Creme de la creme

A new take on my morning coffee. I've been doing some experimentation with macro photography. This image popped into my head last night, so I thought I'd give it a try this morning.

Another photo tomorrow...

Danish Windmill

A quaint Danish windmill near the seaside on the outskirts of Copenhagen. Shot in the summer of 2007.

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Our other child...

I've posted a few pictures of our youngest cat, Bella. I thought it was high time her older brother, Tigger, got a posting of his own. He usually doesn't relax for pictures, and hates flashes. Fortunately I was able to shoot this with available light, and got him to relax enough to make a good shot.

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Aruban beach

On a beach on the island of Aruba, summer of 2003.

Signs of Spring

I believe these are cherry blossoms, although I'm not entirely sure. I shot this in a small town right next to the San Francisco Bay in California. These guys were out early--I took this shot a couple weeks before spring arrived. They must have been impatient to come out...

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A simple meal

A simple but hearty lunch of bread, sausage, cheese, and a little sparkling wine. This was my lunch at the Domaine Chandon winery after a hard day of wine tasting and touring Napa County. It did the trick...but I needed more sparkling wine. (C:

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Old Farm

Well...it's been a while since I posted a pic--longer than I wanted it to be (sorry about that, Ryan...). But, as usual, life got in the way. For now, I'm back...

A few weeks back I posted a sunset picture of an old farm that's on Interstate 55 about 90 minutes south of Chicago. This is a companion picture that I shot on the southbound trip a few hours before the sunset pic. I thought it was more interesting in B&W, and I liked how the elements of the picture sort of naturally arranged themselves according to the Rule of Thirds.

Hope you like this...another photo soon.

Lunar Eclipse Part II

My last post was a picture from the lunar eclipse a few nights ago. I took multiple shots, spaced about every 2 minutes apart. I have this idea in my head for a collage picture where I take all the shots and show the progression of the eclipse shadow across the moon. This isn't near complete yet, but I thought I'd show my work so far...

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Lunar Eclipse

Image from the Feb 20th, 2008 lunar eclipse. There's a bright spot at the 12 o'clock position above the moon, and another at the 8 o'clock position. I believe these are Saturn and Uranus but I'm not sure which is which, or if it's even them.

But you know what, let's go with that for now.

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Vroom vroom...

The Dodge Viper from this year's Chicago Auto Show. I shot this with a fairly large lens opening (f8) because I wanted the blur to help convey a sense of motion. This is one of those cars that looks fast even when it's just sitting there...

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