Fall Color

Autumn

I took this yesterday, (10/01/2011) while on a bike ride along Turnagain Arm from Indian to Girdwood and back. The weather was not the best. Further down from this image it was raining and there was a stiff headwind out of the southeast. The ride became much better when I turned around to go back and had a raging tailwind. Regardless, as they say a bad day on a bike is better than a great day at work. Unfortunately, this might have been the last ride of the season, for the road bike anyway.

City Diner

Above, a single exposure, below a three exposure HDR.

Evening Glow

Something for tonight, enjoy...

Ray: A Life Underwater from Danny Cooke on Vimeo.

This is a scan of a negative, taken with my Minolta XG-1 during the spring breakup of the Kuskokwim River at Bethel in May of 83. I didn't write down and no longer recall what film I used. As you can see, this is from before the 'sea-wall' was built. The old sea-wall consisted of cars, machinery, etc. Whatever was big, heavy, and could (hopefully) stay in place as the ice scoured the riverbank.

Also, for something completely different. Go visit this site,Gigapixel Photography for some truly amazing panoramic photography. What's even more amazing is that the cost of the equipment to do this is under $500.00. I would have thought that it would have been in the thousands at least. Click on one of the panoramas, zoom in and look around. Astonishing.
Fair warning, have a fast internet connection.

Getting There First

Eveing's Golden Light

And bonus, down at the end of the road, just to the left, a pot of gold!

End of season soccer tournament

Summer's Peak

I took this Saturday (7/30/11) on the 'Bird to Gird' bike trail. Summer is at its zenith. The fireweed is in full bloom and we are now beginning that slow glide into fall, my favorite season.

Ptarmigan, summer plummage

I've been on a classic rock & roll kick so...
Friday night's music this week is some live early Led Zepplin doing Communication Breakdown from Danish TV1. Worth a listen. It has a great view of a smoking Paige solo. You don't see anyone playing like this these days, unfortunately.


Also, from 1956, here's Johnny Burnette doing the Original 'Train Kept a Rollin'. Later made famous by the Yardbirds and even later by Aerosmith. None of the covers matches the original, but see for yourself.

Summer Days

Taken during a short hike this afternoon.
It was too nice to stay at work. What can I say.

Some oldies for a Friday night.
They still hold up, in my opinion anyway.
Better than a lot of new stuff.

July 4th Parade

I'm hoping that everyone had a good Independence Day!

Lifted from Daphne's site (Jaded Haven. THanks again...

The Raconteurs "Old Enough" Featuring Ricky Skaggs and Ashley Monroe from Miky Wolf on Vimeo.

The Bus Stopped Here

Hand held HDR.
Here's some Fridaynight videos,

The Mountain from TSO Photography on Vimeo.

Magnus from Meradi Omar on Vimeo.

Summer!

OK, not Alaska. Taken in south central Minnesota.

If you have a few minutes, watching Conan O'Brien's commencement address at Dartmouth is well worth your time. It's a great speech...


This too is worth a few minutes...