Skip to content

Category Archives: Inspiration

Self Defense in an office setting…

Monday, October 22, 2012

If you get stuck in an office that denies you your Right to Keep and Bear Arms, and some wacko goes postal (or the Zombie Apocolypse starts) this could be something good to know: *** Business Week has posted a (probably tongue in cheek) article on improvising weapons from office supplies.  Some pretty good ideas, […]

Also filed in Humor, Politics | | Comments (0)

Absolutely Fascinating!

Friday, October 19, 2012

The Ghosts of World War II: The photographs found at flea markets superimposed on to modern street scenes Images depict almost transparent soldiers racing through our streets as they look today Fascinating series shows contrast between wartorn cities in the 1930s and 1940s and pleasant neighbourhoods now Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2219584/Ghosts-war-Artist-superimposes-World-War-II-photographs-modern-pictures-street-scenes.html#ixzz29nZpExWP

Also filed in Italy & Europe, Photography, Politics, Vintage | | Comments (0)

Why We Fight:

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Consumerism in the Bowels of the People’s Power: Pyongyang Department Store Number 1, North Korea *** CLASSIC DALRYMPLE: The Wilder Shores of Marx, excerpt (1991) *** In 1989 Theodore Dalrymple managed to join up with a group of British communists on its way to the 13th World Festival of Youth and Students in North Korea: […]

Also filed in Humor, Politics | | Comments (0)

Day 299: One last view of the Great Fountain Geyser!

Monday, October 15, 2012

In the sunset, of course… (1/3000s f/8.0 ISO125 21mm -2 stops 7D) ~Curtis in Yellowstone NP! {!-{>

Also filed in Landscapes, On the Road, PAD 2012, Photography, Sunsets | | Comments (1)

Day 284

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Flyfishing below Hebgen Dam, Madison River, between Ennis and West Yellowstone. (1/2000s f/6.3 ISO400 32.6mm (35mm eq:153mm) -1 stop P7100) Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

Also filed in Landscapes, On the Road, PAD 2012, Photography, Wildlife | | Comments (0)

Day 282: Sunrise along Fountain Flat Drive

Monday, October 8, 2012

Sunrise on Sunday was a little subdued compared to the sunset the night before.  It was about 14F. (1/8s f/8.0 ISO1600 40mm 7D) This is the Firehole River. (1/125s f/8.0 ISO1000 28mm 7D) To offset the subdued nature of the sunrise, we were in the middle of a herd of several hundred bison, common referred […]

Also filed in Holiday, Landscapes, On the Road, PAD 2012, Photography, Sunrises, Wildlife | | Comments (0)

Day 281: Okay, a few more sunset photos…

Monday, October 8, 2012

Great Fountain Geyser. (1/2000s f/4.5 ISO200 10.7mm (35mm eq:50mm) -1 stop P7100) White Dome Geyser. (1/800s f/4.5 ISO200 11.8mm (35mm eq:55mm) -1 stop P7100) Hot Lake.  This is a two photo panorama.  I have two different versions.  The first has processing by me. The second is processed using the “auto enhance” button.  Most programs have […]

Also filed in Holiday, Landscapes, On the Road, PAD 2012, Photography, Sunsets | | Comments (0)

Day 280: One last Sunset photo…for now!

Monday, October 8, 2012

(1/2000s f/8.0 ISO125 20mm -1.5 stop 7D) ~Curtis in Yellowstone!

Also filed in Holiday, Landscapes, On the Road, PAD 2012, Photography, Sunsets | | Comments (0)

Day 279: Sunset

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Sunset at the Great Fountain Crater! A view of the culprits. (1/90s f/4.0 ISO125 33mm -1/2 stop 7D) (1/500s f/4.0 ISO125 40mm 7D) (1/2000s f/8.0 ISO125 22mm -1 stop 7D) (1/750s f/8.0 ISO125 26mm -1 stop 7D) (1/8000s f/4.0 ISO125 22mm -1.5 stop 7D) This is a quick view of White Dome Geyser erupting in […]

Also filed in Holiday, Landscapes, On the Road, PAD 2012, Photography, Sunsets | | Comments (1)

Day 278

Sunday, October 7, 2012

A ghost in the mist on the walkway at the Great Fountain Geyser… (1/250s f/6.3 ISO100 22.5mm (35mm eq:105mm) -1/3 stop P7100) Hmmm…that halo looks familiar… (1/1600s f/4.5 ISO100 22.5mm (35mm eq:105mm) -1/3 stop P7100) A full color monochromatic photo set! (1/1600s f/6.3 ISO100 22.5mm (35mm eq:105mm) -1/3 stop P7100) ~Curtis in Yellowstone NP! {!-{>

Also filed in Holiday, Landscapes, On the Road, PAD 2012, Photography | | Comments (1)