Oracle on Delhi 365

Tomatoes!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:53:00 +0000

This was pretty quick and colorful. As much as winter in Central New York is nice with beautiful snow, it has to be cloudy to get that snow. Bright red tomatoes in the dead of winter are a great pick me up.

One Dark Night

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:39:00 +0000

I nearly forgot to shoot a picture of something. It was just before midnight and I knew we were close to a full moon. I dashed outside and shot the moon with a hand-held camera. It only peeked out of the clouds a few times before the clouds thickened and it was lost in the inky darkness.
The next morning though, I was heading into work before it set.

That's when I saw it and it would complement last night's photo well. Like bookends of a story.

On Pointe

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:28:00 +0000

She was so excited to get her pointe shoes! She is very strong. Put the shoes on and stood right on pointe. Alas now she is taller than me while on pointe. This dining room floor is just big enough to shoot these images.

Fruit De Mer

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:54:00 +0000

The annual Christmas party at work was actually in January. December just didn't work. I had the Fruit De Mer, a heaping pile of linguine with clams, shrimp and scallops. We had dinner at Aqua Vino in Utica. As always the food was delicious.

Cold Swim

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:42:00 +0000

I got my bike ride in for January before the snow. I have two goals for the year. One, to bike 300 miles on the canal trail and to bike every month of the year. That might depend on the snowfall. If I can bike in February, then I will have biked during every month of the year.

This was the first duck I've seen on the old canal when I've been out on the bike. I've seen deer, snappers, skunks, cats, dogs, squirrels, pedestrians, a boy scout troop and the occasional biker. I saw the duck, and then it was another 45 minutes before I got back there with a camera. I was surprised to see the duck still there.

Fire in the Sky

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:40:00 +0000

The sunset was fantastic. I work in the middle of East Syracuse where it is flat. I went down towards the dead end of the road to shoot the sky through the trees and swamp.

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:46:00 +0000

I've been looking at these ornaments, we actually have them as a table decoration. Less likely to fall to their demise. I set it up on a flashlight and placed the tree behind it. Handheld at 105mm f/4.5.

Shoot First Ask Questions Later

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:40:00 +0000

I wanted to get the shot early in the day and as the sun broke on the horizon, my ever ready talkative 5 year old said "Dad, the sun! Get a picture!" Who wants to brave the 11 degrees outside, not me, so I shot through the dining room window.

Snow!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:27:00 +0000

Turns out I shot two pictures the whole day. One was too dark because I had late night settings instead of outdoor morning settings on the camera, the second shot was snap and go from the hip.

Somehow I think it worked. We had about 6 inches of new lake effect fluff on the ground and on the tree!

New Year's on the wrong day?

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:02:00 +0000

Having the official holiday on a Monday, January 2 is really throwing me off.

So you might think it's a day late, sorry, Happy New Year!

Garden Ruins

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:07:00 +0000

I headed outside yesterday afternoon because the sky turned a funny color, the rain was near. I though there might be something interesting to shoot. The sky was too overcast and the thick clouds were not interesting. Picked up a few lost toys and waited. Way in the back I stumbled upon this pile of bricks. Not visible in the summer do to garden plants, here it was on the first of the year, exposed instead of hidden away.

We have a lot if bricks in the back yard, just a minute of digging will bring them up by the truck full. We live on the banks of Old Erie Canal so there is a lot of history there. There also was a house in the backyard and it is now buried back there. It used to be a store on the canal. Our house is brick and just a couple blocks away was a brick factory back in the canal heyday.

Jump Start 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 03:18:00 +0000

I don't know if I can do it. A lot of work goes into a 365 project, but I'm going to try it. So to start things off, here's a New Years Eve shot from my kitchen. There's one little wayward box alder bug hanging out on the leaf.

The Long Lost 365 Project

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:59:00 +0000

Sorry everybody. Things got away from me here. If you look on flickr, you can see most of the pictures from the 365 Project. I underestimated the amount of work to post to flickr and blog them photos. I've missed a few days here and there and I think that's ok. The idea was to push myself creatively and content-wise. I find there have been a number of days were I had time to shoot to and from work and since I drive the same route every day, there is a lack of variety.

Here's the difficulty in keeping up, there are four little blessings (one's not so little anymore) that keep me pretty busy before and after work. Tough to get pictures with them using you for a jungle gym.

I'm going to try and keep updating the blog, but it won't be all the time.

What's the idea behind this photo. It's out in the garden and night, pitch black out there. Except for the interesting light patterns. I light painted the rock to make it more readable and just a touch of post processing for pop.

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noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:48:00 +0000

1 out of 1 pregnant wife's want grilled cheese before bed.

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noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:46:00 +0000

If the Golden Arches can take my money and make me sit at the pay window for 10 minutes because they are too slow, I should be able to take pictures. She could have brought my sandwich to the pay window and I could have pulled out! Oops! I do the drive-thru sometimes. Here's my take on the true cost of a drive-thru: www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=198914577532&topic=11173

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noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:43:00 +0000

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noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:39:00 +0000

I was out testing new houses for Energy Star compliance and snapped this image of this mechanical chase.
What does a house look like before the walls go on? Like this. In this development, this mechanical chase was a serious point of air leakage. The war air from the house could easily enter the attic, taking with it the heat and moisture that you want in the house. In this chase is the dryer vent (metal pipe) and the radon pipe (plastic). The view is looking straight up the chase and into the attic.

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noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:02:00 +0000

Went out to dinner with a friend, their treat! One of our favorites!

If you can't read it use a mirror, I did!

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noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:22:00 +0000

Feeling uninspired after a day of not even picking up a camera, somebody decided to pose for me.

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noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:54:00 +0000

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noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:25:00 +0000

Nothing like the smell of fresh baked chocolate fudge cookies

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noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:46:00 +0000

Yesterday was girl #3, today is girl #2. My brown-eyed beauty.

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noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:18:00 +0000

She loves her blocks.

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noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:28:00 +0000

I always bring the camera when I go to the local nature center. There's always somebody hanging around the feeders.

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noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:23:00 +0000

The pink contrail caught my eye driving home.