Throwback Thursday : A Path Through Winter

 One of the earlier photos taken with my first DSLR camera (Nikon D70).  Taken one lunchtime at Silver Lake Park, when I was working in Highland IL.  I spent a lot of lunchtimes in this park, good weather and bad.

Throwback Thursday - Study Time

Well, I didn't take this photo...  but it was my camera, and that is me.  So, close enough.  Pretty sure this was Spring 1981, finishing up Junior year.  That's my university apartment.  

Man, I loved that chair.  It was on old, well broken-in chair from home that I had claimed when the parents replaced it.  Somewhere along the way my mother made a slip cover for it.  I have no recollection as to how it made it from home to my school apartment.  But there it is. 

This is proof that I did study in school, thought the beer cans hint at the other side of the story.  Good times, but I wouldn't want to do it all over.

 

Meh

 Just a recent photo, wallowing in the August photo-blahs.....   Just a little something I took out in the southern Illinois fields.

Lunar Eclipse

 

We're closing out a slow August, from a photographic standpoint.  Besides the normal "late summer blahs", I've been spending a LOT of time organizing the photos from our July trip to Florida.  But suddenly it is almost September, and there's not much new stuff from the month.

But here's something!  Thursday night (8/27) we had a near total eclipse of the moon.  I think they said 97% or 98% in our area.  And it was a clear night.  And max coverage would be at a reasonable 11:12 pm (local time).  Very cool, but of course I completely forgot about it.

Fortunately. I was taking the trash out to the curb a bit after 10pm, and saw the partial eclipse.  I grabbed my camera and grabbed a quick photo (see below).  Then realized I had plenty of time to do a "proper" photo.  So I dug out the tripod, got everything pulled together and set up with plenty of time to wait for the peak.  And the photo above is the result.  

One of those times when the right camera / lens really does make a difference.  Couldn't have done this one with my iPhone.

The partial eclipse photo is exposed for the bright part, has a different feel:

Fun stuff...

Morning Arrivals

Since the advent of digital, I've been pretty bad about getting physical Prints of my photo... especially large prints.  But, to be fair, when I do get prints, they don't ever seem to get displayed properly.  

That said, there's something very cool about a large print of your photo.  My daughter asked for a large print of this photo, from our recent trip to New Smyrna Beach, FL.  That's her and her kids, btw.  I went with 11"x14", to be matted for a 16"x20" frame.  

The prints (I ordered a spare) arrived this morning, and they're pretty cool, if I say so myself!  I also bought a set of 16x20 blank mats, that I can cut the right opening for, so that's the next task.  Then it can drop into her existing frame.  Hopefully, it will meet her expectations.

I'm looking forward to how it turns out.

  

Foddershock? Fodder Shock?

 A recent photo from the Chuzhao "toy" camera.  Still a fun change of pace...

Just a few hay rolls, as seen from the parking lot to Schon Park:

Very often, when I see these rolls of hay, I'm reminded of fodder shocks.  

Many years ago when I was in elementary school in WV, I was tasked with taking a photo of foddershocks.  I don't really remember the reasoning behind the assignment, but I do remember setting off (with my parents, of course) to get outside our city to look for corn fields.  Eventually we found then, and a photo was taken.  Most likely with a Kodak Instamatic, but I don't remember.  But I'm sure I giggled at the word...  say it with me:  foddershock!

I wish I had a copy of the photo, but, of course not.  I mean, it was 55-60 years ago.

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 "Photography is the medium, or a reason, we go looking for answers" 

- Simon d'Entremont

Friendly Trees...

 "There's nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend"

- Bob Ross

Bob Ross!!

 So we got back recently from a family vacation to Florida, great to spend time with the kids and grandkids and all....  But while we were planning the trip, we discovered that there's a Bob Ross Workshop and Gallery in New Smyrna.  So we had to check it out!

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And, later, we popped by a Mexican restaurant and, yep, they had Bob Ross on the TV behind the bar!

Gotta love it!

Throwback Thursday - Looking Out

 Another throwback from July, 2016.  I'm not quite sure where this was taken, pretty sure it was one of those little towns in extreme eastern Illinois, a bit north of I-70....

Mountin Range

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Mountain range, with lake, reflections and shadow...

Or is it?  See below for another view...  click to expand

 

Throwback Thursday - Nashville's Parthenon

From July 2016, the Parthenon in Nashville, TN. We passed through town here when my son was looking at colleges. Cool spot, we need to go back sometime.

Pool It

 From a recent hotel stay, our 2nd floor window overlooked the pool.  So I couldn't help myself, and took a few photos.  So, here you go:

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South Pittsburg, TN

 A couple of random photos....

Throwback Thursday - Covered Bridge

 Another from July 2016, our covered bridge tour in SW Indiana...  I was rather pleased with this one...