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Monthly Archives: July 2011

Day 190

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Sunset Saturday night, from the railroad tunnel near Belt… (1/250, f8, 32mm, ISO 250,-1/2 stop) The Dailylife Wife shooting the sunset! (1/60, f8, 30mm, ISO 250) (1/20, f8, 65mm, ISO 400, -1/2 stop) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 189

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Down by Giant Springs… A European Starling… (1/3000, f8, 400mm, ISO 250, -1/2 stop, 100% crop) A bedraggled female Yellow-headed Blackbird… (1/1500, f8, 400mm, ISO 250, -1/2 stop, 100% crop) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 188

Saturday, July 9, 2011

A Barnswallow in flight. (1/1500, f8, 400mm, ISO 250, -1/2 stop) (1/1500, f8, 400mm, ISO 250, -1/2 stop) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 187: Buffalo Stampede!

Thursday, July 7, 2011

(Click to enlarge; BACK to return!) I was down by Giant Springs yesterday and saw something in the water… Hey, it looks like… …a fish? No, two fish.  Big fish. Really big fish. Cavorting.  Frolicking. These things are four feet long, and as big around as my leg! Not two, but three or four or […]

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Day 186: Fireworks pt 1

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Robyn, Walter, the Dailylife Wife and I went out to a wheat field to watch fireworks last night.  Spectacular, as always!  So here is Part 1, with minimal interruptions. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Now, I have always wondered what made fireworks, ummm, work.  Now we know. Dragons! Really, really short lived […]

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Day 185

Monday, July 4, 2011

More from Saturday morning in Gibson Park! Two wallpaper sized and one not, from the same photo. (1/2500, f8, 96mm, ISO 320, -2/3 stop) (1/1250, f9, 132mm, ISO 320, -2/3 stop) (1/2000, f9, 150mm, ISO 320, -2/3 stop) (1/60, f7.1, 29mm, ISO 200) (1/640, f8 150mm, ISO320, -2/3 stop) (1/3200, f5, 89mm, ISO 320, -2/3 […]

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Happy Independence Day II

Monday, July 4, 2011

I saw more fireworks down at Gibson Park! Whoosh! Boom! Hiss!  Bang!Bang!Bang! Whoosh!  Hiss!  Pop! Pop! Pop! KERBLOOWIE! Happy Fourth of July!  Go hug a Vet! ~Curtis in /\/\onTana, USA! {!-{>

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Day 184: The Camera Club @ Gibson Park!

Monday, July 4, 2011

Most of the participants at Saturday’s shoot: Becca, Robyn and Ken get organized. Concentration. Kimmee, Robyn and Ken setting up. Hmmmm…. Moving on… Reflector girl?  Oh, reflector girl! Ummmm… Don’t try this… …at home… …we’re professionals! *** ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Happy Independence Day!

Sunday, July 3, 2011

A trio of special wallpapers in honor of the 4th! The first two are from the same basic photo, but cut differently. (1/8, f5.6, 135mm, ISO 800, -1 stop) Just a slightly different cut to the photo. I figure a good sun-or-moonset is kind of natural fireworks.  Here goes the last bit! (7/10, f5.6, 400mm, […]

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Day 183: Flowers at Gibson Park

Saturday, July 2, 2011

The camera club met down at Gibson Park at 7am this morning to take advantage of the warm light on the flowers.  Some of them were a little past their prime, but they were still fun to shoot!  I took the Dailylife Wife’s Olympus PEN PL2.  This is one wonderful little camera!  Other than cropping, […]

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