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Day 220: Toots at the Fair! Part 1

Sunday, August 7, 2016

Toots entered several prints at the Fair this year.  Each of them was awarded at least a ribbon.  Her competition was really good… “Candid Camera” The Ribbon: Participation! “Feeding Trout” Honorable Mention! “Self-Reflection” Third Place! “Pink Caddy” People’s Choice (Last Night of the Fair)! Well done, Toots! ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 219: Fisheye Fun!

Sunday, August 7, 2016

I had forgotten my Samsung Galaxy S5 cellphone had a fisheye effect.  So I have combined two of my favorite photographic quirks:  Fisheyes and panoramas!  Click on it a couple of times to see it full-sized.  BACK to return here. It is quite a bit different than my other Fair panoramas as seen in recent […]

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Day 218

Sunday, August 7, 2016

A couple of photographs from the Fair: These were taken on my Samsung Galaxy S5 cellphone.  This is the art filter “oil pastel”. “Cartoon” This cellphone has a bunch of filters I haven’t played with.  More fisheye fun tomorrow! ~Curtis in /\\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 215

Sunday, July 31, 2016

I went down to the Photography Exhibit at the Fair to help out Saturday.  Here is a three photo panorama of the Exhibit from my M2.  Click it a couple of times to enlarge it; BACK to return here! And here is one while things were being set up.  This is an 11 photo panorama […]

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Day 214

Sunday, July 31, 2016

Variations on a flower photo… * * And from another flower.  You can just barely see the water background in these. * ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 213

Sunday, July 31, 2016

Meanwhile, back down at the River one morning… * “Your childhood home is never as big as you remember…” ** *** ** * ~Curtis in /|/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 212

Friday, July 29, 2016

In honor of the heat we are having, expected to begin the 90s for the next couple of days, here is another photo from the Barrow Backyard Beach and Bunny Refuge! ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 211

Friday, July 29, 2016

I went out to play in the backyard last night.  I was using the M2 with the 22mm f2.0 lens, which is the fastest lens I have right now.  There was lots of ambient light to help illuminate the tres, but I did a little light painting with a small flashlight too. *** *** *** […]

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Day 207

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Last night I helped keep track of the scores for the Youth Photography Judging at the 2016 Montana State Fair.  These are all cellphone photos. The Judges and Photo Wranglers. (This ultimately became Youth Color Best of Show by our own Club Member Tristan) 3/4 of the Score Keepers. The Judges deliberating a Best of Show. More […]

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Day 205

Monday, July 25, 2016

More from the Barrow Backyard.  It was warm enough to rate putting the slip ‘n slide down the hill! *** Just a small technical note:  Today’s and yesterday’s photos were taken on the M2 with a Tokina 80-200mm zoom from my old Olympus 35mm film days.  It is completely manual and no autofocus.  It does […]

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