Sometimes I hate computers. Had a lightning strike and power surge a few days ago. The computer and software survived just fine except for McAfee. It went insane. Can't fix it. Spent hours on phone with McAfee tech. support. Finally let them fix it remotely. They said I can now reboot and and reinstall. So I did. BLUE SCREEN!!! I have to reload Windows now. Last time I let someone else touch my computer. Three computers on the network and McAfee went insane on all three at the same time. Oh well at least I am getting some shooting done.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
VIDEO OF THE DAY...LITTLE BLACK DUCKS BOBBING ON THE BIG BLUE SEA
Well they are not ducks and this is not the big blue sea, so how about some Coots bobbing on a Midwest Lake? Do they get sea sick? I wonder how furiously their little legs are paddling against the wind.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY.................STIRRING UP MUCK
Photo taken yesterday while on my evening walk of a Canadian Goose stirring up the muck from the bottom of the lake.
CAMERA: CANON D10 - SETTINGS:AUTO - PROCESS: PICASSA
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY........SILO SUNSET
Happy Saint Patrick's Day everyone. I am sorry I am unable to offer up something green and Celtic for you. Unfortunately my day is occupied by things unartistic. So I am offering up a sunset from last month.
CANON D10 PROCESSED IN PICASSA
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY........SUNSET OVER ENGLISH BAY
Sunset over English Bay Vancouver British Columbia. Taken back on March 25, 2002
OLYMPUS D40Z AUTOMATIC
Monday, March 14, 2011
BONUS PHOTO.........HOW DID I KNOW THAT?
How did I know that was a Yellow Rumped Warbler? That looks like a mighty yellow rump to me.
PHOTO OF THE DAY........YELLOW RUMPED WARBLER
This is a Yellow Rumped Warbler. According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology it is a very common bird in the Ozarks during winter, but is not a bird feeder visitor. Being winter, it is wearing it's drab winter feathers. The photo was taken on Jan. 30, 2011, a very gray day. It was taken through a window so quality is not very good but my goal was to record it. Hopefully I will get another opportunity to take a portrait of this tiny little cutie under better conditions. I have added a link to the Cornell Lab Website so you can hear it's song. Watch your volume it can be an ear piercing melody.
CANON EOS 40D w/ EF 7-200 f/2.8 IS USM
Sunday, March 13, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY.............MORALITY SIGNS
A Not so hidden message. 100 'Get out of Hell Free' Points for anyone who guesses where these signs are located. Locals ineligible to play.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY........AIRCRAFT I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE
It has been sometime since I have driven down the flight line and there was a Saab 340 parked on the ramp with US Air Force markings. By the look of it, it seems to be a coastal or maritime surveillance aircraft. It sure has a lot of "things" hanging off of it and two bug eyes in the nose.
CANON D10
Monday, March 7, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY......BROTHERLY LOVE
Would you believe as I write this these two brothers are beating the snot out of each other behind my chair. "Don't you love your brother? Nah but I'm used to him" Chico Marx. The grey guy is Goosafur 'Goose' Longshanks. His brother is Rooster Longshanks.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Photo of the Day........Ice fog over Lake Springfield
Yea it's called Lake Springfield or Springfield Lake. Yea it's a man made lake. Yea it sounds like something out of the Simpsons, and if you're thinking that, trust me, you wouldn't be far from wrong. But, when I see Lake Springfield I don't always see Lake Springfield.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
BONUS PHOTO OF THE DAY ............SHUTTLE LAUNCH
I decided to post a second photo from the launch. I enlarged one of the photos I took as large as I could because I had thought I noticed the condensation forming around the nose of the shuttle and solid rocket booster from reaching trans-sonic speed. The image is small and grainy but I think you can see the shock waves forming.
PHOTO OF THE DAY......................SHUTTLE LAUNCH
In honor of the final flight of Discover OV-103 I am posting a scan of a print of a photo I took back on May 4, 1989 of Atlantis OV-104. While witnessing my one and only space shuttle launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Amazingly not many people were there. Maybe because the shuttle launches had become pretty routine by then. Maybe because it was a Thursday. Maybe because it was in the spring. I was fortunate enough to be travelling from Miami to Jacksonville and stopped in to visit my college roommate who worked at KSC. I rode a bus to the edge of the water opposite the launch pad. I had to be using my EOS Elan and EF 100-300 4.5-5.6 lens. At 300mm of course. I took a lot of photos but have only scanned in three. I don't remember what film I used. I'd have to look into the archives to find the film. So here is an old photo of Atlantis. Remind me to tell the story of watching an Air Force satellite launch when they launched the rocket into the middle of a thunderstorm and had to blow it up. Never saw a thing. Just a very loud roar and then KA-BOOM!! I think I have a few photos of that event archived.
PHOTO OF THE DAY...............BUMPER STICKERS
Most of the bumper stickers I have captured have come in from right field so what a thrill to find a set of stickers from left field for a change. As always click on the pic to get a better view.
Taken with Canon D10
Monday, February 21, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY..................GEESE ON THE FROZEN LAKE
Geese on a partially frozen lake. Taken on Jan. 20, 2011 at 3:25PM
EOS 40D F/9.0 1/200 ISO-100 EF70-200 F/2.8 IS USM
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
VIDEO OF THE DAY....................................BIRD, ANGEL OR FRACTUS
Yes, a video. For those of you who are spiritual you might say it's an angel descended from heaven. For you imaginitive romantics a white dove of peace. For me its a stationary Fractus cloud formed below the wind shear level under fast moving Altostratus clouds associated with a warm moist fast moving airmass from the Southwest. But, ..."I've seen clouds from both sides.......I really don't know clouds at all."
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY............................REMINDER TO SELF
A reminder to self. Next time I complain about how cold it is remember this!
Monday, February 14, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY..........LAST OF THE AERIAL SUNSET SERIES
This is the last of the American Airlines Boeing 757 from Vancouver to Dallas sunset photos from 37,000 feet series taken back on November 24, 2010. This last photo attempts to capture the magenta glow within the cabin.
Shot with Canon D10. Processed with Adobe CS5
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