Of Kids and the Park

November 7, 2008

The fall color has been avoiding me -but I’ve struck back, slipping out to the park on a couple of occasions.

Then I accidentally bumped the button… -sometimes it pays to make mistakes.

Birds, bats, and bugs aren’t the only thing I photograph.  The truth being told, I’ve probably taken more photographs of people than any other subject.  My cousin’s kids needed their pictures taken… Oh to be young again.

Then there was today… more to come soon!

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Little by Little

October 22, 2008

Without a doubt, working on a masters degree reduces your amount of free time -you probably already realized that. I did manage to escape for a couple hours yesterday morning to a nearby park to try to and capture a little of the fall colors. It was pretty disappointing actually; with the exception of nice fresh air and a brisk walk I left more or less empty handed. The fall colors seemed nowhere to be found. Thankfully I managed to find one pretty milkweed pod. It’s amazing how many different ways you can photograph a subject.

My other couple of frames consisted of a few clicks of the creek. I really wasn’t too impressed at the time but after a minute or two in Capture NX2 they aren’t so bad. Have a favorite version?

It all goes to show that every moment and frame can count -even if I only click a couple every month. Hopefully this also holds true for this literature review I’m writing… one paragraph after one small paragraph… [sigh]… back to work. Have a great night.

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Already?

October 3, 2008

October…? Sure enough it’s that time of year again.  Not that I mind -it’s my favorite time of year! It just snuck up on me this time around.  I can’t help but be a little jealous of Moose; while I’m swamped with school work and writing quarterly reports here in Columbus he is out enjoying the newly arriving color in Vermont.

Thankfully the color has just started creeping into the trees here in Ohio so I still have a chance to get out and catch a few images myself.  There is one thing you photographers may be interested in if you haven’t heard of it already.  The Nikon Photo Contest International is accepting entries through November 30 and entry is free!  It’s a great place to see how your images compare to those of other photographers around the world.

I’ve gotten so excited about fall I had to go back through my pictures and pull a few out from years gone by.  Now seems like a good time to get my tripod oiled up…

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On tails of Ike

September 14, 2008

Living in Ohio I really didn’t think I’d have to worry about hurricanes… I did hear on the weather that they said it might get windy when the remnants of hurricane Ike passed by -and for once at least, I think they were right.

We were pounded with strong wind all afternoon today stripping branches from the trees and knocking out power to… well my apartment and the streetlight down the road at least. Gusts over 66 mph were recorded at the Columbus airport and other places say more -let me tell you it they weren’t kidding when they said windy.

The city looks like it just had a decent size ice storm blow through… only it wasn’t wet or cold. Branches are laying everywhere and there is some damage to buildings. With no power in the apartment I decided to take a little hike down the road to experience the blow. It was a little humorous watching the porta-jons being pushed all over the parking lot like a puck on an air-hockey table. I doubt the guy with the tree on his car is getting quite so much enjoyment out of it; neither is the maintenance guy when he shows up in the morning.

**I’m back now. I was in the middle of writing this post and then it started getting dark and I started getting hungry so I thought I would go get something to eat -big mistake. Everyone else also had the same idea about then as well. There are some places with power… but they are scattered about randomly and the restaurants that are open have lines like you wouldn’t believe. I just looked it up online; there are 236,000 + people without power… in this county!

I’m writing this post on my laptop with my big UPS keeping my router and cable modem alive -nothing like technology when you need it… sure wish I had a candle right now…

I’ve been planning for weeks what I have to do tomorrow… it’s the last final piece of field data for the season. I have to go out to my fragile dead roost trees and… collect vegetation data…! Maybe there’s something left -that’s research.

[Update 9-22-08: The aftermath of Ike and the millions that lost power because of the storm is probably old news now but I thought I would put this post up anyway.  Originally it was cued to go up a week ago from my laptop with the power out... but I had issue with the image files and wasn't able to get it up until today.  I hope someone enjoys it anyway.]

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