Venting Geyser

Calico Tanks

Bear!!!

See a bear on the side of the road.  A: high tail it out of there?  B: get out and ask him to smile for the camera?
...Viva la Blog!!!

Lone Buffalo (Re-posted)

I took this shot on the east end of the upper loop of Yellowstone.
I decided to add some saturation to this one and re-post it.

Camera Conversion

A couple of months ago I converted one of my D70s for full spectrum shooting. I replaced the hot mirror that blocks IR and UV for a clear filter that passes all frequencies.

Tonight I finally got out to take a few test shots. I haven't fiddled with the settings - including white balance - so this is straight off the camera. Here is the original image as recorded by the camera:


(d70, ISO 1600, 50mm, f1.8, 15 seconds)

The image is shifted towards red because the filter is no longer blocking the IR frequencies.

This next image is after some fiddling in Photoshop's RAW import utiltity.



For a first test I'm really happy with this pictures. I've never been able to get so much detail out of the Milky Way. Now I need to figure out how to refine the process. Some of the larger stars are blown out and I'm not getting the colors out of the Milky Way that I've seen in other pictures. Overall it is a good start.

Disneyland fun!

Specular Hematite

Azurite (blueberries)

Azurite, Malachite, and Aurichalcite or Rosasite

Apex Mine

A copper mine that closed down back in the 60s - we collected azurite, malachite, and other minerals here last saturday.

aiden

Pine Creek fun

Morning Glory Pool (Re-posted)

I am back from Yellowstone with a ton of photos. I am going post 'em one at a time.  This is a pool near Old Faithful.
I re-posted this one after I decided to get rid of some of the glare off the pool. I have to say that the recovery tool in lightroom worked great!

Photo story

Here's a little story that I came up with. Do you see it?

water x 2

Last second

Lalalala

I didn't get a chance to take the photos that I wanted to take for the assignment but I plan on doing it this week. These are photos I took at the show at Daddy Mac's. The lighting was very strange at that place but I like how these turned out.

Cactus

Trees

Was having a little fun with some filters. I think the top photo is very creepy!

Water Bear

Also known as a tardigrade

Flowers

Lake in Duck Creek Utah

Took this a few weeks ago up in Utah. Very happy with the depth of field on it...of course it helped that it was a sunny day.  This is a very popular fishing hole, I only wish you were able to see some fish swimming around.

Surrender!

Max Bean

Thought I would post pet portraits too!

YAY

Opposites Attract

As they gazed into each others eyes they both realized their love was a forbidden love, and it was over as suddenly as it had begun.

:(

Just tryin' to survive!

peeps

More shots from one of our rehearsals.

Bryce Panos

These are hand held Panoramas from right outside Bryce canyon.

:o)

Post Cooking Sink

Kitchen sink, huh?

My 60 pound Lab was so scared of the wind he decided to jump on the kitchen counter. I was hoping he would have done the dishes while he was up there!

Weekend