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Day 296: An afternoon in my backyard

Friday, October 18, 2013

I got a new lens: a Canon EF 70-300mm L.  I needed to test it, so I hit the backyard! (1/750s f/8.0 ISO100 300mm Canon 7D) (1/6000s f/5.6 ISO250 300mm -1/2 stop 7D) (1/4000s f/8.0 ISO250 300mm -1/2 stop 7D) (1/3000s f/8.0 ISO250 135mm -1/2 stop 7D) (1/180s f/8.0 ISO250 300mm +1 stop 7D) (1/250s […]

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Day 295

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Nothing much to say… (1/45s f/4.0 ISO1600 70mm -1/2 stop flash Canon 7D) (1/20s f/4.5 ISO250 146mm -1/2 stop flash 7D) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 294

Thursday, October 17, 2013

‘Stache’s first Thanksgiving..errr, Canadian, of course! (1/20s f/4.5 ISO250 188mm -1/2 stop flash Canon 7D) (1/20s f/4.5 ISO250 188mm -1/2 stop flash 7D) (1/15s f/4.5 ISO250 176mm -1/2 stop flash 7D) “I don’t think this is quite the same what you guys are eating…” (1/20s f/4.5 ISO250 155mm -1/2 stop flash 7D) Happy Thanksgiving to […]

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Day 293

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Just an interesting photo I took in the backyard this morning. (1/750s f/8.0 ISO250 207mm Canon 7D) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 286

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

A quick aside: I was looking through some old(er) photos and I ran across this one.  This is one of those cheap LED/solar garden lights.  I have a couple that have lasted two years!  This one worked for a couple of nights.  Or maybe it is still working: The ants have completely filled the globe […]

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Day 264

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

A little more wildlife from the banks of the Big Muddy. (1/250s f/4.5 ISO100 8.1mm (35mm eq:38mm) -1/3 stop Nikon Coolpix P7100) I had to reduce it in size to 75% to get it to fit mt wallpaper format. ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 263

Monday, September 16, 2013

Roadrunner in the Sky!  No Coyote… (1/125s f/8.0 ISO160 37mm -1.5 stops Canon 7D) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 262

Monday, September 16, 2013

But I was out for the sunset…and here it is!  A six photo panorama. (Click to enlarge; BACK to return!) (Six photos on the Canon 7D) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{P

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Day 261

Monday, September 16, 2013

I went out to look at the sunset, and found a really nice almost full moon! (1/1000s f/5.6 ISO400 400mm Canon 7D) Almost as round as that hubcap yesterday! ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 258

Friday, September 13, 2013

Back to the Dam… You can see the rolls of black rubber dam material on the barge better if you click on the photo.  (BACK to return!)  They put this up as a curtain on the right half (or far side here) of the dam.  Then they lower the top of the curtain to let […]

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