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Day 186: Fireworks pt 1

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Robyn, Walter, the Dailylife Wife and I went out to a wheat field to watch fireworks last night.  Spectacular, as always!  So here is Part 1, with minimal interruptions. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Now, I have always wondered what made fireworks, ummm, work.  Now we know. Dragons! Really, really short lived […]

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Happy Independence Day II

Monday, July 4, 2011

I saw more fireworks down at Gibson Park! Whoosh! Boom! Hiss!  Bang!Bang!Bang! Whoosh!  Hiss!  Pop! Pop! Pop! KERBLOOWIE! Happy Fourth of July!  Go hug a Vet! ~Curtis in /\/\onTana, USA! {!-{>

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Happy Independence Day!

Sunday, July 3, 2011

A trio of special wallpapers in honor of the 4th! The first two are from the same basic photo, but cut differently. (1/8, f5.6, 135mm, ISO 800, -1 stop) Just a slightly different cut to the photo. I figure a good sun-or-moonset is kind of natural fireworks.  Here goes the last bit! (7/10, f5.6, 400mm, […]

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Day 180! (Almost through half of another year…)

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

You can see the rainbow at Rainbow Falls! (Four photos stitched together in MS ICE) Rainbow?  Where? THERE! (Slightly re-saturated!) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Nifty Disney Links!

Thursday, June 23, 2011

These links go to some really neat Disney videos, taken with a Tilt Shift lens.  That is a special lens used in Architectural Photography to straighten buildings shot from bad angles.  It can also make things look like models, because there is a limited zone of focus.  These videos of Disney Parks and such make […]

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Day 166…Caitlin Returns!!!

Friday, June 17, 2011

The Dailylife Wife and I had to run out to Skedaddle this week to retrieve the Dailylife Daughter #2 from her adventure in Austria! (Apple iPod Touch photos) Welcome Home! ~Curtis in \/\/ashington? {!-{>

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Just Another Gurkha…

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Real men…carry Big Ass curved knives! ‘I thought I was going to die… so I tried to kill as many as I could’: Hero Gurkha receives bravery medal from the Queen By Daily Mail Reporter

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Not your Grandmother’s French Footbath…

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Kohler is pulling out all the stops. ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 95: By Special Request!

Saturday, April 2, 2011

A request to see more of that fancy .45 handl’n! A hand covered rapid fire 7 rounds at 25 meters! Obviously a staged photo…taken from in front of the muzzle. Winter of 1983-84, I think…it only looks a bit like Stalingrad! ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 94

Friday, April 1, 2011

These were probably taken in 1975 or 1976, with my then new Olympus OM-1.  For the sunset I think I used my Vivitar 35mm wideangle.  This is from our backyard in Whitefish, /\/\onTana! For the lightning I went down to Whitefish City Beach, and using a tripod and probably my Vivitar 85-205mm zoom telephoto, I […]

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