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"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.shtmlburningbasketfinalHomerAlaskasurpassHomer Spitcommunity artAlaska art
From Posters
From Lil' House
Darin Maroni, BMW motorcycleist
From Portraits
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
HomerAlaskaseaside FarmRainbow
From Posters
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.
From Portraits
first of a series of portraits of dogs and their people who walk by the house every day
From Portraits
I think that this is a mated pair with their yearling of last spring. Note the ice in the water
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 ganjDharamsalaIndiaHimachal PradeshDali Lamaprayer flagsBuddhistTibetKangra Valley
From Posters
From Lil' House
burgers ready to go to the table
Rex's American Grill and Bar, Steamboat Springs, COFrom 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.
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.From Portraits
Orange soft coal detail
solomon islandsscubaunderwater photographyNikon RSFujichrome Velvia50orange soft coral
From Under Water
Purple lettuce lefe coral. about three feet across
solomon islandsscubaunderwater photographyNikon RSFujichrome Velvia50Lettuce leaf coralpurple
From Under Water
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.
Solomon IslandsFrom Under Water
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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 />
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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 />
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Base: [VI] VIVID<br />
Quick Adjust: 0<br />
Sharpening: 4<br />
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Dust Removal: 2011/04/19 13:03:32<br />
Image Comment: baKERY <br />
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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
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