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Technical and home made photography stuff!

Day 86

Sunday, March 26, 2017

A quick cellphone selfie (on a stick!) of the Dailylife Wife, Toots and me, in the Best Western parking lot in Gardiner, MT.  I have stayed there twice now on this and last year’s Great Falls Camera Club Yellowstone outings.  Pretty nice!  There are often Buffalo, Bighorn Sheep or Elk on the far shore behind […]

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Day 79

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Finally!  Back in Great Falls! Down on the River there were a bunch of Canvasback ducks. These next four all come from the same photo, but are sized, sharpened and cropped somewhat differently. The one above is even suitable for wallpaper! They are listed as uncommon in my Petersen’s Field Guide on my iPad. Certainly not […]

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Day 33

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

A fish-eyed view of Rainbow Falls and Dam, taken a week or so ago. Taken on my cellphone. ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 17

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

I was down by the River today after dropping Toots at home after her school got out, and while there wasn’t much in the way of waterfowl, I did find this herd of deer on the new industrial spur, a couple hundred feet north of the railroad crossing signals. This is a three photo panorama, […]

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Day 357

Saturday, December 24, 2016

From a week ago, when I photographed the bloody eagle! A 100% crop, I think, but it came up short in the width…only 1436×960 instead of 1440×960…I wonder where those 4 pixels went? ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 354

Friday, December 23, 2016

We went to Toots’ Christmas program.  Being bored before they came in I started to play around…they had a really nice winter background behind the risers for the kids.  A great scene with real lights! One of the favorite techniques of Friend Robyn is zooming in or out during the exposure. It can be kind […]

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Day 350

Friday, December 16, 2016

This is the back of the Ursuline Center.  It is also a Daycare/Preschool. 1/3000s, f/5.6, ISO400, 10mm, Canon M2

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Day 321

Monday, November 28, 2016

Back to the Cavern: who knew you could be 500 feet underground and over expose a photo??? You can!!!  It must be those ghosts you see there….{!-{P ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 301

Sunday, November 13, 2016

An immature Bald Eagle on the prowl. (Canon 7D 1/1000s f/5.6 ISO400 300mm) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 299

Sunday, November 13, 2016

Not my favorite bird to photograph, but a nice photo of a California Gull none the less. (Canon 7D 1/3000s f/5.6 ISO400 300mm ) I have started trying some online bird photography class advice:  Good lens, wide open, lowest ISO for a high shutter speed.  It seems to be working. ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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