.. Jalbum 8.6 slides/jul31.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 And finally for July, a new shot of something besides fruit. Pecans! Trying to be a little artistic here. Shot with the same setup and a diffused ringflash underneath to generate the brilliant white backdrop. Mods: None. And finally for July, a new shot of something besides fruit. Pecans! Trying to be a little artistic here. Shot with the same setup and a diffused ringflash underneath to generate the brilliant white backdrop. Mods: None. slides/jul31.jpg slides/jul30.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 I'm exploring different lighting techniques. Here, the raspberries are suspended on a glass panel, with black felt several inches underneatl. Lighting is from two directions. Mods: None. I'm exploring different lighting techniques. Here, the raspberries are suspended on a glass panel, with black felt several inches underneatl. Lighting is from two directions. Mods: None. slides/jul30.jpg slides/jul29.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 Continuing, I repeated a shot from two years ago. Much better clarity and color with the new camera. Mods: None. Continuing, I repeated a shot from two years ago. Much better clarity and color with the new camera. Mods: None. slides/jul29.jpg slides/jul28.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 I put together a new lighting setup, with an off-camera strobe and diffuser, and my ringflash as well. I'm really liking the results here. Great illumination of some blueberries. Mods: None. I put together a new lighting setup, with an off-camera strobe and diffuser, and my ringflash as well. I'm really liking the results here. Great illumination of some blueberries. Mods: None. slides/jul28.jpg slides/jul27.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 The power was out so long, I had to buy dry ice to keep the freezers cold. I had fun with it afterwards. Mods: None. The power was out so long, I had to buy dry ice to keep the freezers cold. I had fun with it afterwards. Mods: None. slides/jul27.jpg slides/jul26.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 We've had storms recently- a lot of them. This one knocked out our power for 7 hours. Mods: White Balance correction to take out the sodium vapor glow. We've had storms recently- a lot of them. This one knocked out our power for 7 hours. Mods: White Balance correction to take out the sodium vapor glow. slides/jul26.jpg slides/jul25.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 We drove to Ft. Worth tonight for my birthday dinner at Lonesome Dove Bistro in the Stockyards. This dilapidated building was just behind the area. Not sure why it is the way it is, but here it is. Mods: None. We drove to Ft. Worth tonight for my birthday dinner at Lonesome Dove Bistro in the Stockyards. This dilapidated building was just behind the area. Not sure why it is the way it is, but here it is. Mods: None. slides/jul25.jpg slides/jul24.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 I took a drive after work today to a nature preserve in Carrollton/Coppell. This was next to Sandy Lake Park. I would like to boat up this creek someday- it's called Turkey Creek. Mods: None. I took a drive after work today to a nature preserve in Carrollton/Coppell. This was next to Sandy Lake Park. I would like to boat up this creek someday- it's called Turkey Creek. Mods: None. slides/jul24.jpg slides/jul23.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 This is some of the menagerie that comes with living on a creek. I like the near-monotone look of this image. Mods: None. This is some of the menagerie that comes with living on a creek. I like the near-monotone look of this image. Mods: None. slides/jul23.jpg slides/jul22.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 This is some of the menagerie that comes with living on a creek. Mods: None. This is some of the menagerie that comes with living on a creek. Mods: None. slides/jul22.jpg slides/jul21.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 This is a 2-picture pano taken from the roof of a parking garage at the Galleria. Security approached me shortly later. Seems everyone's a bit twitchy these days. Mods: Stitched. This is a 2-picture pano taken from the roof of a parking garage at the Galleria. Security approached me shortly later. Seems everyone's a bit twitchy these days. Mods: Stitched. slides/jul21.jpg slides/jul20.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 This is Toby, a neighborhood cat that likes to relax at our place during the day. Mods: None. This is Toby, a neighborhood cat that likes to relax at our place during the day. Mods: None. slides/jul20.jpg slides/jul19.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 We went on a drive around the northeastern edge of Dallas. This was a globe of a lamp post at the courthouse in McKinney, Tx. Mods: None. We went on a drive around the northeastern edge of Dallas. This was a globe of a lamp post at the courthouse in McKinney, Tx. Mods: None. slides/jul19.jpg slides/jul18.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 This squirrel had a particularly fluffy and red tail. A cat was up on the patio table a few feet from him- he was being brave (or foolhardy) stealing some of the cat's food from under its nose. Mods: None. This squirrel had a particularly fluffy and red tail. A cat was up on the patio table a few feet from him- he was being brave (or foolhardy) stealing some of the cat's food from under its nose. Mods: None. slides/jul18.jpg slides/jul17.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 I took tihs shot at Williams Square in Las Colinas. I used the so-called 'Brenizer Method', where you use a portrait lens but take a mosaic of a lot of shots. This way you get the shallow depth of field of a longer lens, while getting the benefits of a panorama. Mods: Stitching of 19 individual shots to get this crop. I took tihs shot at Williams Square in Las Colinas. I used the so-called 'Brenizer Method', where you use a portrait lens but take a mosaic of a lot of shots. This way you get the shallow depth of field of a longer lens, while getting the benefits of a panorama. Mods: Stitching of 19 individual shots to get this crop. slides/jul17.jpg slides/jul16.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 Just a sunlight pattern through the blinds on a lampshade. Ignore the cathair. Mods: Contrast enhanced. Just a sunlight pattern through the blinds on a lampshade. Ignore the cathair. Mods: Contrast enhanced. slides/jul16.jpg slides/jul15.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 This is an isolate of my taillight on my new Prius. I thought they looked pretty cool. Mods: Shape cropped. This is an isolate of my taillight on my new Prius. I thought they looked pretty cool. Mods: Shape cropped. slides/jul15.jpg slides/jul14.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 I've been trying to see how high a mileage I can get on my Prius. Not bad for a bit of driving in city. I seem to get higher mileage on the highway if I try to control the pedal properly. I may not have learned well enough how to drive stop-n-go as efficiently. The last 5-minute segment here shows 70mpg!!! BTW, you can tell it was hot today! Mods: None. I've been trying to see how high a mileage I can get on my Prius. Not bad for a bit of driving in city. I seem to get higher mileage on the highway if I try to control the pedal properly. I may not have learned well enough how to drive stop-n-go as efficiently. The last 5-minute segment here shows 70mpg!!! BTW, you can tell it was hot today! Mods: None. slides/jul14.jpg slides/jul13.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 I was at Northpark Mall today getting a battery installed in my wife's watch (only Movado store in town). Had a little time to kill, so I shot these ducks. Mods: None. I was at Northpark Mall today getting a battery installed in my wife's watch (only Movado store in town). Had a little time to kill, so I shot these ducks. Mods: None. slides/jul13.jpg slides/jul12.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 A different take on the food coloring shots. I may yet try more of these. Mods: None. A different take on the food coloring shots. I may yet try more of these. Mods: None. slides/jul12.jpg slides/jul11.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 A random wing I found outside, largely intact. Mods: none. A random wing I found outside, largely intact. Mods: none. slides/jul11.jpg slides/jul10.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 I'm redoing some of my sliced food photos with my new and better camera. This time, I tried vertical, which gives it a different look completely. Mods: None. I'm redoing some of my sliced food photos with my new and better camera. This time, I tried vertical, which gives it a different look completely. Mods: None. slides/jul10.jpg slides/jul09.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 This is a Halo conference room- we have these at work now, and we did a 4-site conference here. Left screen, Boston. Middle, Atlanta. Right, Mt. View. Pretty cool and very well done setup. It is easy to interact- all screens are diametrically opposite you, so when you look at someone, they see you looking at them. And sound is directional as well. Very nice. Mods: None. This is a Halo conference room- we have these at work now, and we did a 4-site conference here. Left screen, Boston. Middle, Atlanta. Right, Mt. View. Pretty cool and very well done setup. It is easy to interact- all screens are diametrically opposite you, so when you look at someone, they see you looking at them. And sound is directional as well. Very nice. Mods: None. slides/jul09.jpg slides/jul08.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 Toby, an occasional neighbor cat that spends time on our porch, seemed not too fazed by a raccoon taking food from a dish we'd put on the table for him (another cat on the deck had been tormenting him). Funny pic... Mods: None. Toby, an occasional neighbor cat that spends time on our porch, seemed not too fazed by a raccoon taking food from a dish we'd put on the table for him (another cat on the deck had been tormenting him). Funny pic... Mods: None. slides/jul08.jpg slides/jul07.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 This was taken with my N97, the new Nokia touchscreen phone. The camera is much better than the N95, even though it is the same optics. It seems to have lower noise. However, annoyingly, it still confuses image size with quality, and there is no true quality setting. Mods: Super resolution processing and noise reduction. This was taken with my N97, the new Nokia touchscreen phone. The camera is much better than the N95, even though it is the same optics. It seems to have lower noise. However, annoyingly, it still confuses image size with quality, and there is no true quality setting. Mods: Super resolution processing and noise reduction. slides/jul07.jpg slides/jul06.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 I should really pay attention to little things like a hair across the chip when I'm taking pictures. This is the inside of my old tolltag- it broked apart when I was transferring it to my new car. Mods: None. I should really pay attention to little things like a hair across the chip when I'm taking pictures. This is the inside of my old tolltag- it broked apart when I was transferring it to my new car. Mods: None. slides/jul06.jpg slides/jul05.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 We planted some vincas in the yard- they are a pretty flower. Mods: Focus stacking to get more detail. We planted some vincas in the yard- they are a pretty flower. Mods: Focus stacking to get more detail. slides/jul05.jpg slides/jul04.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 And today I picked up the car- we closed pretty late at night and I didn't have my old car with me at the time to trade in. It's a Prius. Mods: None. And today I picked up the car- we closed pretty late at night and I didn't have my old car with me at the time to trade in. It's a Prius. Mods: None. slides/jul04.jpg slides/jul03.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 Today I bought a new car- a Prius. Being near July 4th, they had patriotic displays up to help patriotically excite me into patriotically spending money for a car. Toyota, of course, but they're made in America now! Mods: None. Today I bought a new car- a Prius. Being near July 4th, they had patriotic displays up to help patriotically excite me into patriotically spending money for a car. Toyota, of course, but they're made in America now! Mods: None. slides/jul03.jpg slides/jul02.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 Just a squirrel foraging for food on our deck. Mods: None. Just a squirrel foraging for food on our deck. Mods: None. slides/jul02.jpg slides/jul01.html# Sat, 29 May 2010 00:26:51 -0500 I finally tried out my new (used) ringflash. It makes a great catchlight in the eye, and provides a very even, near shadow-free picture. Mods: None. I finally tried out my new (used) ringflash. It makes a great catchlight in the eye, and provides a very even, near shadow-free picture. Mods: None. slides/jul01.jpg