Time to reveal the April image for the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar:
APRIL
TECHNICAL DETAILS
CAMERA: Sony 7M4
LENS: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 DG DN Macro
FOCAL LENGTH: 105mm
APERTURE: f/8
EXPSOURE: 1/125
ISO: 640
DATE: April 13, 2024
I took this picture a couple of weeks before the Pella Tulip Festival in Pella, Iowa. I used as small of an aperture as I could to keep as much of the picture in focus as possible. Using a decent speed on the shutter speed as I was using a longer length macro lens and was shooting handheld.
More than a couple people struggled to see that this picture was of a flower and I struggle to accept that. But my favorite memory was when Kelli was going through the calendar somebody at her table asked, “What is that a picture of?”
And another person at the table said, “It’s a flower! Like Georgia O’Keeffe!”
I picked this picture to represent April because tulips generally come up and bloom in April.
Despite the Georgia O’Keefffe comparison, April wasn’t a super popular image. But a couple of people found it to be their favorite:
I look forward to revealing the May image tomorrow!
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Back in November Carla, Jason, Jesse, and I loaded up into a car and headed to Kansas City to watch Iowa State play football in the dump known as Arrowhead Stadium. But before going to the game we stopped at a barbecue joint that I’ve wanted to try for a bit called Q39.
Here are some pictures from the meal:
Q39 is what Adam (a noted Kansas City and Memphis barbecue expert) refer to as BougieQ. And he isn’t wrong. Q39 is kind of a hipster barbecue. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t good.
If I have a major complaint about BougieQ, it is that it is expensive and the portion size are pretty dang small. But for this meal, the chicken wings were fair. I don’t know I would get them again. The brisket was fantastic, but the real show stopper were the burnt ends. They were one of the best things I ate all year. On the other end of the spectrum, the corn side was terrible. Bland. Tasteless. Hopefully it was made with Nebraska’s inferior corn an wasn’t a waste of good Iowa corn.
The final verdict is that I would eat there again, but if I was in Kansas City and was looking for barbecue, I’d still go to Joe’s first.
Next Sunday’s food adventure will take place considerably closer to home.