tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10271863142416970002024-02-06T20:08:43.598-08:00The Mighty PenAdventures and musings with my E-P2Ian Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027186314241697000.post-77124819111049356382010-07-23T15:56:00.000-07:002010-07-23T16:02:03.175-07:00The end.. or is it?That's about as far as it goes really.Ninety plus days with my new camera, I actually got to 111 before I missed a day. A picture a day for 111 days. Something I thought I'd never be able to do. I've developed as a photographer in that time. Discovered new ideas and concepts and as such it's time to move on and explore those. So I present to you <a href="http://blur-o-graphy.blogspot.com/">blur-o-graphy</a> A blog about my fascination with taking blurred pictures. There's some interesting stuff over there. I hope you'll go and take a look.<div>Thanks for watching this blog!</div>Ian Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027186314241697000.post-16702610642331512282010-07-01T18:27:00.000-07:002010-07-01T18:29:04.469-07:00Day 92 Clouds<div>One of my favourite photograph books is "Horizons" by Craig Blacklock. I which he set up a camera on the top of a cliff overlooking Lake Superior and photographed the Horizon. A super selection of pictures and something I was reminded of when I looked out of the window this morning. So, "What the heck" I thought if its good enough for Craig Blacklock then its good enough for me</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzm87IiO3ASBkVoEtdftpan4E2PjQwyGRDID0c85MQimx_QWpnmVQbslJZOZdvuuEOeJxTJGl5UJcWTLut7nYNi7UiH1_URGGfQAjeDfXNkF0HdUZsqGMq6ClDwABEpqlEOlaWZ6oMpW0/s1600/clouds.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzm87IiO3ASBkVoEtdftpan4E2PjQwyGRDID0c85MQimx_QWpnmVQbslJZOZdvuuEOeJxTJGl5UJcWTLut7nYNi7UiH1_URGGfQAjeDfXNkF0HdUZsqGMq6ClDwABEpqlEOlaWZ6oMpW0/s400/clouds.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489114663432972178" /></a>Ian Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027186314241697000.post-86291106221224770752010-07-01T18:26:00.001-07:002010-07-01T18:27:48.533-07:00day 91 picture<div>I found a scene with a strong diagonal stress to it. I wondered if blurring it would work. I'm not entirely sure if it does or not. The colour seems strong enough Perhaps its just the diagonal blur thats disconcerting. Ah well it's an experiment and a lesson learned...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIrGR29aYbyz9LsKQRxMNvAxJ54elo0g_TyzUwkiqmL59in1exjOmwUXfssPMeR2ZP7K05vSVAFAQ6wVF6Zu_pS417YxLOxBmUDTTHiOVgqO4RLftoo5_mq1hMLYyf7jZvIJ8YegRt5Bo/s1600/angleblur.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIrGR29aYbyz9LsKQRxMNvAxJ54elo0g_TyzUwkiqmL59in1exjOmwUXfssPMeR2ZP7K05vSVAFAQ6wVF6Zu_pS417YxLOxBmUDTTHiOVgqO4RLftoo5_mq1hMLYyf7jZvIJ8YegRt5Bo/s400/angleblur.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489114323739849842" /></a>Ian Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027186314241697000.post-77138501719714725252010-07-01T12:13:00.000-07:002010-07-01T12:41:48.486-07:00Day 91 Withdrawls.Day 91 came. There was no pressure to take a picture. But out of habit the camera went in my bag as I headed out to work. But I was busy at work and never got a chance to take any pictures. Still wasn't bothered. However, as the day wound on and I got home I started to feel like something was missing. The need to take a picture grew and grew and by 7pm I was getting quite desperate. I hunted around the garden looking for plants weeds, bugs anything to excite me into a photograph. It was Doctor Who on BBCAmerica at 8pm surely I could hold out until then and once that was on I'd be so engrossed in the show I'd forget all about it.<br />Not so fast. Every commerical break I looked out of the window longingly at the evening light (the fact that this Doctor Who story involved Vincent Van Gogh did nothing to curb my artistic feelings) So one break I got up and went outside and shot pictures.<br />It made me feel better.<br />The pictures? You'll have to wait until I process themIan Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027186314241697000.post-54697892981880319132010-06-30T16:59:00.001-07:002010-06-30T17:02:24.325-07:00Day 90 Sunset Blur<div>Well, I did it. I made it to 90 days, a picture a day. For this last shot I waited til the end of the day to capture something symbolic of coming to the end of the task. I'm really quite taken with what I call "blur-o-graphs" so I tried out the technique as the last rays of the sun shone on the woods next door.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrR2o5E7GKPYdEYmYWahW4R5GjfoLEhli_HHUyUtD_NGQdik59meTBBU3nRaUzTaZ9RGGKMNgwvDsYYYbDKjHavKhyyilRJmxqzlcswv__k9Df_3wQJysrvPThqswgln-M3SOwQ16Mu-c/s1600/sunset_blur.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrR2o5E7GKPYdEYmYWahW4R5GjfoLEhli_HHUyUtD_NGQdik59meTBBU3nRaUzTaZ9RGGKMNgwvDsYYYbDKjHavKhyyilRJmxqzlcswv__k9Df_3wQJysrvPThqswgln-M3SOwQ16Mu-c/s400/sunset_blur.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488720740779921634" /></a>Ian Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027186314241697000.post-67952618756348358152010-06-28T16:37:00.001-07:002010-06-28T16:39:16.238-07:00Day 89 Tomato waiting to ripen<div>My wife has a tomato plant in a pot on the deck. This is the first tomato to appear. It's about golf ball size. It still has a way to go before it can grace one of her salads...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjTLIGUVS2-uvTpiHgClcsBkrZUDvv_CpJvwokEcD2PILwyDCvnJBhgcz8LzsRueGJ1ZW1zjabK6tjwoDna8c4iDNAohw5LtPXuBCowXSrXjivWBpDzOmKBf6uT32ZpEPnCCmVf2DUEsg/s1600/tomato.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjTLIGUVS2-uvTpiHgClcsBkrZUDvv_CpJvwokEcD2PILwyDCvnJBhgcz8LzsRueGJ1ZW1zjabK6tjwoDna8c4iDNAohw5LtPXuBCowXSrXjivWBpDzOmKBf6uT32ZpEPnCCmVf2DUEsg/s400/tomato.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487972962225346946" /></a>Ian Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027186314241697000.post-38166790429393515612010-06-28T16:34:00.000-07:002010-06-28T16:37:19.637-07:00Day 88 Red Lily pad<div>Sunday I was sat on the dock in the gorgeous sunshine and saw this red lily pad a few inches below the surface of the water. I'd never seen a red lily pad before. So I thought it an excellent subject for the day</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvcPdRg0c8qExgfsd88vv4X2nRvrK21KNIlVZ94BmLE5c8uFGihvwNy-mQ_nAS_U14IsADTb7bJzS3D-qFc_ukoFE5_dEdMDwepvUyyK2qUAYkZLr4EBpSDXPS4p0efWd9OwhG2IzWjtI/s1600/redpad.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvcPdRg0c8qExgfsd88vv4X2nRvrK21KNIlVZ94BmLE5c8uFGihvwNy-mQ_nAS_U14IsADTb7bJzS3D-qFc_ukoFE5_dEdMDwepvUyyK2qUAYkZLr4EBpSDXPS4p0efWd9OwhG2IzWjtI/s400/redpad.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487972310777753042" /></a>Ian Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027186314241697000.post-46629504528253952712010-06-28T16:33:00.001-07:002010-06-28T16:34:53.293-07:00Day 87 the elusive hummingbird<div>Saturdays picture is an attempt to catch a hummingbird feeding at the feeder on the deck</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLU2moM_2n4HYa4l1JZNnWWjxSlUk8RN1gYgsvSgnS6CtB0d_l8Dv-WY4cRQySucBgEFn1mHQGvCPnsZhLP_Egbl714RMocxMJAPbZWJlcKRlHEFjP5dJ4x0XufBm4O1XNgZr9cyw_MmU/s1600/humming_01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLU2moM_2n4HYa4l1JZNnWWjxSlUk8RN1gYgsvSgnS6CtB0d_l8Dv-WY4cRQySucBgEFn1mHQGvCPnsZhLP_Egbl714RMocxMJAPbZWJlcKRlHEFjP5dJ4x0XufBm4O1XNgZr9cyw_MmU/s400/humming_01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487971923103471122" /></a>Ian Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027186314241697000.post-10737958437753360312010-06-28T16:30:00.000-07:002010-06-28T16:33:10.444-07:00Day 86 reflections<div>Playing catch up today. I was away up at the lake all weekend. This is the reflection of our neighbours speedboat in the water</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgom4aWB6Qki4Wh1cK1EXYHU24qQnVedqmzaS4SyoRGK0btWoErNGeDO-lnIpUMEywlhV8peegIvFnkfOW7JIyJFF_fBlbfDkl4TThm5QSNhOciJaweYrlYzw7Wt2TjTQmSH27G6CreXHI/s1600/reflections.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgom4aWB6Qki4Wh1cK1EXYHU24qQnVedqmzaS4SyoRGK0btWoErNGeDO-lnIpUMEywlhV8peegIvFnkfOW7JIyJFF_fBlbfDkl4TThm5QSNhOciJaweYrlYzw7Wt2TjTQmSH27G6CreXHI/s400/reflections.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487971285306143714" /></a>Ian Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027186314241697000.post-13529342611340890022010-06-24T17:16:00.000-07:002010-06-24T17:18:29.435-07:00Day 85 Peeling Birch Bark<div>Seen this morning as I put the garbage out. Peeling bark from the Paper Birch in our front garden</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj888tBI7L6NWczCdsBm-spI-bPYTwG_wHkNzo_pvsNGCB8TFEAUFYMzj-eSUEeuz7nE8fjvp7JbWf1e7XKOy0w_BbVjPsrtvnvUo5_lA_SvdmmZ4MaEssT13YKWyAqGP50RMEqk_zRNas/s1600/peeling.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj888tBI7L6NWczCdsBm-spI-bPYTwG_wHkNzo_pvsNGCB8TFEAUFYMzj-eSUEeuz7nE8fjvp7JbWf1e7XKOy0w_BbVjPsrtvnvUo5_lA_SvdmmZ4MaEssT13YKWyAqGP50RMEqk_zRNas/s400/peeling.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486498759970932546" /></a>Ian Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027186314241697000.post-30777888874951113312010-06-23T18:32:00.001-07:002010-06-23T18:33:15.909-07:00Day 84 Feet up<div>Nothing clever, nothing creative. Just what I saw today in the car park at work</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhggEMpoirI93lTJyHndt4TtNn3tptDqT3SWQrqCHxKO__09v7Ku0CQOeOYp9bIarVv7KNh9lUy0wJgRmSgWCyqsF9l2g5g4VMS-W_3MmPU5v9rOZD9_8jogYYuW64HMSHJn0vTp7zp-g/s1600/feetup.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhggEMpoirI93lTJyHndt4TtNn3tptDqT3SWQrqCHxKO__09v7Ku0CQOeOYp9bIarVv7KNh9lUy0wJgRmSgWCyqsF9l2g5g4VMS-W_3MmPU5v9rOZD9_8jogYYuW64HMSHJn0vTp7zp-g/s400/feetup.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486147068990524194" /></a>Ian Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027186314241697000.post-9426969299722310902010-06-23T10:54:00.000-07:002010-06-23T11:02:38.419-07:00A fool and his moneyLook at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lomography-Lubitel-166-Medium-Format/dp/B001QCWROS/ref=combo_pack_i_53">this. </a>A Lubitel camera for sale at Amazon for $300 dollars.<br />What on earth?<br />Who is going to be stupid enough to pay $300 for one of them?<br />I bought one when I was first interested in medium format photography. I paid the equivalent of $50. It was a cheap way into medium format.<br />Cheap is the operative word. They are cheaply built with suspect quality control and prone to light leaks for starters.<br />But market these flaws correctly and associate the Lomography name with them and all of a sudden you can pay through the roof for them.<br />These cameras are not worth $300. Not in a month of Sundays. Amazon and the retailer must be laughing all the way to the bank...Ian Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027186314241697000.post-85606019713030654672010-06-22T17:30:00.000-07:002010-06-22T17:32:44.763-07:00Day 83 Infinite monkey theory<div><div>I don't know why I was thinking of the Infnite Monkey Theory when I saw this picture but I was. For those of you unfamiliar with the I.M.T. it is that if you stick a monkey in front of a typewriter for an infinite length of time he will, in time, type the works of Shakespeare. </div><div>So by the same token if a person picks up a camera and without looking takes a picture he will, in time, come up with a good shot. This one isn't too bad and it only took me a dozen attempts...</div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWqYatrj_s9yIHxRAggBVOgOKX1TM7u3v54ASerWep3LIgy9Rs8JZ-xX5SBhrGYBWpjFp9Y3FCamTSiRXfuBu_eU7wUoGa2dWppctsYtSkvwRnriWACwY4E8iwPRG9t-9-gKiLUTDez_I/s1600/monkeytheory.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWqYatrj_s9yIHxRAggBVOgOKX1TM7u3v54ASerWep3LIgy9Rs8JZ-xX5SBhrGYBWpjFp9Y3FCamTSiRXfuBu_eU7wUoGa2dWppctsYtSkvwRnriWACwY4E8iwPRG9t-9-gKiLUTDez_I/s400/monkeytheory.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485760260202612114" /></a>Ian Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027186314241697000.post-78068851246790547192010-06-21T16:29:00.000-07:002010-06-21T16:33:34.537-07:00Day 82 cloud<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"> Nothing more than a snapshot today.As I came out of work my eye was caught by this rather interesting arrangement of clouds.</span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLs_-0yAr0jEnrzbycDR4jCfO4Ksm1VeebJj02IdtOxlYi0gvflelAgj91GccB3XOu5TeOikoMyIPycwAV3UiMur7iJMudlFICKerFaRw26zuaAlKK6itOtxvuC1Nn4KQkjrKxYWSJbNU/s1600/cloud.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLs_-0yAr0jEnrzbycDR4jCfO4Ksm1VeebJj02IdtOxlYi0gvflelAgj91GccB3XOu5TeOikoMyIPycwAV3UiMur7iJMudlFICKerFaRw26zuaAlKK6itOtxvuC1Nn4KQkjrKxYWSJbNU/s400/cloud.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485373398215853762" /></a>Ian Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027186314241697000.post-33324526886718803372010-06-21T04:00:00.000-07:002010-06-21T04:01:49.550-07:00Day 81 Underwater<div>I've been away up at the lake this weekend which always gives some kind of interesting photo opportunity. Like these weeds underwater. I've seen people like Jim Brandenburg and Craig Blacklock photograph this subject and fancied a go myself and while out running I saw this chance. So after I'd run I picked up my camera and went back to the spot</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtEnT3U5DSYVFueCZYshv85DKz39lJVWFnFifh1t4lCCBVjMfDOnvgfG-fZeJG3bo1PkoYV8RdYjdXslzry7TXEJu6jqUgZ1yPKbF98XYbvnF4i9vxVcptPlsODzunbnFPcME1AyXiO_4/s1600/reeds.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtEnT3U5DSYVFueCZYshv85DKz39lJVWFnFifh1t4lCCBVjMfDOnvgfG-fZeJG3bo1PkoYV8RdYjdXslzry7TXEJu6jqUgZ1yPKbF98XYbvnF4i9vxVcptPlsODzunbnFPcME1AyXiO_4/s400/reeds.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485180266297750082" /></a>Ian Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027186314241697000.post-67351463510650228532010-06-21T03:59:00.001-07:002010-06-21T04:00:21.513-07:00Day 80 VerndaleRail<div>On Saturday I was out with a group of fellow railfans on the Staples sub in Northwest Minnesota only a handful of miles from where the tornadoes struck on Thursday. We saw no evidence of any damage anywhere so we had a great time watching and photographing trains. A couple of my fellow enthusiasts children got into this shot. Which kinda sorta makes it echo some of the marvellous English railway posters from the golden age of trains</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_Xy1fAxR7ArDjrD5mTgVnWL8JdbamB3Fo_fStLx-3rsiXoS5Ay6FhJb0DDOwL1vEVhNFDK-aiEZYvH1p3Z8IueB1GcgxZvgLc8YcgCqP_wdB9JfXMyFzce591ujoN-rufOKXBrO3phU/s1600/BNSF4861watchers.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_Xy1fAxR7ArDjrD5mTgVnWL8JdbamB3Fo_fStLx-3rsiXoS5Ay6FhJb0DDOwL1vEVhNFDK-aiEZYvH1p3Z8IueB1GcgxZvgLc8YcgCqP_wdB9JfXMyFzce591ujoN-rufOKXBrO3phU/s400/BNSF4861watchers.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485179951134308050" /></a>Ian Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027186314241697000.post-23434019594867803702010-06-18T14:13:00.001-07:002010-06-18T14:15:05.491-07:00Day 79 bark<div>Something a little calming after yesterdays excitement. I took a stroll in the woods out the back this morning perhaps hoping to find a tree down or something. No luck on that count but I did discover some fir trees with some remarkble bark.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIPXuxP_gM5AJYk6cQFLUXAVAH9e81Z4qI1-dAZza4E0OWMGvlWOj6_flDkoPKt-r-14xouLso8b1YoSeesmiur54qG1qZOz9kfuBLhK7DLuNfqOcFeFRXXloDwhBJrlOT6a6RpfEMWm0/s1600/bark.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIPXuxP_gM5AJYk6cQFLUXAVAH9e81Z4qI1-dAZza4E0OWMGvlWOj6_flDkoPKt-r-14xouLso8b1YoSeesmiur54qG1qZOz9kfuBLhK7DLuNfqOcFeFRXXloDwhBJrlOT6a6RpfEMWm0/s400/bark.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484224992197324210" /></a>Ian Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027186314241697000.post-13416082402475022572010-06-17T16:48:00.000-07:002010-06-17T16:49:01.233-07:00Day 78 Storm<div><div>Total and utter fluke this. </div><div>A big storm went thought town this evening. </div><div>You can't beat a big heavy storm for some great clouds so I stepped out in the rain to take a look and while I was taking this shot of the clouds over the road I snapped this...</div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-wKKSw8xdLHWTIYGsau3PMARc5TCYQSjskiRNeMD56qtiWW7hRdUk4eI09NPhtEfz17qVcEtpPoHHkANMvu9SaORRLyDqVxCOLl55S97asBFARweYrbAi4fruBM40ZC3ufrWOfYARBCw/s1600/lightning.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-wKKSw8xdLHWTIYGsau3PMARc5TCYQSjskiRNeMD56qtiWW7hRdUk4eI09NPhtEfz17qVcEtpPoHHkANMvu9SaORRLyDqVxCOLl55S97asBFARweYrbAi4fruBM40ZC3ufrWOfYARBCw/s400/lightning.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483893743351568226" /></a>Ian Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027186314241697000.post-52940787394496926962010-06-16T17:28:00.001-07:002010-06-17T13:12:14.006-07:00Day 77 Prairie... NotA sliver of land underneath a big sky it could only be the American Prairie. Except it isn't It's by the entrance of my office building. to the left and right are other offices and over the horizon is Highway 169 bustling with cars at rush hour...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPSNjk_VvdWCtIg0h2eEpC0gmPHvlak65VBHE7aexkpmOPa26LBd_44Crf-gLU29ksdCp7ylUTrpRXHJhfOkoAV_4cKCS1NT4hohPAXVYfFGkq5J5qACs1G_iBZdz88shIHs-WXdYH854/s1600/prairie_not.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483532973736718946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPSNjk_VvdWCtIg0h2eEpC0gmPHvlak65VBHE7aexkpmOPa26LBd_44Crf-gLU29ksdCp7ylUTrpRXHJhfOkoAV_4cKCS1NT4hohPAXVYfFGkq5J5qACs1G_iBZdz88shIHs-WXdYH854/s400/prairie_not.jpg" border="0" /></a>Ian Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027186314241697000.post-36642029297592925102010-06-15T18:23:00.001-07:002010-06-17T13:11:50.819-07:00Day 76 beheadedI thought I wasn't going to have anything to show for today, everything I tried didn't work out then in desperation while walking around the garden I saw this impatiens head stripped from the hanging basket above during the previous nights storm that had fallen into some hosta leaves.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSdW75L5vGD2UAI-9t2vSr1quXB3skNi87idplSTGSmXDZ3z7963H-G68pM556T1q2BbxfR5HaX1dsoKzlcVxzx2TOJThVmbqSAq5nS9BSNnxQI423FOpf7_fe7sCmmfogy8lFS2RTdM/s1600/beheaded.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483176207603037330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSdW75L5vGD2UAI-9t2vSr1quXB3skNi87idplSTGSmXDZ3z7963H-G68pM556T1q2BbxfR5HaX1dsoKzlcVxzx2TOJThVmbqSAq5nS9BSNnxQI423FOpf7_fe7sCmmfogy8lFS2RTdM/s400/beheaded.jpg" border="0" /></a>Ian Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027186314241697000.post-78685956317356488612010-06-14T16:37:00.000-07:002010-06-17T13:11:29.909-07:00Day 75 you chooseI'm having way too much fun with this little camera. It makes me want to go out and try all kinds of things. Today from some reason I was thinking of those long exposures where you zoom while the shutter is open. I had a go and I got a result I liked on my second attempt. <i>(I did keep going but 'skeeters and the rain put a stop after about a dozen more goes.)</i><br />Anyway I pulled the picture into CameraRaw and then elements and had a play.<br />Not much of a play I only upped the saturation. But then in one shot I upped the clarity and in the other I knocked the clarity all the way down and now I can't decide..<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsY_up-cJBrEGxqtKzRd7oBiM-rZGVkNs0OzKzFKoli9pcibGks9_tDJ0TefdUlFR4o0VtMzsKwkgY7sYd9jrlnnaJBArUqIqKsgqmqM7_NndDZM1vfXirSfGDGnVaJs4owd0KS-6Ts9A/s1600/P6141202clarityup.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482778146356163378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsY_up-cJBrEGxqtKzRd7oBiM-rZGVkNs0OzKzFKoli9pcibGks9_tDJ0TefdUlFR4o0VtMzsKwkgY7sYd9jrlnnaJBArUqIqKsgqmqM7_NndDZM1vfXirSfGDGnVaJs4owd0KS-6Ts9A/s400/P6141202clarityup.jpg" border="0" /></a>Above: With the clarity set at +100 things become harder and the zoom is more apparent<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGZmGnXWhZ8xdzWGlVMP7td0Fnq_J6V8sDTf2hQfotm3FBMpq4llkJLLJ1t1NPG3zq1xvLcOVXpcNgPNNELEz76NXZQlcAvSrvvKrVGHwJAfx9j7Y3e8RxqCBf19pG79jDwuXdY0SPFME/s1600/P6141202claritydn.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482778137640661954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGZmGnXWhZ8xdzWGlVMP7td0Fnq_J6V8sDTf2hQfotm3FBMpq4llkJLLJ1t1NPG3zq1xvLcOVXpcNgPNNELEz76NXZQlcAvSrvvKrVGHwJAfx9j7Y3e8RxqCBf19pG79jDwuXdY0SPFME/s400/P6141202claritydn.jpg" border="0" /></a>-100 makes things softer and gives a more impressionist feelIan Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027186314241697000.post-21772865176343776292010-06-13T18:15:00.001-07:002010-06-13T18:16:22.751-07:00Day 74 tree-o<div>I saw this whilst out at Riverside park today checking out the bridge demolition The three tree trunks just seemed to line up nicely. I've also been experimenting with this one as a blur-o-graph...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9RXRUKnylhMKkZamf5e6zQhPq3zyyu-TEZQjS4m_EJqNQyLYMQK29HjzOhvHQLY4Glwf8TL7JxXWSJDh12Zlktlr2w7_c5a6ofgS4WSz_ZrsqOkZ9pkLzgRRoO_aVUAtbUdybs2ORtQ/s1600/tree-o.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9RXRUKnylhMKkZamf5e6zQhPq3zyyu-TEZQjS4m_EJqNQyLYMQK29HjzOhvHQLY4Glwf8TL7JxXWSJDh12Zlktlr2w7_c5a6ofgS4WSz_ZrsqOkZ9pkLzgRRoO_aVUAtbUdybs2ORtQ/s400/tree-o.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482431942002818690" /></a>Ian Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027186314241697000.post-70771607559124671962010-06-13T12:38:00.001-07:002010-06-13T12:45:48.939-07:00The result of the weeks work<div>Quite to my surprise this is entry 100 on this blog. </div><div>I've just returned from reviewing the scene at the bridge demolition. As you can see from the picture below it's as good as gone.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0jGqKMFxQD3O6qDEVfQctDclhAkMFwtejuECJXS2tEIHPmFc14DQ0qlW2hHbiPdMCBurpMeM9kuTyQhqb0vSfAL-wuCvLxut1JmvvcUfBIiwgw7xhBcEqsJsQLkap6D9VIM2e_WKoPAs/s1600/6-13-view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0jGqKMFxQD3O6qDEVfQctDclhAkMFwtejuECJXS2tEIHPmFc14DQ0qlW2hHbiPdMCBurpMeM9kuTyQhqb0vSfAL-wuCvLxut1JmvvcUfBIiwgw7xhBcEqsJsQLkap6D9VIM2e_WKoPAs/s400/6-13-view.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482345492977279730" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrfbOovqK3YldAhF2lE_jCQex_YvxwoGV0TlbwKhYv9x7MgZg4xsZ9C2q-U6QEGtWfCiLbC5eMHYGtqVeEaYmR3YX0TpjqzMrPFe4UFCEeY8JP1f43yXtg6aCnuAZ83fBN8TZFJZ1qD0w/s1600/06-13-rubble.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrfbOovqK3YldAhF2lE_jCQex_YvxwoGV0TlbwKhYv9x7MgZg4xsZ9C2q-U6QEGtWfCiLbC5eMHYGtqVeEaYmR3YX0TpjqzMrPFe4UFCEeY8JP1f43yXtg6aCnuAZ83fBN8TZFJZ1qD0w/s400/06-13-rubble.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482345484172693250" /></a>This section of wall below is about all that remains untouched.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOPzOQbFXEYOT6gAO5_qT0f6FEYZVHdMY25OvJIS9vTvGsCVvG1tb60RVCs-_2_oDLO5fpkuhAIhS7Kd0mtXcipjkqsz5pvTsj2m091L2SXfJnmrNEom_nUgBZpYG9pRoKe4zEWwkZ14/s1600/06-13-wall.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOPzOQbFXEYOT6gAO5_qT0f6FEYZVHdMY25OvJIS9vTvGsCVvG1tb60RVCs-_2_oDLO5fpkuhAIhS7Kd0mtXcipjkqsz5pvTsj2m091L2SXfJnmrNEom_nUgBZpYG9pRoKe4zEWwkZ14/s400/06-13-wall.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482345479502257362" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj41PmY4LrmlQQrJnuCK__5_K4XnUtqQ5ewVtHsjfOKtweSYkfk8nbfj4MtI-z-eCR_KZAlOto46t1gtqdgqh8YR5wohPVyCCUoPDIe5-TZMVCVTuHPE8pPOQlcELS-s_z5_R4UZPVW2W4/s1600/06-13remnant.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj41PmY4LrmlQQrJnuCK__5_K4XnUtqQ5ewVtHsjfOKtweSYkfk8nbfj4MtI-z-eCR_KZAlOto46t1gtqdgqh8YR5wohPVyCCUoPDIe5-TZMVCVTuHPE8pPOQlcELS-s_z5_R4UZPVW2W4/s400/06-13remnant.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482345471019195890" /></a>Ian Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027186314241697000.post-10509642306688867832010-06-12T13:44:00.001-07:002010-06-12T13:48:37.854-07:00Day 73 another blur-o-graph<div>A really dull rainy day today. The perfect opportunity to try some more "blurography". There's little information out there on how to do it so I have to learn by experiences. I probably shot a good dozen or so of this one area and this is number 12 thats why I stopped. </div><div>"Quit while you're winning" say I.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxTGUblsRfd_tDZtXvgAWiyPoWUw6b6wkY4n4pKvA2iZ_w9J0Ar3apr07sGe9Ii7T7-oyqmOB5E8wlnWL54427oxDto-wFss4KtqplJQDNi2JNJmtExqgvWgM1LyMggoXMgS_Y12B1Jh8/s1600/blur-o-grass_02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxTGUblsRfd_tDZtXvgAWiyPoWUw6b6wkY4n4pKvA2iZ_w9J0Ar3apr07sGe9Ii7T7-oyqmOB5E8wlnWL54427oxDto-wFss4KtqplJQDNi2JNJmtExqgvWgM1LyMggoXMgS_Y12B1Jh8/s400/blur-o-grass_02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481991060580800434" /></a>I'm formulating some theories on this blur-o-graphy lark and grass seems a pretty easy subject to cut your teeth on. Being vertical it's easy to tilt the camera vertically and not loose sight of what the subject is.Ian Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027186314241697000.post-84932461778901393792010-06-11T14:57:00.000-07:002010-06-11T14:59:54.937-07:00Day 72 what I was waiting all week for<div>Now come on. I was there for over a hour. You didn't think that I missed a close up of the side panel being lifted away did you?</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2iwzqDnNTNFtOJMFH_3sJnJtSkqoSLlINczeR-VSO5MEIgQGQ9NOD2QQwUWuCH8c2BKOepNmbiGKceZkfOULXqDSik3kqdrnS1-dhhA8j0bN-L4YFG6SgAb4goRxS-Dqv9-G0ne5ofIM/s1600/P6111088.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2iwzqDnNTNFtOJMFH_3sJnJtSkqoSLlINczeR-VSO5MEIgQGQ9NOD2QQwUWuCH8c2BKOepNmbiGKceZkfOULXqDSik3kqdrnS1-dhhA8j0bN-L4YFG6SgAb4goRxS-Dqv9-G0ne5ofIM/s400/P6111088.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481638929417515282" /></a>Ian Holmes http://www.blogger.com/profile/06278490690234299793noreply@blogger.com0