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Monthly Archives: August 2009

Day 230: The Many Faces of Nicholas Revisited 2

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Still more! (1/30, f8, 95mm, ISO 400, on camera flash, 8 photos animated in JASC Animation Shop) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 229: The Many Faces of Nicholas Revisited 1

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Little Lugnut is just the most expressive person…if he was older I might be calling him a bit of a ham… Man, that finger must taste good! (1/20, f8, 135mm, ISO 400, on camera flash, 6 photos animated in JASC Animation Shop) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 228

Sunday, August 16, 2009

I got a lot of great shots of Nicholas after dinner, with his usual range of expressions, but this one I took right after that. Two doves on our back deck. (1/125, f5.6, 135mm, ISO 100) A little too tall for wallpaper at 1440×996 (most of the ones I post here are 1440×960) but it […]

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Day 227: Off to a Tea Party

Saturday, August 15, 2009

As soon as I got home from the Stacks, I changed and grabbed my friend Vance.  There was a Tea Party protest rally in front of the offices of our two Senators, Baucus and Testor.  Much it is about excess spending, but right now it is about stopping a complete replacement of our health care […]

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Day 226: End of an Era

Saturday, August 15, 2009

East Helena has had a lead smelter for many, many years.  Times and the Market have conspired to close the Smelter, and as part of the environmental clean up (a major project!) they have taken down the three smokestacks that have been the East Helena skyline for much longer than I have been around.  They […]

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Day 225: Thursday the 13th!

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Father-Daughter outing… …At the car wash (with Kona Mochas!!!)… (Nikon Coolpix L11 on Automatic, no flash) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 224: The Great Escape!

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

The Warden ain’t got nothin’ on me, see? I’ll just check over here to see if the screws are watching… It looks clear… …Time to slide my feet under and… …Give a little push and Bloop! I’m Free!  FREE!  Ya’ never get me, Coppers! (Nikon Coolpix L11 on Automatic) ~Curtis with the Escapee, in /\/\onTana! […]

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Day 223, Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Monday, August 10, 2009

I was visiting with Harlee this spring and we took a quick drive down to the Rainbow Falls Overlook. (1/3000, f8, 20mm, ISO 400) These first two are Wallpaper Sized! (1/3000, f8, 17mm, ISO 400) (1/3000, f8, 39mm, ISO 400) (1/250, f16, 40mm, ISO 100) She wasn’t real happy when it was time to go… […]

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Day 222

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Deadman’s Basin between Shawmut and Ryegate, /\/\onTana! looking West, with the lake (Deadman’s Basin Reservoir) behind. (Nikon Coolpix L11 on Automatic, stitched together from seven photos in MS Ice) (Click to enlarge, BACK to return!) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 221, 9 August, 2009

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Today is Argust 9th!  The day all of the Argus Camera Collector’s Group members take an old Argus out and shoot some film.  I got half a roll shot; I hope there is a really good sunset tonight! These are from last Thursday, coming back from Billings.  It was raining so hard at one point […]

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