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Check Out this A Hole!

When you read the subject of this entry, you probably thought that this post was going to be about the Iowa Caucuses, but actually it is an image from my most recent trip to visit Nate and Laura.

Behold!


The A in Manhattan

Laura tells me that it is quite the thing for people of Manhattan to get their picture taken in the “A hole” of the giant Manhattan sign that graces their skyline.

For the record, I’ve never consider the blank parts of letters to be holes. I guess that is just me.

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CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
ISO: 100
FOCAL LENGTH: 13mm
APERTURE: f/9
EXPOSURE: 1/400
DATE: 01/17/2016 – 11:54
LATITUDE: 39.19196°
LONGITUDE: -96.56279°
ALTITUDE: 546.2 meters

Flower Contest

Here is another flower photo, but it isn’t from the flower garden, it is from the flower contest.


Flower from State Fair Flower Contest

This almost concludes the State Fair pictures.

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CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
ISO: 1600
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm
APERTURE: f/4
EXPOSURE: 1/160
DATE: 08/22/2016 – 15:34
LATITUDE: 41.59535°
LONGITUDE: -93.55075°
ALTITUDE: 253 meters

rausgeschmissen werden

Here it is… the picture that got me kicked out of the Iowa State Flower Garden…




But don’t worry, I probably still got at least a couple of pictures from the state fair trip to come.

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CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
ISO: 1000
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm
APERTURE: f/4
EXPOSURE: 1/160
DATE TAKEN: 08/22/2015 – 18:36
LATITUDE: 41.59488°
LONGITUDE: -93.55154°
ALTITUDE: 242.4 meters above sea level

John 14:27

I found this barn and its hopeful message along I70 (or as a Kansan might say 70 Interstate) on my recent trip to visit Nate and Laura. I vowed to stop and take a picture of it on my way home.

Mission accomplished.


Know God... Know Peace

While this saying has graced many a bumper sticker, you won’t actually find it in THE BIBLE. I’m usually fairly coy about the titles of the posts in this here blog (even though I’m sure most of them end up being fairly transparent), however, I will flat out tell you if you go read that particular verse, I think it is what this bumper sticker theology is trying to say.

Although intellectual honesty makes me point out I’m not a noted theologian. I don’t even play one on television. You know every once in awhile, PHOTOGRAPHY 139 needs to get in touch with its roots and give a small reminder of where the name comes from.

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CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
ISO: 100
FOCAL LENGTH: 18.0mm
APERTURE: f/8
EXPOSURE: 1/500
DATE TAKEN: 01-17-2016 – 12:42
LATITUDE: 39.06553°
LONGITUDE: -96.29739
ALTITUDE: 19.9 meters above sea level*

*I have my doubts about the accuracy of that number.

KS

I spent the last weekend in Manhattan, Kansas and accomplished all of my goals for that trip:

1. Witness an Iowa State victory.
2. Eat Nate’s cooking.
3. Eat a Varsity Donut.
4. Get to the top of Manhattan Hill.
5. Get to the top of KS Hill.

I have new goals for my next trip to Manhattan, but I’ll share those after I go there.

But we should really focus on Goal #5. Get to the top of KS Hill. I don’t know a lot about the city of Manhattan, but based on their landmarks, it was founded by people that like making large concrete letters.

On one side of the river is a giant MANHATTAN made out of the concrete letters. On the other side of the river is a giant KS. Also made out of concrete letters.

The picture below is the view from on top of the giant KS.




My return trip to Manhattan will involve warmer weather and better planning on my part. This view from KS Hill is just one of many things in Manhattan that I want to photograph at night.

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CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
ISO: 100
FOCAL LENGTH: 12.0mm
APERTURE: f/8
EXPOSURE: 1/320
DATE: 01/15/2016 – 11:49
NO GPS DATA

Coney

Time to look at another flower picture from the Iowa State Fair…


Coneflower at the Iowa State Fair

I wish I had this color of coneflower in my personal garden. That is something I may have to try to remedy in 2016.

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CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
LENS: 60mm f2 Macro
ISO: 1600
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm
APERTURE: f/3.5
EXPOSURE: 1/160
DATE: 08/22/15 – 18:36
LATITUDE: 41.5947°
LONGITUDE: -93.55157°
ALTITUDE: 240.7 meters above sea level

Daisy Bush

Oh… why not take a look at another flower from the Iowa State Fair?




Don’t worry. I’ll be out of these by next year’s State Fair. I’m almost to the picture that got me kicked out of the flower garden.

PARTICULARS

CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
LENS: 60mm F2 MACRO
ISO: 1000
FOCAL LENGTH 60mm (90mm – 35mm equivalency)
APERTURE: f/4
EXPOSURE: 1/160
DATE: 08/22/2015 -18:31
LATITUDE: 41° 35′ 41.1″
LONGITUDE: 93° 33′ 4.5″
ALTITUDE: 242.22 meters