Hirlpoo

A&W Bear – Jun 30

Derek — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:55:58 +0000

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I’m sure this mascot has a name.

Fire Protection – Jun 29

Derek — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:17:40 +0000

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Wildflower – Jun 28

Derek — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:16:07 +0000

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Sad Toad is Sad – Jun 27

Derek — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:53:55 +0000

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We saw this (not so) little guy hoping across the patio and I ran and got the camera. This shot just makes him look all sad.

Tailgating – Jun 26

Derek — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:41:05 +0000

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Miller Park pre-game bratwurst

Shifter – Jun 25

Derek — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:53:25 +0000

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Ledge – Jun 24

Derek — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:36:29 +0000

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Jarts – Jun 23

Derek — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:46:08 +0000

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Pretty sure these have been outlawed. I saved them from my grandmas house after her death

Ominous Sky – Jun 22

Derek — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:07:50 +0000

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Two – Jun 21

Derek — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:18:37 +0000

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Foggy Miller Park – Jun 20

Derek — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:51:38 +0000

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Super foggy night at Miller Park

Hiking – Jun 19

Derek — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 17:14:35 +0000

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Hiking in Retzer Nature Center in Waukesha, WI

Relaxing – Jun 18

Derek — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 19:28:34 +0000

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Tracks – Jun 17

Derek — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:58:45 +0000

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Cloudy Sky – Jun 16

Derek — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:07:19 +0000

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Sometime I feel I take a lot of cloud shots, but I love lookng at the sky.

Cable Hook – Jun 15

Derek — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:18:43 +0000

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Think this was on a jersy barrier

Brake Detail – Jun 15

Derek — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:07:11 +0000

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Something about the machined nature of the brakes on this motorcycle appealed to me.

The Future of this Site

Derek — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:30:02 +0000

Feedburner still tells me there are a few of you out there “listening,” or at least have your RSS reader checking in from time to time so you can blindly mark my posts as read.

I’ve been kicking around the idea of shuttering this site in favor of something new. I bought this domain mainly on a whim of trying to have a crafty URL for my online home. It was also to have a place to blog in my post Microsoft world since I’d be losing access to me MSDN blog. Since that time back in 2007, I chronicled my (literal) run-up to my first, and finally second marathon and then launched my photo-a-day project back in 2008. The crafty-ness of the URL has sort of faded for me.

I definitely want to still maintain an online presence beyond Twitter and Facebook that is my own, and I do want to continue publishing a photo for each day, so I will be launching a new home for all that soon. I’ve got a few URL’s I can put it on, and it will give me a chance to make a clean break from hirlpoo, name and design-wise.

Stay tuned for information on this new site. In the meantime, I had some issues here preventing me from making updates which I finally cleared up. My goal is to have the new site up and running by July 1st (though I’m making no promises – there are a lot of shiny objects around). I will be finally posting new photos to get the project up-to-date hopefully this week. The mechanism I use to cross post from Flickr will have them tagged for the day they were shot on, so this post will probably seem out of sorts, but suffice it to say as of the time of this writing, March 30th is the last photo I’d posted.

Thisle – Jun 13

Derek — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:41:28 +0000

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Pretty sure this is a thisle. It’s the flower of some weed growing a long the road that I at least always thought was a thistle

Nine Month Portrait – Jun 12

Derek — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 22:46:55 +0000

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Hard to beleive she’s nine months old already.

This is the first time I got to apply some of what I learned at the Flash bus tour. I set the ambient exposure about 2 stops low, then got the exposure of the flash (camera right, Canon 580 EXII @ 1/8 power w/ 1/4 CTO). Helps she was super cooperative tonight, we had a hard time picking the "keeper" of the session.

Car Pile Up – Jun 11

Derek — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:33:25 +0000

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Matchbox car pile up on the toy table,

Boat – Jun 10

Derek — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:18:39 +0000

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I watched the owners restore this boat all last summer while I was walking to and from work. Glad to see it’s back for another season.

Alley Beer – Jun 9

Derek — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 22:03:35 +0000

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Merchant Police – Jun 8

Derek — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:18:27 +0000

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Believe it or not, there is minimal processing on this. The birck on this building was super contrasty (is that a word?) on it’s own.

Burgers – Jun 7

Derek — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 23:01:14 +0000

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Paleo bruger night: Grass fed beef patty with bacon, egg, jalapeno, deli mustard and Franks Red Hot sauce all in a lettuce wrap.

Movies – Jun 6

Derek — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 04:22:49 +0000

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Hiking Pals – Jun 5

Derek — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 17:49:11 +0000

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Me and my girl went for a hike on some of the trails at Waukesha County’s Fox River Park

Kevron – Jun 4

Derek — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 19:41:41 +0000

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Shot from PhotoCamp Milwaukee 2. I did a strobist session and Kevron volunteered to model.

This was the first time using my G10 with off camera flash. I was a moron and forgot my 5D at home, but it proved a worthy substitute. I finally got to experiment with high speed sync after discussing with with David Hobby at the Flash Bus tour after he noticed my G10.

Strobist info:
Camera left – 580EXII @ ~1/4 power w/ 1/4CTO thru white umbrella

SB24 @ 1/16 power bare firing against the wall

Window – Jun 3

Derek — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 21:41:46 +0000

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Warehouse – Jun 2

Derek — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:40:14 +0000

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This was a shot from a photo shoot I did for BiltRite furniture for their website. This is one of the aisles in their warehouse will all the matteresses they stock for delivery.

Delivery – Jun 1

Derek — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:36:11 +0000

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Ok, so exif will show this was taken on June 2, but I somehow did not snap a frame on June 1, so making up for the missed time.

This was a shot from a photo shoot I did for BiltRite furniture for their website.

Stop Here – May 31

Derek — Tue, 31 May 2011 13:24:18 +0000

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Rocks – 30

Derek — Mon, 30 May 2011 12:45:07 +0000

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Twilight Fishing – May 28

Derek — Mon, 30 May 2011 00:34:46 +0000

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My boys, my brother and my dad out fishing after dinner.

Bald Eagle Nest – May 27

Derek — Sun, 29 May 2011 01:06:52 +0000

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There have always bee a ton of bald ealges around the lake where my folks cabin is, but this is the first time one of them nested nearby.

This is a case of liking the extra pixels the 5DmkII gives me. Longest glass I had was 70mm, but with a tight crop, I ended up with a pretty usable image.

Masterlock – May 26

Derek — Fri, 27 May 2011 21:52:58 +0000

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No one is getting in this garbage.

Pylon – May 26

Derek — Thu, 26 May 2011 13:02:26 +0000

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Cold Storage – May 25

Derek — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:17:09 +0000

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Baseball – May 24

Derek — Tue, 24 May 2011 23:50:58 +0000

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Twig – May 23

Derek — Mon, 23 May 2011 13:05:51 +0000

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Dishes – May 22

Derek — Mon, 23 May 2011 01:11:58 +0000

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Bernie Wannabe – May 21

Derek — Sun, 22 May 2011 00:21:21 +0000

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Headin down the slide at the Miller Park Kids Zone

Buds to leaves – May 17

Derek — Fri, 20 May 2011 22:12:42 +0000

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Trees are starting to fill out – Summer will be here soon

Artwork – May 18

Derek — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:36:00 +0000

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Worst plate ever – May 18

Derek — Wed, 18 May 2011 23:04:24 +0000

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As a pretty big Brewers fan, and an owner of these same plates, why to you get them saying "Cubs Fan"?

Shifter – May 17

Derek — Tue, 17 May 2011 12:55:19 +0000

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Visible is my ghetto iPod interface (ie audio cassette adapter)

Reader – May 16

Derek — Tue, 17 May 2011 03:44:01 +0000

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Do yourself a favor and get a high speed card reader. You’ll thank me.

Freshly Cut – May 15

Derek — Sun, 15 May 2011 23:20:34 +0000

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Not too shabby if I say so myself

My Nephew ” Bubba” – May 14

Derek — Sat, 14 May 2011 23:54:14 +0000

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Not his real name, but he’s such a chunker that it totally fits him.

Reflection – May 13

Derek — Fri, 13 May 2011 13:27:37 +0000

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Cream City Brick – May 12

Derek — Thu, 12 May 2011 22:01:18 +0000

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Test Shot – May 11

Derek — Thu, 12 May 2011 00:24:47 +0000

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Was setting up to do some portraits of my eldest son and while he was getting dressed, his little brother wanted to know what I was doing so I recruited him to stand in for some test shots so I knew the lighting was right.

Strobist Details:
camera right: 580EXII w/ 1/4 CTO, white shoot thru umbrella

camera left, behind subject, Nikon SB24 bare dialed down to 1/16 power for a little hair light

Vent – May 10

Derek — Tue, 10 May 2011 17:21:27 +0000

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Went for a walk at lunch and found this in a cool little tunnel that goes under the freeway.

Colombian Hat – May 9

Derek — Mon, 09 May 2011 12:20:38 +0000

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Heritage day at school had my son doning this hat we borrowed.

Mojo Marinated Rotisserie Chicken – May 8

Derek — Sun, 08 May 2011 22:43:02 +0000

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My brother-in-law gave us the idea to marinade a whole chicken in Goya Mojo Criollo marinade. He then cooks it on a beer can rack, I opted for the rotisserie

Recrafted – May 7

Derek — Sat, 07 May 2011 14:41:26 +0000

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My Red Wing boots came back from the factory after having some new soles put on them. Other than they are scuffed up (i.e. used) they are as good as new

Lessons – May 6

Derek — Fri, 06 May 2011 14:21:34 +0000

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Presentation day at my oldest’s school.

Mmm, Bacon – May 5

Derek — Thu, 05 May 2011 22:40:41 +0000

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Breakfast for dinner!

Sketchy – May 4

Derek — Wed, 04 May 2011 22:14:47 +0000

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Saw this guy sketching on the riverwalk while I was walking back to my car.

Floor Time – May 3

Derek — Wed, 04 May 2011 00:11:03 +0000

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I love this photo mainly for what’s in the background, my wife and son were talking to my daughter under the table while playing with the flashlight.