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Technical and home made photography stuff!

Day 201

Saturday, July 19, 2014

Columbine from the Dailylife Wife’s flower garden. (1/502s f/2.2 ISO40 4.8mm (35mm eq:31mm) Galaxy s5) A different view of one. (1/542s f/2.2 ISO40 4.8mm (35mm eq:31mm) s5) Yeah, I could have gotten better/closer/more detailed photos with my Canon 100mm Macro…but these were taken with a cellphone…no wonder digital camera sales are sliding! The Official Gardener-ette: […]

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Day 195

Sunday, July 13, 2014

This is the sunrise yesterday, following the Super Moon.  It was pretty bright… (1/8000s f/8.0 ISO320 214mm -3 stops Canon 7D) An early Robin enjoying the sunrise, too. (1/750s f/6.7 ISO320 300mm -1/2 stop 7D) One of those artsy, out-of-focus-foreground photographs. (1/125s f/16.0 ISO320 277mm 7D) Two pelicans. (1/1500s f/8.0 ISO320 300mm -1.5 stops 7D) […]

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Day 194

Sunday, July 13, 2014

A selection of the Super Moon rising last night. Fife in the setting sun. The sky has some haze thanks to Canadian forrst fires.  Hence some of the orange on the Moon. (1/60s f/8.0 ISO200 79mm -1/2 stop Canon 7D) A Super Moon is when the Moon is closest to the Earth when it is […]

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Day 191

Sunday, July 13, 2014

I got to take Miss Toots to swimming last week.  Here she is at kickboard practice, one of my favorites! (1/45s f/5.6 ISO4000 112mm Canon 7D) Who knew it was so dim in there?  I had to use 4000 ISO to stop motion…and not well at that! (1/45s f/5.6 ISO4000 135mm 7D) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! […]

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Day 190: Flowers along the River, Part 3

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

A short walk along Rivers Edge Trail near Rainbow Dam and Falls provided a wide variety of flowers and other stuff.  I know a lot of them are probably weeds, but the flowers are interesting! (All photos taken on the Nikon Coolpix P7100) This is an “other stuff”…a shy bird in a tree. * * […]

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Day 173

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

A couple more panoramas of the rainbow.  The first three are all the same three photos merged.  This a collage effect. (As always, click a couple times to enlarge; BACK to return!) (1/20s f/8.0 ISO500 17mm -2 stops Canon 7D) This is a perspective effect in PS Elements Panorama feature, before cropping.  You can see […]

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Day 169

Saturday, June 21, 2014

Last night (the 20th or 171st Day, not the 169th Day…) we had a pretty substantial rain storm.  I went out so take some lightning photos and found this very intense double rainbow! This is three photos combined into a panorama in PS Elements, uncropped. ( (1/45s f/4.0 ISO500 17mm Canon 7D) This is that […]

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Day 99

Sunday, April 6, 2014

The theme for the State Fair in Photography this year is “Agriculture”.  It also happens to be the the subject of the Great Falls Photography Club’s monthly contest.  Here are my other two entries in the Club contest.  The they are both from a blog post in May 2009. “Spring Shower 1” (1/350s f/8.0 ISO100 […]

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Day 97

Sunday, April 6, 2014

An industrial siding.  I decided to make two versions of this photo.  While the top one is nice, I really like the bottom one, which  is converted to Black and White from the original image. (1/250s f/8.0 ISO250 135mm +1 stop Canon 7D) Black and white, converted. ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 82

Saturday, March 22, 2014

I went down to Giant Springs with Toots this morning.  We saw a variety of ducks (waterfowl), but most of them were across the river.  I have found when it is cold like today, there is a very slight steam rising from the water, and it is hard to get a really sharp photo, even […]

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