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Day 266

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Rainbow Dam and Falls, almost dried up. (1/1000s f/4.5 ISO100 13mm (35mm eq:61mm) -1/3 stop P7100) Crooked Falls.  The power company say they have lowered the river for maintenance, but there has been no measurable precipitation in 35 days…it doesn’t get much lower than this! (1/800s f/5.6 ISO100 6mm (35mm eq:28mm) -2/3 stop P7100) ~Curtis […]

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Day 265

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

A beetle crawling across River’s Edge Trail. (1/320s f/7.1 ISO100 42.6mm (35mm eq:200mm) -2/3 stop P7100)  Cormorant in flight. (1/250s f/8.0 ISO100 42.6mm (35mm eq:200mm) -2/3 stop P7100) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 262

Saturday, September 8, 2012

From a sunset a couple of weeks ago (Day 243), three variations on one photo.  Nice wallpaper! (1/250s f/8.0 ISO1250 120mm +1/2 stop) Filtered using Paint Daubes. Filtered with Splatter. ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 261: Another blast or two from the past!

Friday, September 7, 2012

Tyra (8), Denise (4), Joan, Sean (11.5), Dennis, Michael (6), Ryan (10); December 1993. Tyra , Kirsten, Sean (top), Michael (bottom), Oma (Mom), Caitlin, Ryan (top), Denise (bottom).  We think this is a couple years after the photo above, so Kirsten is about 8 and Caitlin is about 5.  You do the math! (Both are […]

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Day 260: A blast from the past (or two…)!

Friday, September 7, 2012

December 28th, 1984, Heidelberg, West Germany. (Copied from the photo on our refrigerator for the last 20+ years) Great Gramma Miriam Breitenfeldt (Mom’s mom), September 1995. (Also copied from the photo on the fridge for the last, oh 16 or so years, anyway!) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 258

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Friend Robyn posted some photos from our recent car hunting trip.  She was wondering what the sign on this truck was.  I am pretty sure it is Darth Vader (or his wife) with a picnic basket!   (1/125s f/8.0 ISO250 70mm) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 257

Saturday, September 1, 2012

“…won’t you keep on shining on me!” ~The Doobie Brothers (1/4s f/4.0 ISO1000 38mm -1 stop) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 254

Friday, August 31, 2012

The pelican from last week.  For such a large, ungainly looking bird, they sure look graceful in flight! (1/1500s f/8.0 ISO160 400mm -1/2 stop) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 247

Saturday, August 25, 2012

There were a lot of pelicans down by the river this morning.  Here is one of them. (1/2000s f/8.0 ISO160 400mm -1 stop 100% crop) Here are two different crops of the same takeoff photo. (1/1500s f/8.0 ISO160 400mm -1/2 stop) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 246

Friday, August 24, 2012

A bunch of us went out after the Glacier trip to shoot photos of old cars.  I decided I had not used my pinhole lens in a while and this was a good opportunity to dig it out! Friend Robyn’s version,with a real lens, you know, with glass and stuff! (1 second, ISO 100) (1.5 seconds, […]

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