Easton Sky

My best guess is that the bright one's Venus. It's in the West sky tonight.

The line you see in the bottom left and bottom right are airplanes that snuck in during this 60 second exposure.

I was disappointed to find out that my Olympus E-500 doesn't have any exposure setting longer then 7 minutes (and that's if I used bulb). I don't have a remote control, so even 7 minutes are out of the question tonight.

You *must* click the picture, then click all sizes to open the larger files in order to get the full effect of the night sky.

Aren't cameras cool? Now I have a wish list: a camera with an exposure setting up to 10 hours. (that would be an awesome shot!)

Nicholas looks so jealous!

P5042095, originally uploaded by -SPK.

spring day

Our new slide?

I was so skeptical! I owe you a beer.

Arrivals and departures

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8:50 pm
f/7.1
30 sec
iso 400
tripod

Anybody seen a macro lens around here?

Click to enlarge the shots!

A few barn spiders live around our house and I took a few shots tonight with my new macro. After picking and cropping the best shots to post, I have the WORST case of the heebie jeebies!

Useful post of the week:

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Duck conversations

Her: It's raining.

Him: Yup.

Her: I'm talking to you.

Him: Yup.

f/6.4
1/30 sec
iso 400
212 mm
handheld

(taken from our front door across the street - in the rain at 6:30 pm. yeah, I'm loving my new lens)

selfless

f/5.6
1/160 sec
iso 160
109 mm
handheld

It's a Kestrel. No, wait.... it's a Mourning Dove

And she's living in a tree in our yard, on a nest. I drove around her on Sunday with the lawn mower and she didn't move a muscle. I hear they taste like chicken?

f/2.8
1/160
iso 400
aperture priority
tripod

"What? What's wrong?"

found here

How cool is this shot?

Does anyone want to take a stab at why these chairs are like this?


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Plum Tree Blossom

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Macro lens fun: Abandoned Bees Nest

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"There are two babies in there? Nooo!"

Anastasia is having twin girls and they were kicking Paige!

Macro lens fun: Birthday Flowers

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Macro lens fun: Eyes

From top left: Paige, Becky, bottom left Kaitlyn, Patrick (your blog author).

Life

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