Good news! No, great news! I have finished updating another page on the website! WooHoo! The Calendar page is now changed and ready for mass viewing. The Calendar page is a great resource for 2 things. First, it is where the digital Photography 139 Calendar resides. This is a great… Read More »Food Truckin’: Clear Lake Field Work
Here we are. Time to share all the pictures I considered for the 2025 Calendar but did not make the cut for one reason or another. Could be that I decided it wasn’t good enough. Or because a similar picture was chosen over it to be placed in the calendar.… Read More »I Wanna Have Control
Time to reveal the December image of the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: DECEMBER TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7 IV LENS: Sony 50mm f/2.8 Macro APERTURE: f/8 SHUTTER: 1/2000 ISO: 100 DATE: April 13, 2024 This picture of a bird soaring through the sky was taken at the Last Chance Cemetery… Read More »WPC – WEEK 487 – MOTION
Time to reveal the November image from the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: NOVEMBER TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7IV LENS: SIGMA 105mm f/2.8 DG DN MACRO FOCAL LENGTH: 105mm APERTURE: f/8 SHUTTER: 1/125 DATE: May 26, 2024 I took this macro strawflower picture in my yard. Strawflowers are one of my… Read More »#BREAKFASTBURRITOLIFE: Ames Field Work
Time to share the October image from the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: OCTOBER TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7M4 LENS: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 DG DN Macro FOCAL LENGTH: 105mm APERTURE: f/3.2 EXPOSURE: 1/160 DATE: July 23, 2024 This dandelion picture was taken in my yard. I take no pride in that… Read More »A Saturday at the Boone County Fair
Today’s is Lowell’s birthday so I need to wish him a happy birthday. Happy birthday Lowell! If you don’t know, he isn’t the super tall guy and he isn’t Kim. I simply hope your birthday is without any health emergencies! +++++++ Today is also Sabas’ birthday! So I need to… Read More »New Orleans Day 2: River Walk
Time to reveal the August image for the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: August TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7M4 LENS: Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG DN FOCAL LENGTH: 16mm APERTURE: f/5.6 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/3200 ISO: 160 DATE: July 29, 2024 I took this picture just south of US30. A little east of… Read More »Don’t Be Cruel
Time to reveal the July image for the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: JULY TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7M4 LENS: Sigma 150-600 f/5-6.3 DG DN FOCAL LENGTH: 276mm APERTURE: f/14 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/6400 ISO: 160 DATE TAKEN: August 2, 2024 I took this picture on my trip to the Indianola National… Read More »I Don’t Care if it Hurts
It is time to reveal the June image for the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: JUNE TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7M4 LENS: SIGMA 150-600 f/5-6.3 DG DN FOCAL LENGTH: 395mm (but image is cropped) APERTURE: f/11 SHUTTER: 1/160 ISO: 800 DATE TAKEN: April 8, 2024 I drove in a caravan with… Read More »Weekly Photo Challenge Year 11 in Review
It is time to reveal the May image for the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: May TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7M4 LENS: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 DG DN Macro FOCAL LENGTH: 105mm APERTURE: f/9 EXPOSURE: 1/125 ISO: 800 DATE: August 13, 2024 I took this picture of a bee on a zinnia… Read More »WPC – WEEK 486 – WHEELS
Time to reveal the March image for the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: MARCH TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7M4 LENS: 14-24 Sigma f/2.8 DG DN Art FOCAL LENGTH: 24mm APERTURE: f/8 EXPOSUER: 1/800 ISO: 400 DATE: June 12, 2024 I took this picture because I wanted a Bokeh picture to enter… Read More »Sweet 22: The Beginning
Time to reveal the February image for the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: FEBRUARY TECHICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7M4 LENS: Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 FOCAL LENGTH: 68mm APERTURE: f/4.5 EXPOSURE: 1/200 ISO: 100 The February image was taken in New Orleans. It was taken on my second day in New Orleans and… Read More »New Orleans Day 2: French Quarter Walkabout
All of the 2025 Photography 139 Calendars have been distributed or mailed except for one. It is fair game now to start sharing the calendar images. This is the front cover image: FRONT COVER – 2025 Technical Details: CAMERA: SONY 7M4LENS: SIGMA 14-24 f/2.8 DG DN ARTFOCAL LENGTH: 20mmAPERTURE: f/8SHUTTER… Read More »Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand, Six Hundred Minutes
Today is Lowell’s birthday so I need to wish him a happy birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOWELL! If you don’t know, Lowell is not Kim and is not the tall guy. It is one of my most profoundest birthday wishes that today is a good day. +++++++ This is one of… Read More »Calendar Favorites
Time to share the rest of the images that were rejected for the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. Some of these are similar to ones included in the calendar. They come from a wide range of projects. From auxiliary images from THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT to alternates for THE WEEKLY PHOTO… Read More »2024 Photography 139 Calendar Rejects: The Ending
Time to share the final image for the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. The December image. It is an image of an abandoned (methinks) church I found in northeast Iowa on a THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT road trip: DECEMBER I chose this image for December because I usually like to either… Read More »2024 Photography 139 Calendar Rejects: The Beginning
It is time to share the November image from the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar image. It is a picture of the redbud trees in Red Haw State Park. NOVEMBER I chose this picture for November because it had purple in it. TECHINICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony ILCE-7M4 DATE: April 29, 2023… Read More »And They’ll Think that I am So Exciting
Time to share the October image from the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It is a picture of a mural of Jack from THE SHINING near Graffiti Alley in Des Moines. OCTOBER I chose this image for October since it is an artistic depiction from THE SHINING, one of the 5… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Car Show – 2023
Time to share the September image from the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It is a picture of grass taken at Ledges. SEPTEMBER I selected this picture for September because it suggests fall. CAMERA DETALS CAMERA: SONY ILCE-7M4 DATE: OCTOBER 15, 2023 – 5:08 PM LENS: 17-28mm f/2.8 FOCAL LENGTH: 20mm… Read More »To Find You
It is time to share the August image from the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It was a picture taken with Rodan139 of RAGBRAI east of Luther. AUGUST I chose this RAGBRAI picture for August because RAGBRAI is a summer activity. TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Hasselblad L1D-20c DATE: July 25, 2023 –… Read More »Rancho Deluxe – I
It is time to share the July image from the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar image. It is a picture taken with Rodan139 of somebody setting off fireworks on the 4th of July in my neighborhood. JULY I chose this image since I felt the fireworks represented the 4th of July… Read More »WPC – WEEK 433 – HUMANS