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Day 68: Down at Rainbow Dam and Falls…

Monday, March 7, 2011

(Nikon Coolpix L11) You know, for a relatively cheap ($89.95 at Sears) point ‘n shoot camera, with serious wear (memory card door is latched with duct tape…standard on many of my cameras!) and substantial dust spots on the sensor (NOT corrected in this shot…), this thing still takes some pretty good photos! ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! […]

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Day 67

Monday, March 7, 2011

Variations on a fire plug… (Nikon Coolpix L11 on Auto) Another version of the same photo. And now in the original color version… Which do you prefer? ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 66

Sunday, March 6, 2011

(1/2000, f8, 95mm, ISO 250, +1/2 stop) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 65: Dailylife Wife on Parade!

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Something is coming… (All photos on Dailylife Wife’s Canon SX100IS) Lugnut is excited! The Dailylife Daughter #1 is working hard… Here it Comes! Cake and frosting by Albertson’s, imperfections in the frosting by Lugnut! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAILYLIFE WIFE! More presents on the way! ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 64: More Dailylife down on the Missouri River

Sunday, March 6, 2011

“Frank?” “Yeah, Irving?” “Don’t look now, but he’s back.” “Who’s back?” “Him.  That guy with the camera.” “What?  Oh no, the restraining order didn’t work?” “I guess not.” (1/750, f11, 260mm, ISO 250, -1/2 stop) “Only one thing we can do…” (1/750, f11, 260mm, ISO 250, -1/2 stop) “Yeah, let’s get out of here.” (1/750, […]

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Day 63

Sunday, March 6, 2011

It would appear to be a female Common Goldeneye. (1/500, f11, 135mm, ISO 250) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 62

Sunday, March 6, 2011

A nice Mallard, down on the river.  No sharpening! (1/350, f11, 225mm, ISO 250) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 58

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Last flickers for a while… Three at a time. (1/500, f11, 100mm, ISO 100) This one is 100% crop. (1/500, f11, 260mm, ISO 100) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Northern Flicker Catchup

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

I left the camera up at our back door with the Sigma f8 600mm Mirror lens on a tripod over the weekend, and focused very carefully using Liveview (some Canon digital SLR’s let you use the lcd menu and playback screen on the back of the camera to compose the photo.  The downside is no […]

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Day 56

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Meanwhile, down by the Missouri, a Common Goldeneye. (1/500, f11, 210mm, ISO 400, +1 stop) (1/500, f11, 220mm, ISO 400, +1 stop) (1/750, f11, 260mm, ISO 400, +1 stop) (1/500, f11, 275mm, ISO 400, +1 stop) (1/500, f11, 165mm, ISO 400, +1 stop) (1/500, f11, 130mm, ISO 400, +1 stop) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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