Category: Play Time

Tulips Up Close

Tulip images from yesterday. All are stacked images for deep focus. (click for larger image)

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ML on 5D MKII

I went out last evening to work with the HDR bracketing feature in the Magic Lantern firmware on my 5D MKII. The images are more of a test under some pretty harsh lighting than trying to shoot “WOW” photos. I’m pretty impressed with what it will do so far. There will be more testing this…

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EPS April Entries

My three entries for the photo club digital competition for April. The mums are a 25 frame stacked shot. Spoon and fork are 3 frames stacked and 3 image HDR. Paper boxes are just normal downtown Eugene. 8mm fisheye on the MK II. (click for larger view)

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Spring in Full Force

You just have to love Spring here in the Northwest. The flowers in the yard will soon be followed by the wildflowers in the woods. What a great time to get out and play! This is 14 images stacked for the selective focus. (click for full size)

Spring Daffies

Spring Daffies

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Ghosts In The Night

I needed some images for a theme in our photography club competition and had been going  to get out for weeks to shoot these. While the reflections would have been better in the street if it had been raining I just haven’t been in the mood to play outdoors at night in the rain. Exposure…

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Picture window for kitchen

A project I have been going to do for a long time is to add a “picture window” to a wall in my kitchen. The wall is at the end of the table and is actually the wall with the garage on the other side of it. It was obvious, even to me, that just knocking a…

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Holiday Season Flowers

My wife brought home a Poinsettia the other day and my macro lens just ran right over to it. I guess it was one of those karma things. Be sure to click below for the larger image.

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Glitter Gulch — A.K.A — Las Vegas

These are hand held images taken on Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada on Fremont Street. Remember, when you play and lose, you are the one paying the light bill. Be sure to click on the small image to view the large version.

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Valley Of Fire Bighorn

On a recent vacation to Las Vegas we spent a day wandering around at Valley Of Fire State Park about 40 miles north of town. I had been watching for Bighorn Sheep for a couple of days as the day prior we had been down at Hoover Dam.

After sitting out a short road closure due to the filming of a Mercedes commercial we wandered over to Mouses Tank. and ran across this small group of the sheep.There were five of them in the group and from what some locals said, they are pretty common in that area.

 

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Liquid Marbles

I have started playing with photographing liquid marbles. I’m sure there will be more to follow —

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