I have a considerable backlog of images that I need to edit. Part of the problem is that I edit photos in 2 separate distinct locations and it is often difficult for me to figure out what I have edited in one location, but not the other. I have begun… Read More »Dog Face
This huge collection of photos was found in the folder called 01-01-08: I don’t know if it the holidays or recently seeing some old friends, or a recent death to a close relation of a very close friend or if it is just because it is that time of year,… Read More »01-08-08
The world wasn’t ready for these alternate FRAMED images for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE yesterday. Hopefully by laying down some groundwork yesterday the world will be able to handle them. I have my doubts… That is Willy’s eye behind the brick. The tunnel is located on the most beautiful campus… Read More »That Nurse Came into my Room, She Told Me I’m Sick in the Head
A few weeks back I decided to tackle Page 93 for THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT: Page 93 – How close can you get to someone without your presence being felt? Because of my ninja like stealth, I decided that a fly would be the best thing to sneak up on.… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 93
The world wasn’t ready for these MACRO pictures for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE on Monday. I’m not sure that the world is ready for them now, but I can’t hold them back any longer: The grand majority of these pictures were taken in my back yard. The first seven were… Read More »Season ‘Em, Put ‘Em on a Beat with Me, Then I’m Eating ‘Em
MACRO might be the most technically difficult theme on the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Despite that, several people buckled up and gave it a spin! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates, you came to see the MACRO submissions! Sheri Farkhouri Sarah Karber… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 109 – MACRO
This is your weekly reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is MACRO: MACRO The best way to think of MACRO is close-up photography. Getting up close to something… cause that is where the power is! Happy photo harvesting!
I recently picked up a new set of toys: Extension Tubes. I don’t have a picture of the tubes themselves, but I do have a collection of pictures from the from the first test run. Have a look: I don’t have a picture of the extension tubes, but if you… Read More »Yet Another New Toy
A picture from trip to the Iowa State Fair on Sunday: I have so many photos to edit from so many recent adventures. It is almost sickening. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY ILCA-77M2 ISO: 160 FOCAL LENGTH: 200mm APERTURE: f/5.6 EXPOSURE: 1/320 DATE TAKEN: 08/20/2017 – 15:09 PHOTO ASSISTANT: Nader Parsaei PHOTO… Read More »The World is a Vampire
Now that the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon is officially over, I can reveal what picture was accepted for display and what 3 pictures were given the shaft. Displayed In case you didn’t know, the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon is one of the hardest photo competitions in the world.… Read More »Iowa State Fair Photography Salon – 2017
These pictures didn’t have what it takes to make the cut for the YELLOW theme of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: If only these pictures believed in themselves, no telling what they might be able to accomplish!
The last of the Iowa Arboretum Collection: I need to spend some quality time there again real soon!
More from my trip to the Iowa Arboretum on July 3, 2016. We will head back to the Arboretum one more time!
This shows you how deep my backlog goes. These are images I took on July 3. Of 2016. They were taken at the Iowa Arboretum, which is one of Boone County’s forgotten little gems. I like to go there after they are closed because I can have the whole place… Read More »The Old Tree Library Alpha
These FLOWER pictures didn’t have what it takes to make the cut for the FLOWER theme of the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: No telling what these pictures could accomplish if they only believed in themselves!
These pictured didn’t have what it takes to be included for the theme WATER in the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: If only these pictures believed in themselves, there is no telling what they might accomplish.
A young Johnathan Stensland among the photos in the folder 09-09-07: Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane will include what I’m sure might have been the wedding of the year in 2007!
This is your reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is FLOWER: FLOWER! So head to your local greenhouse, flowershop, garden, your flowerbed, or whatever and get close with a FLOWER. Happy photo harvesting!
These pictures didn’t have what it takes to be included with the PURPLE theme for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: If only these pictures believed in themselves, there is no telling what they might accomplish!
Here is another tulip photo from my brief trip to the Pella Tulip Festival: No Kio, no pictures of What Cheer yet. But they are in the pipe. PARTICULARS CAMERA: Sony ILCA-77M2 ISO: 100 FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm APERTURE: f/5 EXPOSURE: 1/160 DATE: 05/06/2017 – 16:24 NO GPS DATA RECORDED PHOTO… Read More »FTD
1 more picture of my cuddly and adorable toad friend that hung out in my backyard for a bit: Unfortunately, it looks like he has moved on. Possibly to a deluxe apartment in the sky. PARTICULARS CAMERA: Sony ILCA-77M2 ISO: 3200 FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm APERTURE: f/3.5 EXPOSURE: 1/160 DATE: 05-08-2017… Read More »Such Sweet Sorrow