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Its the time of year my thoughts turn to the Red Deer rut at my local deer park.
An early morning trip to see how things are progressing. The rut has yet to start as its still quite early although there are signs that nots not far away. The large male stags have started to separate and are covering themselves in mud. There were a few practice fights amongst the younger stags. The large males stags are still eating to stock up as once the rut starts they won't eat until its over.
Watercolor practice on Arches WC paper 9"x12"
My son loves photography. He gave this photo to me as a Thanksgiving gift.
I love it and did this watercolor today.
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Black mountains in Breacon beacons, near Gospel pass
Cool horse and well.. and a very close relative of mine.
After our fun 80's themed practice, we had a 90's themed practice! Drills included "Beavis and Butthead", "Schwing!" and "Come on Ride the Train" (to name a few), while skaters dressed in their best 90's gear. We saw a lot of flannel that night, alongside Looney Tunes, neon patterns, and Britney Spears.
In light of the upcoming Venus transit, I figured it would be a good idea to practice before the event, so as to not make a fumbling mess of it at the last minute. Now, I don't own a proper solar filter, and unique though as this event is going to be (more than a hundred years until next time), I'm not quite prepared to shell out a minor fortune on one unless I have to. So I've decided to improvise.
I already have a pair of solar eclipse protective glasses, the same ones that I used for the previous Venus transit in 2004. The only problem is that they're much too small to cover the business end of my 300mm lens. But then someone suggested the protective glass plate from a welding mask which, like the solar eclipse protective glasses, is only barely transparent. It's pretty cheap too (NOK 23 or about US$ 4 apiece, when you buy them without the whole mask attached), big enough to cover that which needeth covering, and it's no trouble fitting it in place with two pieces of sticky tape.
It's good enough that I get sunspots. I've never taken a picture of a sunspot before!
I got sunspots!
What I find to be a problem, though, is that the glass is aboout 2mm thick, and seems to blur the image just a tiny bit. That, and with my 300mm lens being the cheapest sort, and the auto focus having its own opinions as to how well it wants to work, greatly increases the number of takes before one finally gets a decent shot, which does make the job slightly frustrating.
Plus the Sun turns out a rather alien green, which I'm not entirely sure that I like at all. Looks unhealthy.
So I decided to try with the solar eclipse glasses instead. They're smaller, about a third the diameter needed, so I covered the rest of the lens with my hand as best as I could, and lo and behold, it worked! I had to up the exposure, suggesting that the eclipse glasses are more efficient than the welding filter, but I got focus in just two attempts, and the result is a lovely orange disc, complete with sunspots, and that wee little bit more sharpness. Home run!
I'll have to make some sort of frame for the glasses. Cardboard should do the trick. I already have the sticky tape.
You know, I think this might work.
I think I may have a date with Venus.
Weather permitting.
Nikon D40x, 10Mpix RAW, Tamron 300mm lens. 1:1 crop from 10Mpix original.
Sunday, May 20th, 2012 — DSC_6230-6232
Medical Friendly Shelter Full Scale Exercise 2018
The City held a full-scale exercise of the Medically Friendly Shelter (MFS) designed to establish a learning environment for participants to exercise their MFS operational plans.
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This was a practice shoot we did to get prepared for the SuperPet Expo. We used both my dogs, JoJo and Haley, Jack Russell Terriers and my friend Janet's dog, the 4 Border Collies, for models. With Janet's help we set up some great shots and had a lot of fun.
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A forgotten practice football along the sidelines in Lovell, Wyoming as the Bulldogs from Lovell host Wind River in a non-conference contest and first game of the year for both teams.
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These are the cuppies I made to show to my little "apprentice" I took them to work today ...we had them for morning tea along with the mini frangi cake!
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Savannah and Tanner line up for a practice run: turns are a necessary skill to acquire...early!
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Another practice hexagon, using left-overs from the Sunburst afghan, while I'm still waiting for the yarn I ordered for this project to arrive.
Glad this one is just for practice as there are not one but two mistakes in here - one of them stayed, but I had to rip back the outer round most of the way and try again to correct the second.
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London 2012 - Beach Volleyball - Ladies Quarter Finals
Xue and Zhang practice an attack during the warmup.