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Night Flight

2008-08-20T11:58:21Z

I love flying at night. There is so much to see, all the towns that are lit up, the cars on country roads, the stars, clouds and moon... I thought this shot turned out really neat. This plane was flying overhead while I was out trying to get pictures of the full moon. Turns out this is the only picture of the night that turned out any good...

The Lone Ranger

2008-08-19T10:51:24Z

This little guy was floating out on his own the other day, so I grabbed my camera and framed him up in the trees and snapped away. I called him the lone ranger because there were LOTS of LARGE clouds off to the west, so it was like this guy was on his way, checking out the conditions for things to come...

Rolling clouds

2008-08-17T14:08:43Z

Last week was a pretty turbulent week here, lots of storms and rain. This shot is from the parking lot at work. The blue structure is the bag house for dust collection, which I'm told can be heard several miles away. I took this shot because I really liked the look of the clouds. I don't think they opened up and let loose on us, however I work in a cinder block room in the middle of the plant, so no windows. In the days to come, I'll try and find out the name for these clouds.... 08/19/08 - I took the time to look it up. As I suspected, these were Mammatus clouds, but I wasn't 100^ sure. I am now...

Different type of plane

2008-08-16T23:39:55Z

Not sure what this is, I was outside snapping pics of some plants when I heard this going over head. I quickly swung the camera up and snapped this shot. The plane is moving from left to right of the image. If you have any ideas, please feel free to let me know what this is... 08.19.08 - This was identified correctly by Tom as being a Burt Rutan design. It is the Beech Starship, one of only 5 left flying in the world. A quick google search will find a great deal of info on this plane....

A dogs life

2008-08-14T10:38:30Z

Looking back through my photo albums in Photoshop, came across this one. Cupid (at the back) is approaching 15 years old, while Comet is only 3 years old. As you can tell, they lead a rough life...

Little Pleiades

2008-08-13T13:08:44Z

While outside, around 2am, trying to capture some of the meteor shower, I snapped this picture. I liked this one because it was pretty clear and crisp. What I like most though, is the Pleiades, which can be seen in the lower centre of the image, hence the name....

Lillies in the Sun

2008-08-12T09:19:02Z

As I was heading off to work, I stepped outside and saw these two lillies posing for a shot, like they were asking for a picture to be taken. I rushed in and grabbed my camera and started to shoot. I had to move a few stones to get the angle I wanted, and as I did I came to face to with our resident bullfrog (have you found him yet?). I was close enough I could have kissed him I think. I wonder if he would have transformed to Prince Charming...

Clear Through

2008-08-11T12:06:47Z

Another shot of this factory. This shot appealed to me because of the way you can see clear through the building to the vibrant greens on the other side. I realized, after I had taken this series of shots that the camera was on ISO 800, a mistake. Thanks to the wonders of shooting in RAW format, I was able to recover this shot a little. I can still see a little bit of graininess, but it's much better then it was...

Clouds

2008-08-10T16:29:47Z

As you can see, the sky was pretty dark; I was excited and had the camera all set up for some lightning shots. When the lightning didn't materialize, I turned to the camera to some great cloud formations and shot....

The Old Water Tower

2008-08-09T09:54:31Z

A more wide shot of this old Factory. I would really like to be able to get into this property and take a look around. As this is not likely to happen, I'll post a few more shots over the next few days probably...