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April 19, 2008
And the Odometer Rolls Over
It is a somewhat of an arbitrarily chosen marker, as I have surely deleted many pictures that never made it off the camera and on to the hard drive, but some time in the very wee hours of this morning, my camera took its' 10,000th picture and began counting again. I spent the entire night at a lock-in for my church and took about 375 pictures, but despite being tired and needing to get home to sleep, I could not resist the day which was so perfect for photography (well at least of the sort I like to shoot), with its backgrounds of dark grey skies or dark wet earth or tree trunks, which nicely set off the beautiful colors of spring, which were made even more vivid today by the beads of moisture from the softly falling rain. Below are a couple of examples. I was going to only post horizontal shots today just for variety (even though they are smaller), but I cheated a bit on a couple of them. I might bring out some of the veritcals in the next day or two, as there are some pretty cool ones.
Oh, and another very exciting thing happened in my photographic life yesterday as my first external flash arrived in the mail. And, my goodness, it does make for ever so much nicer flash photographs, and I have not even really even begun to learn to use it well, though the evidence from last night makes me very excited to do so. And, then on the way home, another blessing. Driving by the Missouri Council of the Blind thrift store, I saw a tripod in the window. I circled back and found a tripod for $30 which was $15 today on 50% off day. And it is a really nice one, and will nicely replace my current one which is less than functional in some pretty significant ways. Needless to say I am ver blessed and excited.
Oh, and the lock-in was very cool and involved a trip to Coachlite Roller Rink, but that deserves a post of its own. In the meantime, I might have to check out Roll Bounce.
Finally, be sure to look closely at the water droplet in the picture below as it pretty much acting like a fish eye lens and creates a cool effect.
Photos and Art II | By jackdas | 10:45 PM
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I'm thinking of some unfortunate side-effects of the old tripod involving Dave Lim's head...
Posted by: Heidi H. at April 19, 2008 11:22 PM
Ha, ha, Heidi. I am not talking about that tripod. That is my mini tripod, which just works great, when it is used properly that is ;)
Posted by: Neil E. Das at April 19, 2008 11:29 PM
The droplet is great AND wow the birds! The black bird in the grass and the iridescent dead one bowing on the pavementl! Neil, I'm looking forward to your next show. I think Hopkins would be deeply moved.
Posted by: Heidi Vincent at April 21, 2008 11:07 AM
