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Day 320

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Another backyard-in-the-moonlight photo from Sedona! (20s f/5.7 ISO1000 28mm Canon 7D) ~Curtis in Sedona! {!-{>

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Something REALLY neat!

Monday, October 22, 2012

A time-lapse view of the Space Shuttle Endeavour crossing through Los Angeles on the way to it’s new home!   http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap121022.html   This is a great site anyway: A daily photo from NASA!   ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 275

Sunday, September 30, 2012

The smoke cleared out enough you could see the Highwood Mountains tonight.  So I ran on out to the railroad tunnel and got these from the hill above it.  The colors were hard to process for me.  I really need to take some more lessons on post-processing some of these more difficult photos. (1/20s f/8.0 […]

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Day 273

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Another Moon photo. (1/50s f/5.6 ISO3200 42.6mm (35mm eq:200mm) -2.3 stops P7100) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 272

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Two versions of the same photo. A smokey-skied Moon over 120th Avenue South.  I actively edited this one. (1/60s f/8.0 ISO100 37mm (35mm eq:173mm) -2/3 stop P7100) This version I just used the Enhance command. I don’t really know which one I like better… ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 257

Saturday, September 1, 2012

“…won’t you keep on shining on me!” ~The Doobie Brothers (1/4s f/4.0 ISO1000 38mm -1 stop) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 255

Friday, August 31, 2012

While it does not match up with the day of the year in the post’s title, I took this a few minutes ago on the 31st of August.  It is the second full moon of the month, known as a “blue moon”.  The saying “once in a blue moon” actually means once every couple of […]

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Day 253

Friday, August 31, 2012

Leaving the Lee Metcalfe National Wildlife Refuge. (1/60s f/5.0 ISO100 13mm (35mm eq:61mm) -1 stop P7100) Almost full, almost blue… (1/80s f/4.5 ISO400 25.4mm (35mm eq:119mm) -1 stop P7100) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 249: An Appropriate, Lasting Monument…

Monday, August 27, 2012

…to Neil Armstrong and all of the Apollo astronauts and the people that made landing on the Moon possible.  It is big, easy to see from everywhere, and best of all in these days of deficit spending: it is FREE! (Nikon Coolpix P7100) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Sad tidings

Saturday, August 25, 2012

An American Hero has passed. Neil Armstrong, first man to set foot on the Moon, has died at age 82. Video at the link. * * * * ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {=-{<

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