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Day 66

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Leslee’s birthday is today.  I took her out for breakfast.  She made a pot roast for dinner, Kirsten made a nice cake, Harlee wouldn’t eat, and Nick made faces… (Wallpaper sized, and all shot with a Canon Powershot 100sx. EXIF on demand!) The Cake in Question! Harlee and her hot cross bun… Just an “artsie” […]

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Day 65

Friday, March 5, 2010

A few more shots from the new Sigma 600mm… Goose looks left. (1/2000, f8, 600mm, ISO 800, tripod) Goose looks right. (1/2000, f8, 600mm, ISO 800, tripod) Goose looks low. (1/2000, f8, 600mm, ISO 800, tripod) Goose looks from up high. (1/1500, f8, 600mm, ISO 800, tripod) Goose never did find little Cait…! Just a […]

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Day 64: A New Lens in the Family!

Friday, March 5, 2010

I won an Ebay auction last weekend:  A Sigma 600mm Mirror Lens for $76.09, including postage.  These usually go for $200 to $300!  This one has an Olympus OM mount on it, but I have an OM to Canon EOS adaptor.  It came yesterday and spent the night on the front stupe.  Leslee found it […]

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Day 63

Thursday, March 4, 2010

A quick trip to Helena today.   I came back along the frontage road along the Missouri River.  It is narrow but always a nicer view than the freeway… This is a three photo image stitched together in MS ICE, from top to bottom. (1/60, f8 40mm, 100 ISO) Another as wallpaper… (1/60, f8, 20mm, ISO […]

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Day 62

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

More Canadian Geese wallpaper! (1/1000, f8, 235mm, ISO 400) (1/250, f8, 250mm, ISO 400) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 61: March 2nd, 2010

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

It is Train Time again!  Here is the daily grain train heading out to the Malting Plant north of Great Falls.  This is from the upper overlook below Rainbow Dam and Falls. (1/750, f8, 130mm, ISO 100, cropped from a single photo) The trains like to play hide-and-seek through the hillocks and cuts along the […]

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Day 60: A Sunrise on Fire…

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Saturday morning about 13 minutes later… (1/5, 5.6, 75mm, 1600 ISO) Click to enlarge; BACK to return… (eight photos stitched in MS ICE) (1/60, f8, 28mm, ISO 200) (1/6, f5.6, 17mm, ISO 400) (1/20, f8, 75mm, ISO 200, cropped from one photo) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 59: Moonset in four parts…

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Saturday morning about 6:15am… One. (1/3, f8, 300mm, ISO 400, tripod) Two. (1/3, f8, 300mm, ISO 400, tripod) Three. (1/5, f8, 300mm, ISO 400, tripod) Four. (1/4, f8, 300mm, ISO 400, tripod) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 58: in ice…

Friday, February 26, 2010

Weeds in ice… (1/250, f8, 60mm, ISO 100, -1/3 stop, wallpaper sized, of course!) Cattails in ice… (1/1250, f8, 115mm, ISO 100) Bud Lite in ice… (Cropped from the photo above) Fence in ice… (1/3200, f8, 130mm, ISO 100) Tree in ice… (1/400, f8, 160mm, ISO 100) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 57, a new Moonrise…

Thursday, February 25, 2010

The Moon comes up in the afternoon right now.  This was an interesting reflection; just watch for two seconds and you will see it really is the Moon!  Click on it a couple times to see it full sized.  BACK to return! (1/200, f8, 135mm, ISO 100) Another view. (1/400, f8, 127mm, ISO 100) Wallpaper […]

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