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Category Archives: PAD 2009

Day 201: At the Fair, Part 1!

Saturday, July 25, 2009

I entered a bunch of photos in the State Fair this year (it is in it’s second day right now).  Most of them have been seen here before, but I got a second place in Advanced B&W Scenic with this one: ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 200: Lugnut and the Magic Corndog…

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Yeah? ( (1/125, f5, 75mm, ISO 200, on camera fill flash) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 199: Harlee’s Science Experiment!

Thursday, July 23, 2009

HEY!  Want  to see sump’tun neat? (1/1250, f5.6 90mm, ISO 200) Is every one watching? (1/1600, f4.5, 30mm ISO 200) First we pour the water in the top here… (1/2000, f4.5, 50mm, ISO 200) …then it goes down here and spins around this thing and that one there… (1/2000, f4.5, 50mm, ISO 200) Yup.  That’s […]

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Day 198

Thursday, July 23, 2009

A cloud from the 30th of May, 2009. (1/1000, f8, 120mm, ISO 100, Canon Digital Rebel XT shot in monochrome) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 197

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

The International Space Station and Space Shuttle have been visible each night.  They say you can see the shape with binoculars, but I couldn’t.  Below is the best photo I could bet with my 300mm lens. (1/125, f5.6 300mm, ISO 1600, Canon 70-300mm IS Lens) Maybe a bigger lens next time… Here is the NASA […]

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Day 196: Bluegrass on the Bay

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Every summer in Great Falls comes Bluegrasson the Bay: a bluegrass festival down on the grass in Broadwater Bay, in the park.  Bring your own blanket or chair! The sun was starting to set over the bay. The bands played on. All the money went to the history association. The headliners, Prairie Flower<?> was really […]

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Day 195, Back at the pond…

Monday, July 20, 2009

I am in Bozeman working this week.  I got a couple nice photos on the way down. Sluice Boxes. (1/1250, f4.5/ 28mm, ISO 200, stitched with MS ICE from three photos) Meanwhile, back at the pond where I saw the Grebes: Two Canadian Geese. (1/640, f8, 255mm, ISO 200) Where is this pond?  Just to […]

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Day 194: One small step for [a] man…

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Forty years ago today Mankind reached the height of civilization on this planet: We left it.  Man walked on the Moon.  A few more missions, then a program cut short because the dollars needed to be saved were “needed” elsewhere, the “end” of the Space Race… The whole planet had been brought together for one […]

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Day 193: Something completely different!

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Yesterday (Saturday the 18th of July) I attended the First (we hope) Electric City (Great Falls) Blog Meet, arraigned and sponsered by Gregg of Electric City Weblog.  It was a wide ranging discussion (over lunch at the Amigo Lounge, provided by a participant)of blogs, their meaning, purpose, importance, and future.  The people there were right, […]

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Day 192: The Motorcycle Escort

Sunday, July 19, 2009

The Vets in the previous post had a motorcycle escort from Ronan.  I met a few people from as far away as California that came.  There were a lot of bikes there!  This panorama is from three photos… (1/400, f8, 17mm, ISO 100) They were mostly the usual Harley’s a few GoldWings and a selection […]

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