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Sunrise, Monument Valley

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  • 3/8/2011<br /> <br /> “Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.” <br /> William Somerset Maugham
  • 3/7/2011<br /> The Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage<br /> <br /> A close-up of a miniature of the Portland Head Lighthouse, taken with a 35mm Nikon lens and an inexpensive macro filter.<br /> <br /> For more on macro photography on a budget, please visit: <a href="http://wp.me/pasxa-7x">http://wp.me/pasxa-7x</a> (Ctrl click for a new window). Thanks!
  • 3/6/2011<br /> First batch<br /> <br /> I received a make your own beer kit for Christmas from my son, and my daughter gave me the bottles. Although I'm not much of a beer drinker, I was always interested in the process of beer making, especially in the home. So we started mixing and brewing in early January and this weekend, after many steps and a lot of waiting, opened our first bottle of West Coast Pale Ale. Much to my and everyone else's surprise, it tasted great!<br /> <br /> I couldn't resist labeling it in a personal way, and if you look closely, you can see Spud in the suds!
  • Monument Valley, Sunburst on Merrick's Butte
  • Sunrise, Monument Valley
  • Sedona Panorama (for Art's Pano Challenge)<br /> 2/28/2011<br /> <br /> This shot, taken from the Sedona Az airport, was made from six individual images, combined in a program called Autostitch. The beauty of a pano is that the finished product can be enormous with loads of detail. For example, the full size TIFF version of this image is 57.6MB and allows for incredible discovery via zooming in. The downside of a file like this is that it can become unwieldy in some programs and if uploading or emailing, downsizing becomes necessary.<br /> <br /> Thanks for the challenge Art! BTW, check out Art's post on his blog about creating panorama's - very helpful: arthillphoto.wordpress.com.<br /> <br /> For more info on this particular panorama, and a larger version suitable for "discovery", please visit our new blog: <a href="http://bit.ly/eetgrV">http://bit.ly/eetgrV</a>
  • 3/3/2011<br /> “I'm very interested in transformation and how objects are transformed. Reflected images will become as substantial as real works. It's not about the object; it's about form, color, light and shape.” Therman Statom
  • 3/2/2011<br /> Baubles, sans seltzer<br /> <br /> The same glass beads but this time in a glass pitcher, dry with a small book-light directly overhead.
  • 3/1/2011<br /> Make mine "on the rocks"!<br /> <br /> Another from the glass and seltzer experiments of Saturday. Thanks to everyone for all your positive feedback on yesterday's panorama.
  • Baubles & Bubbles<br /> 2/27/2011<br /> <br /> Experimented yesterday with a glass of seltzer water, some colored glass beads, a black background and an overhead reading light. Had a few interesting results... what do you think?
  • 2/24/2011<br /> Old Red has served well.<br /> <br /> “The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them” Chinese Proverb
  • 2/25/2011<br /> On a downtown train
  • 2/22/2011<br /> I entitle this work: "Killing time at Target".<br /> <br /> “An idle mind is the devil's workshop” English Proverb
  • 3/09/2011<br /> Spring has arrived!<br /> <br /> In the silk flower aisle, that is. While I've been admiring all of your beautiful flower shots, we're now in "mud" season, with not a bloom in sight. So these will have to suffice for now.<br /> <br /> “Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself” Zen Proverb<br /> <br /> Thanks for all the comments on yesterdays "mask".
  • 2/23/2011<br /> Thanks for all the comments on yesterday's "Killing time at Target" image. Some asked what exactly they were looking at. Here's another angle of the large glass jugs as they were arranged on the shelf. Yesterday's shot was of one of the jugs from the top down, processed 4 different ways and combined in a collage.<br /> <br /> “There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.” <br /> Pablo Picasso <br /> <br /> (His wife must have shopped a lot.)
  • 2/19/2011<br /> <br /> These beautiful animals were roaming wild in the plains and came right up to the car when we stopped. <br /> <br /> “My favorite animal is the mule. He has more horse sense than a horse. He knows when to stop eating -- and he knows when to stop working.” <br /> Harry S Truman
  • Monument Valley was one of John Wayne's and Director John Ford's favorite locations for filming westerns. It's easy to see why.
  • 2/20/2011<br /> <br /> “The wind whips through the canyons of the American Southwest, and there is no one to hear it but us - a reminder of the 40,000 generations of thinking men and women who preceded us, about whom we know almost nothing, upon whom our civilization is based.” <br /> Dr. Carl Sagan
  • 2/16/2011<br /> <br /> "Cattle in the marketplace<br /> Scatterlings and orphanages<br /> He looks around, around<br /> He sees angels in the architecture<br /> Spinning in infinity<br /> He says Amen! and Hallelujah!"<br /> <br /> Paul Simon
  • 2/13/2011<br /> As seen on campus<br /> College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

  • Photoarts

    on April 16, 2011

    Wow! Wonderful lighting, great capture!

  • Howard's Photography

    on March 6, 2011

    Beautiful capture Ed! Really enjoyed reading your blog and the interview with Art Hill. Keep it up, it's great!

  • John Roberts

    on March 5, 2011

    Magnificent! I waited on the valley floor in the dark and damp for two hours for the chance at shots like this. When the sun finally came up, every monument was covered to the base in low clouds. Hope to go back and try again one day.

  • photofreak

    on March 5, 2011

    Gorgeous capture, wonderful perspective.

  • Pearls

    on March 5, 2011

    Beautiful capture and the interview and blog are great.

  • Donna McCommon

    on March 5, 2011

    Beautiful!!

  • Andrea Kaus (ChaosGraphics)

    on March 5, 2011

    And another five stars for the interview!

  • Andrea Kaus (ChaosGraphics)

    on March 5, 2011

    outstanding shot!

  • irishmurr

    on March 5, 2011

    Gorgeous colors and silhouettes!

  • Chuck Beehner

    on March 5, 2011

    breathtaking capture!
    pb

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