.

This is really a cause that needs more discussion being that humans have determined to overpopulate the earth and destroy it. While man tries to keep the universe from evolving to keep the earth from changing they can’t figure out how to put a candy bar wrapper or an empty water bottle back in their pocket and carry it back to their fancy car that they spent 10’s of thousands of dollars on so they can end pollution. Throw the trash on the ground but the air will be clean!  How many tons of coal did they burn in Japan or Korea to build the car that will save the world while they drive around throwing McDonald’s bags out the window.

Alright, I’m done ranting. I hope you enjoy the photographs. They are a mix of my work  from the deserts of California to the glaciers of Alaska.  Please remember, take only photographs and memories. Leave only foot prints and if you leave the trail please watch where you step.

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1956 Studebaker Squared

A project from a while back. Images of my ’56 Stude shot for monochrome and square format. It was shot with a Canon 40 D and I used two lenses. The Canon 50mm F1.8 and the old 100mm Macro F2.8. Don’t forget that polarizing  filter! They are both fun lenses to work with. Hope you enjoy!

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EPS Digital Submissions for April

These are my digital entries for our monthly club competition at Emerald Photographic Society. Categories in order from left to right are Moods, Pictorial and Nature. (Quick note, there is no HDR in these.)

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Seal Rock At Low Tide in Pseudo HDR

This image was taken at Seal Rock. Seal Rock can be found about half way between Yachats and Newport. The best time, I think, to go to Seal Rock is at very low tides. Minus tides are the hard to beat. If you are going to go out exploring and photographing the tidal pools please…

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This can be addictive.

I had a feeling before I ever started playing with HDR that it was going to be addictive. I was right. This is another image where I used a single file and created my over and under files in Lightroom  and worked from there. Hope you enjoy. Have a great weekend.

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I said I wouldn’t do it…

I wasn’t going to play with HDR. I really wasn’t. For those of you not in the know, HDR stands for high-dynamic-range and it is all about the lighting, shadows and highlights and in some cases, really playing with color. I really wasn’t. On one hand I could see where it could be very beneficial…

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Tree Crossing

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Weather

For years I have run my own weather station here at home. It is a great way to keep track of rainfall, temperatures and wind at home when I am on the road. The information from my station is now included on the right sidebar here on my blog. Clicking on the badge will bring…

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Happy Spring!

Have a flower on me. You have 40 to pick from. You can just click on Play Slideshow to see them all. [photospace]

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Photo Of The Week # 225 and Back To The Coast

No trip to the Southern Oregon Coast is complete without a stop at Shore Acres State Park. Shore Acres is located South of Coos Bay and Charleston. More information on getting there is here. I know I talked about the park in one of the articles below. Here are a few things I didn’t talk…

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