Thought it would be a good time to share a picture of a flower from my backyard.
I don’t post too many photos of my backyard flowers because I don’t want people to get too jealous of my green thumb.
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CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm (90mm – 35mm equivalency)
ISO: 400
APERTURE; f/4
EXPOSURE: 1/100
DATE: 08/26/2015- 19:30
LATITUDE: 42° 3′ 18.6″
LONGITUDE: 93° 52′ 14.8″
ALTITUDE: 357.72 meters
We’ve been fighting a losing battle against the insects for fifteen years, but I never thought I’d see the final face-off in my lifetime. And I never dreamed, that it would turn out to be the bees. They’ve always been our friend.
-Brad Crane
Many of you might not remember Brad Crane. He was a hero and national celebrity in 1978 when he helped fend off a swarm of killer bees that had invaded the southwest. The swarm destroyed large cities like Houston and small towns like Maryville. We almost lost hope. It is sad to think that his major contribution has almost completely forgotten.
I haven’t forgotten you Brad Cane!
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CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm (90mm – 35mm equivalency)
ISO: 1250
APERTURE: f/4
EXPOSURE: 1/160
DATE: 08/22/2015 – 18:24
LATITUDE: 41° 35′ 42.5″
LONGITUDE: 93° 33′ 4.9″
ALTITUDE: 253.71 meters
I must really like these flowers because I took lots of pictures of them.
I threatened an all flower week a couple weeks back, but this might be that week.
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CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm (90mm – 35mm equivalency)
ISO: 1000
APERTURE: f/4
EXPOSURE: 1/160
DATE: 08/22/15 18:24
LATITUDE: 41° 35′ 42.7″
LONGITUDE: 93° 33′ 4.8″
ALTITUDE: 251.57 meters
It seems like a good time to return to the Iowa State Fair flower garden.
This also isn’t the picture that got me kicked out of the flower garden, but that one is coming up soon. I swear.
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CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm (90mm – 35mm equivalency)
ISO: 800
APERTURE: f/4
EXPOSURE: 1/160
DATE: 08/22/2015 – 15:22
LATITUDE: 41° 35′ 42.7″
LONGITUDE: 93° 33′ 4.8″
ALTITUDE: 247.12 meters
I obviously couldn’t go through the entire week without posting 1 flower picture. Russell would leave the family out of protest, I have no doubts…
Another flower picture from my trip to the Iowa State Fair.
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CAMERA: SONLY SLT-A65V
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm (35mm equivalency – 90mm)
ISO: 1250
APERTURE: f/4
EXPOSURE: 1/160
DATE: 08/22/2015 – 18:22
LATITUDE: 41° 35′ 42.9′”
LONGITUDE: 93° 33′ 4.9″
ALTITUDE: 245.96 meters
We recently held an auction at the Computer Mine. The one thing in the auction that I really coveted was a blue Canon A4000 IS. I’m not a Canon guy at all. However, I’ve been sans point and shoot for a couple years now and there are times (like mission trips) where a little point and shoot would come in handy. While it isn’t the most powerful camera, I thought if I could get it for $50 bucks (while it retails for $150) I could slum and add a Canon to the arsenal.
I am notoriously tough on point and shoots, so hopefully it will last me a couple years or so.
I thought I would crack it out and document my weekend, to get a feel for it. Below are those pictures.
Spirit Week Gyro! (Photo by Joseph Lynch)
Seriously! Data migration call 10 minutes before I’m off!
Houlihan takes over my data migration! (Photo by Joseph Lynch)
Commitment to consumerism.
Supplies for Friday Night Supper Club
Willy grilling. Naima observing.
Firetub Swan Song… Or is it?
Breakfast with Mom at The Legal Limit. She loves having her picture taken.
Finally getting the studio put back together. Might re-do the 9 Emotions Project.
This is what $150 or so looks like.
Helping paint Teresa’s house.
Yeah. Nice try Cyclones.
Happy birthday Greg!
Worshiping an Awesome God!
Thinking about Fall Project #1.
Assisting with Jay’s Ice Skull Project.
Preparing for the Weekly Photo Challenge Photo Shoot.
Stan bringing over some firewood. Naima greeting him.
John grilling at the event formerly known as The Methodist Men Steak Fry.
Monday morning. Back to the grind.
I couldn’t wait for Monday night when I finally got a chance to breathe and have a small bit of free time again.
Actually, not coming soon. They are already there.
Recently my sister Teresa came across a collection of theater seats at the Funky Rooster. She was able to negotiate a sweet deal and after borrowing a truck from the Petersons and getting Derrick to help load them and Willy to help unload them and place them in The Union Street Theater, they are home.
Here are a couple of cruddy cell phone pictures for you to admire my recent addition and commitment to consumerism.
This addition will seat four people or two straight males.
My understanding is that these seats came from the old Century Theater that was on Duff all those years ago.
I also recently added a computer to the Union Street Theater to make it easier to stream music or watch YouTube videos down there.
I’m not sure how many people can sit and watch movies at the Union Street Theater, but currently there are 4 theater seats, 2 recliners, 1 couch, a daybed, a trundle bed, and 1 bean bag chair. However, the couch will probably bite the dust at some point.
The Union Street Theater will start hosting more formal events in the future. Including:
-Probably at least 2 viewings of MANOS: HANDS OF FATE.
-A Network Engineering viewing of A CLOCKWORK ORANGE.
-A possible Youth Group event.
-A Nader birthday movie viewing.
-Another undetermined movie viewing.
-Many a Cyclone sporting event watch party.
I think I might be done tinkering with it for awhile, but I would have made that same claim a few weeks ago.
It has been almost a week since I posted a flower picture and I’m sure that Russell was probably getting a little antsy, so I’ll post one of my favorite pictures that I took at the Iowa State Fair.
I might even finish the week out back to back to back flower pictures. You never know.
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CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm (90mm – 35mm Equivalency)
ISO: 800
APERTURE: f/4
EXPOSURE: 1/160
DATE: 08/22/2015 – 18:22
LATITUDE: 41° 35′ 42.9″
LONGITUDE: 93° 33′ 4.9″
ALTITUDE: 245.85 meters
Here are more painting pictures. YEAH!!! These are from my other sister Carla:
A little return to my trip to the Iowa State Fair.
This windmill is actually located in the same place as all the flowers.
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CAMERA: SONLY SLT-A65V
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm (90mm – 35mm Equivalency)
ISO: 100
APERTURE: f/4
EXPOSURE: 1/160
LATITUDE: 41° 35′ 41.9″
LONGITUDE: 93° 33′ 5.3″
ALTITUDE: 239.29 meters
On a housekeeping note, it should be noted, that recently a new Photography 139 blog subscriber was added. So welcome to Dae Hee. If you see him on the streets, give him a knowing glance and the secret handshake.
