Monthly Archives: November 2009
Dragon Fly Dreams
Joshua Tree
Gathering Chi
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Keys View
Joshua Tree
Joshua Tree Bird
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Looking for Leonids
It was past 1am last night when I took this photo. I couldn’t find the Leonids (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonids) with my naked eye. So I zoomed in at 200mm, set my camera on 200iso, f5.6, bulb shutter speed, and let it expose for 2 minutes. I still did not see any meteors. But I saw stars… many stars of different colors! Not just blue, but also yellow and red and green! The stars in the foreground are moving from the rotation of the Earth, and the stars in the background are more prominent but too far off in the distance. Yet you can still see the flicker of their light, twinkling in the night.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/artemis_pie/4114522066/sizes/o/
Those are stars right??? I don’t believe it’s digital noise. Those are stars!!!
A Vaulted World
I was having some trouble with this image in my mind. Trying to write a haiku. But the image still wanted to be born. So here it is. Although I shot it with a digital point and shoot, this is what I would have wanted a Horizon camera to see: A panoramic view with saturated color film. This is just the drawing board for an image I’d like to create…. the immediate feeling that the world that you see with your eyes can change when viewed through a simple raindrop.
Hidden
I see a small creature pulling up the covers to its face. Or a bunch of little people inside and at the edge of a cave’s cliff. Either way, they’re all hidden.
Mint
Mint is one of my favorite herbs.
My top uses:
Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
Mint Juleps
Mojitos