Taken at the Echo Drive-In, Roosevelt, Utah.

I have no idea what’s going on here. o

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Posted in: 2009, 5D, echo drive-in, green, lensbaby, red, roosevelt, summer

Echo Drive-in, Roosevelt, Utah. Tricky lensbaby shot where I tried to get both the swing and the sign in focus. Didn’t quite get there in the fading light of day, but not a bad effort with a 50′ focus plane. o

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Posted in: 2009, 5D, duchesne, lensbaby, summer

Since we’ve had little summer here, it feels like Portland or Seattle; cool, some rain, afternoon clouds and overnight thunderstorms. I’m not complaining per se about the cool weather, as I’m sure it’s going to be a hot summer in a week or so.

As a reminder to myself about the bitter cold of winter I thought I’d share this one that I took in January. The light was really nice and took to my post-processing very well. I love how the podlings look like butterfly/moth wings, frozen and still. o

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Posted in: 5D Mk II, lensbaby, nature, tree, winter

This is a 1/5 second exposure of the groovy light over our stairs with the lensbaby. This is intentionally blurry and weird, because that’s how I roll today. o

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Posted in: 5D Mk II, abstract, blue, lensbaby

I love the exuberant little stems in this shot. Love them to death.

Soundtrack to this image would be the Doves’ “Catch the Sun“. The chorus is brilliant. o

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Posted in: 5D Mk II, bloom, flower, lensbaby, macro, spring

Those little purple thingies (pistils? stamen? pistii? stamens?) are cool. Sure, now comes the nasal passage/soul deadening pollen, but the beauty!

Taken before the bathroom redo started and effectively rendered my brain and body into mush. How did we do that kitchen remodel all those years ago? I’m working solo on the bathroom, maybe that has something to do with it. It’s not that the bathroom even comes close to what we did with the kitchen. It’s that Heather’s nesting/ADD is kicking in so she’s all bossing me around like I’m 18 again and have energy to burn. Doesn’t she know I’m pushing 90? o

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Posted in: 5D Mk II, bloom, flower, lensbaby, macro, spring

These massive tulips take a little longer to bloom than others in our yard. They are huge. I’m avoiding the obvious subject at hand, which would be a discussion about Georgia O’Keefe ^{1, 2}. My image is only midly suggestive. O’Keefe’s images are all the way labiariffic. o

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Posted in: 5D Mk II, flower, lensbaby, macro, red, spring

I am in love with spring this year. This winter was not as brutal as last year, not even close. Yes, we had snow last week, but this week is heavenly despite having a sick Leta. She’s on the ups (we hope) and the weather looks to stay lovely for a few more days.

I shot this one with the Lensbaby and a macro adapter. I’m still getting the hang of shooting right on top of things, but the light this morning was too lovely not to share. I snuck out while Heather watched sick Leta and I grabbed a few shots I liked. o

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Posted in: 5D Mk II, flower, lensbaby, macro, spring, vegetation

I wonder if these branches are formed as much by wind as they are by genetics. o

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Posted in: fake xpro, lensbaby, tree, winter, xpro

Underexposure can yield some interesting colors. Especially when you bump the exposure back up.

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I’m trying to gauge if the screencasts are interesting to you, kind readers. Let me know what you’d like to see (I won’t do nudity) in the comments and I’ll see what I can whip up.

One of the screencasts I want to do is to show why Fireworks is so good for web design; comparing it to Photoshop, etc. o

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Posted in: 5D, distressed, lensbaby