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  • Susan's Eyes

    Susan's Eyes

    Susan'seyesFinalcolorforsmugmug

    From Portraits

  • "Each year the week before the fall equinox, a band of artists on the Homer Spit face the challenges of weather and create a huge, finely crafted basket. And then they burn it."  Quote from Michael Armstrong's article in the Homer News   more here:<br />
<br /> <a href="http://homernews.com/stories/092408/arts_16_001.shtml">http://homernews.com/stories/092408/arts_16_001.shtml</a>

    "Each year the week before the fall equinox, a band of artists on the Homer Spit face the challenges of weather and create a huge, finely crafted basket. And then they burn it." Quote from Michael Armstrong's article in the Homer News more here:

    http://homernews.com/stories/092408/arts_16_001.shtml

    burningbasketfinalHomerAlaskasurpassHomer Spitcommunity artAlaska art

    From Posters

  • Elie Marisol Cruz Sharp

    Elie Marisol Cruz Sharp

    ellie1001100371BWcopy

    From Portraits

  • Untitled photo

    morninglight

    From Crane Festival 2011 Monte Vista CO

  • Patio Bar at Rex's American Grill and Bar.   5 image HDR composed in photomatrix pro 3.x  and Photoshop CS3  Note the ISO 6400!!!  New D700 with Nikkor 14-24 VR

    Patio Bar at Rex's American Grill and Bar. 5 image HDR composed in photomatrix pro 3.x and Photoshop CS3 Note the ISO 6400!!! New D700 with Nikkor 14-24 VR

    Rex'spatiobarnightfinalHDRD700

    From Miscellaneous Projects

  • Untitled photo

  • DSC_9015 copy

    DSC9015

    From Lil' House

  • Darin Maroni, BMW motorcycleist

    Darin Maroni, BMW motorcycleist

    From Portraits

  • Family Kerfuffle.  tweaked the color here.

    Family Kerfuffle. tweaked the color here.

    201103134433

    From Crane Festival 2011 Monte Vista CO

  • Peek   Cabo Pulmo Mexico

    peekcabopulmomexico

    From Under Water

  • The local shopping mall had the grand opening of a new addition on Saturday. The festivities included a "Cirque du Soleil" type ice skating and acrobatic show. Here are a couple of images I managed from up in the bleachers. Ok yes they are a little "artsy". I tried to make a comment on performers concentration, the "distance" between this kind of performer (physical) and those he is entertaining and also how it's sometimes hard to "see" for looking from the audience. Too much? Ok- cool dude in flowing robes jumping and flipping using "powerizer" jumping stilts.<br />
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Tech Note: D700 1/400 at f/5.0 ISO 25,600 ( no that is not a misprint twenty five thousand , six hundred) Hand held 116mm ( 70-200 nikkor zoom)

    The local shopping mall had the grand opening of a new addition on Saturday. The festivities included a "Cirque du Soleil" type ice skating and acrobatic show. Here are a couple of images I managed from up in the bleachers. Ok yes they are a little "artsy". I tried to make a comment on performers concentration, the "distance" between this kind of performer (physical) and those he is entertaining and also how it's sometimes hard to "see" for looking from the audience. Too much? Ok- cool dude in flowing robes jumping and flipping using "powerizer" jumping stilts.

    Tech Note: D700 1/400 at f/5.0 ISO 25,600 ( no that is not a misprint twenty five thousand , six hundred) Hand held 116mm ( 70-200 nikkor zoom)

    Cirque du SoleiljumpingpowerizerPark Meadows

    From Posters

  • Rainbow over Seaside Farm, Homer Alaska    Late September 2008

    Rainbow over Seaside Farm, Homer Alaska Late September 2008

    HomerAlaskaseaside FarmRainbow

    From Posters

  • Rex Brice  2007   Principal Steamboat Restaurant Group, Steamboat Springs, CO<br />
<br /> <a href="http://www.rexsgrill.com/">http://www.rexsgrill.com/</a>

    Rex Brice 2007 Principal Steamboat Restaurant Group, Steamboat Springs, CO

    http://www.rexsgrill.com/

    From Portraits

  • Captain Joe October 2009  Homer AK.  Not ready to drop anchor yet.

    Captain Joe October 2009 Homer AK. Not ready to drop anchor yet.

    From Portraits

  • Vicki Connacher final poratrait 4x6

    VickiConnacherfinalporatrait4x6

    From Portraits

  • Tia Carolina

    Tia Carolina

    CarolineSanta Fe2007tritonenikkor 50mm f1.4

    From Portraits

  • ellie_100110_0378 BWcopy

    ellie1001100378BWcopy

    From Portraits

  • Untitled photo

  • Untitled photo

    rexstafffinal

    From Miscellaneous Projects

  • first of a series of portraits of dogs and their people who walk by the house every day

    first of a series of portraits of dogs and their people who walk by the house every day

    KAT4623finalforweb

    From Portraits

  • Darin Maroni, BMW motorcycles

    Darin Maroni, BMW motorcycles

    motorcycleriderMaroniarai BMWposter

    From Posters

  • I think that this is a mated pair with their yearling of last spring.  Note the ice in the water

    I think that this is a mated pair with their yearling of last spring. Note the ice in the water

    201103134652

    From Crane Festival 2011 Monte Vista CO

  • Poster for friends who own this Cafe,antiquarian bookstore and B&B in Homer Alaska. A great place   Homer is a spot of wonderful shining blue light in the constant red of Alaska.   If you are there drop in and say hello to Sally and Andy.

    Poster for friends who own this Cafe,antiquarian bookstore and B&B in Homer Alaska. A great place Homer is a spot of wonderful shining blue light in the constant red of Alaska. If you are there drop in and say hello to Sally and Andy.

    Mermaid cafeOld Inlet BookshopHomer AKposter daily photo

    From Posters

  • McLeod Ganj, or as it is more commonly known in the west, Upper Dharamsala, is the home of His Holiness the Dali Lama and the seat of the Tibetan exile government.  The town is located in northeastern India at the blessedly cool altitude of 5800 feet. It is to be found in the mountains north of the Kangra Valley. To get there took us five hours.  The three of us and all of our gear were jammed into a taxi that hurtled thru the night  from the nearest large  airport in Amritsar. The first thing I noticed when we got there  and the sun came up (other than the "assertive verticality" of the the place) was the profusion of prayer flags . Everywhere I looked, the brilliantly colored flags were flying in the breeze  sending  prayers into the  clearing morning sky.

    McLeod Ganj, or as it is more commonly known in the west, Upper Dharamsala, is the home of His Holiness the Dali Lama and the seat of the Tibetan exile government. The town is located in northeastern India at the blessedly cool altitude of 5800 feet. It is to be found in the mountains north of the Kangra Valley. To get there took us five hours. The three of us and all of our gear were jammed into a taxi that hurtled thru the night from the nearest large airport in Amritsar. The first thing I noticed when we got there and the sun came up (other than the "assertive verticality" of the the place) was the profusion of prayer flags . Everywhere I looked, the brilliantly colored flags were flying in the breeze sending prayers into the clearing morning sky.

    mcleod ganjDharamsalaIndiaHimachal PradeshDali Lamaprayer flagsBuddhistTibetKangra Valley

    From Posters

  •  <a href="http://www.rexsgrill.com/">http://www.rexsgrill.com/</a>

    http://www.rexsgrill.com/

    espresso

    From Food

  • spinach quiche closeup final

    spinachquichecloseupfinal

    From Pierre Michelle Menu board images

  • DSC_9023

    From Lil' House

  • Shrimp Salad Close Up Final copy

    ShrimpSaladCloseFinal

    From Pierre Michelle Menu board images

  •  <a href="http://www.rexsgrill.com/">http://www.rexsgrill.com/</a>

    http://www.rexsgrill.com/

    tonemapped

    From Food

  • burgers ready to go to the table <br />
<br />
Rex's American Grill and Bar, Steamboat Springs, CO

    burgers ready to go to the table

    Rex's American Grill and Bar, Steamboat Springs, CO

    From Food

  • Andy Wills, Entrepreneur, book seller, master of many crafts.  Andy and his wife, Sally, own and run the bookshop, the Mermaid Cafe that is in the same building and a great B&B apartment upstairs.  If you are in Homer don't miss the chance to stop in.<br />
<br /> <a href="http://www.oldinletbookshop.com/index2.html">http://www.oldinletbookshop.com/index2.html</a><br />
<br />
Andy is a third generation book seller. He offers used, rare and out-of-print books, and has been operating in Homer since 1997.<br />
<br />
The shop has moved from its original location in the basement of the Old Inlet Trading Post to its new digs up the street, now located in a dovetail notch-constructed log cabin in historic Old Town. About 400 feet from the waters of Cook Inlet, the log structure, known as the Hansen House (because it was Burt Hansen who moved it from the south side of Kachemak Bay to its present location in the early 1930s), was one of Homer's very first stores. The provenance is still a mystery, but some locals believe the cabin was built on Yukon Island in 1905, making it one of the oldest buildings in Homer.<br />
    <br />
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Totally renovated, the cabin offers old pioneer charm to the add-on new construction that houses the Mermaid Cafe and B&B.  The bookshop specializes in Alaskana, polar exploration, natural history, modern firsts, children's  and medical books. We also offer a wide array of general stock  in most genres.<br />
<br />
Of the 20,000-plus titles available for perusal, one might find a signed Rockwell Kent illustrated first edition Moby Dick in a dust jacket, or a John Muir Cruise of the Corwin with a manuscript tipped into it.  There is the possibility of securing a paperback of a favorite fiction writer, or a naval text detailing all the major submarine battles of World War 11. <br />
<br />
Also available are original oil paintings by local artist James Buncak,  oil paintings by Chicago artist Sue Spero, whale-bone and ivory carvings by Point Hope Eskimo Tom Fields,  and photographs by renowned photographer G. Brad Lewis.

    Andy Wills, Entrepreneur, book seller, master of many crafts. Andy and his wife, Sally, own and run the bookshop, the Mermaid Cafe that is in the same building and a great B&B apartment upstairs. If you are in Homer don't miss the chance to stop in.

    http://www.oldinletbookshop.com/index2.html

    Andy is a third generation book seller. He offers used, rare and out-of-print books, and has been operating in Homer since 1997.

    The shop has moved from its original location in the basement of the Old Inlet Trading Post to its new digs up the street, now located in a dovetail notch-constructed log cabin in historic Old Town. About 400 feet from the waters of Cook Inlet, the log structure, known as the Hansen House (because it was Burt Hansen who moved it from the south side of Kachemak Bay to its present location in the early 1930s), was one of Homer's very first stores. The provenance is still a mystery, but some locals believe the cabin was built on Yukon Island in 1905, making it one of the oldest buildings in Homer.


    Totally renovated, the cabin offers old pioneer charm to the add-on new construction that houses the Mermaid Cafe and B&B. The bookshop specializes in Alaskana, polar exploration, natural history, modern firsts, children's and medical books. We also offer a wide array of general stock in most genres.

    Of the 20,000-plus titles available for perusal, one might find a signed Rockwell Kent illustrated first edition Moby Dick in a dust jacket, or a John Muir Cruise of the Corwin with a manuscript tipped into it. There is the possibility of securing a paperback of a favorite fiction writer, or a naval text detailing all the major submarine battles of World War 11.

    Also available are original oil paintings by local artist James Buncak, oil paintings by Chicago artist Sue Spero, whale-bone and ivory carvings by Point Hope Eskimo Tom Fields, and photographs by renowned photographer G. Brad Lewis.

    andywillsshop

    From Portraits

  • Croc Monsieur closeup Final

    CrocMonsieurcloseupFinal

    From Pierre Michelle Menu board images

  • big eye puffer fish (pacific box fish) Solomon Islands

    eyepufferfishpacificboxsolomonislands

    From Under Water

  • Crinoid arm

    crinoidarm

    From Under Water

  • Orange soft coal detail

    Orange soft coal detail

    solomon islandsscubaunderwater photographyNikon RSFujichrome Velvia50orange soft coral

    From Under Water

  • Purple lettuce lefe coral.  about three feet across

    Purple lettuce lefe coral. about three feet across

    solomon islandsscubaunderwater photographyNikon RSFujichrome Velvia50Lettuce leaf coralpurple

    From Under Water

  • Blue Jacks

    bluejacks

    From Under Water

  • nursery on a coral head

    nurserycoralheadsolomon islandsscubaunderwater photographyNikon RSFujichrome Velvia50

    From Under Water

  • Moray eel and friends Cabo Pulmo, Mexico

    morayeelfriendscabopulmomexico

    From Under Water

  • Barracuda   He was pretty big , about 4' long.  he came by to check out the flashy stuff we had on our rigs.<br />
<br />
Solomon Islands

    Barracuda He was pretty big , about 4' long. he came by to check out the flashy stuff we had on our rigs.

    Solomon Islands

    baracuda

    From Under Water

  • Black and white Crinoid ( yellow bits are his legs) on Sea Fan  Wakatobi, Banda Sea, Indonesia

    blackwhitecrinoidyellowbitsarelegsseafanwakatobibandaindonesia

    From Under Water

  • exercise time crop

    exercise time crop

    201103123932copyb

    From Crane Festival 2011 Monte Vista CO

  • Sand Hill Cranes flying into the sunrise.

    Sand Hill Cranes flying into the sunrise.

    201103134489

    From Crane Festival 2011 Monte Vista CO

  • Untitled photo

  • [#Beginning of Shooting Data Section]<br />
Nikon D700<br />
2011/04/19 13:34:12.08<br />
World Time: UTC-7, DST:ON<br />
Lossless Compressed RAW (14-bit)<br />
Image Size: L (4256 x 2832), FX<br />
Lens: 50mm F/1.4D<br />
Artist: 2O10ALSHARP                         <br />
Copyright: 2010                                                  <br />
Focal Length: 50mm<br />
Exposure Mode: Manual<br />
Metering: Matrix<br />
Shutter Speed: 1/200s<br />
Aperture: F/8<br />
Exposure Comp.: 0EV<br />
Exposure Tuning:<br />
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 500<br />
Optimize Image:<br />
White Balance: Incandescent, 0, 0<br />
Focus Mode: AF-C<br />
AF-Area Mode: Contrast AF<br />
AF Fine Tune: OFF<br />
VR:<br />
Long Exposure NR: OFF<br />
High ISO NR: OFF<br />
Color Mode:<br />
Color Space: sRGB<br />
Tone Comp.:<br />
Hue Adjustment:<br />
Saturation:<br />
Sharpening:<br />
Active D-Lighting: Low<br />
Vignette Control: Low<br />
Auto Distortion Control:<br />
Picture Control: [VI] VIVID<br />
Base: [VI] VIVID<br />
Quick Adjust: 0<br />
Sharpening: 4<br />
Contrast: Active D-Lighting<br />
Brightness: Active D-Lighting<br />
Saturation: 0<br />
Hue: 0<br />
Filter Effects:<br />
Toning:<br />
Flash Mode:  <br />
Flash Exposure Comp.:  <br />
Flash Sync Mode:  <br />
Colored Gel Filter:<br />
Map Datum:<br />
Image Authentication: OFF<br />
Dust Removal: 2011/04/19 13:03:32<br />
Image Comment: baKERY                              <br />
[#End of Shooting Data Section]

    [#Beginning of Shooting Data Section]
    Nikon D700
    2011/04/19 13:34:12.08
    World Time: UTC-7, DST:ON
    Lossless Compressed RAW (14-bit)
    Image Size: L (4256 x 2832), FX
    Lens: 50mm F/1.4D
    Artist: 2O10ALSHARP
    Copyright: 2010
    Focal Length: 50mm
    Exposure Mode: Manual
    Metering: Matrix
    Shutter Speed: 1/200s
    Aperture: F/8
    Exposure Comp.: 0EV
    Exposure Tuning:
    ISO Sensitivity: ISO 500
    Optimize Image:
    White Balance: Incandescent, 0, 0
    Focus Mode: AF-C
    AF-Area Mode: Contrast AF
    AF Fine Tune: OFF
    VR:
    Long Exposure NR: OFF
    High ISO NR: OFF
    Color Mode:
    Color Space: sRGB
    Tone Comp.:
    Hue Adjustment:
    Saturation:
    Sharpening:
    Active D-Lighting: Low
    Vignette Control: Low
    Auto Distortion Control:
    Picture Control: [VI] VIVID
    Base: [VI] VIVID
    Quick Adjust: 0
    Sharpening: 4
    Contrast: Active D-Lighting
    Brightness: Active D-Lighting
    Saturation: 0
    Hue: 0
    Filter Effects:
    Toning:
    Flash Mode:
    Flash Exposure Comp.:
    Flash Sync Mode:
    Colored Gel Filter:
    Map Datum:
    Image Authentication: OFF
    Dust Removal: 2011/04/19 13:03:32
    Image Comment: baKERY
    [#End of Shooting Data Section]

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