Monday, April 30, 2012

Grand Central

Too many photos today to choose just one. Grand Central above; the Subway, Bryant Park, and the Statue of Liberty from Battery Park below.


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Sunday, April 29, 2012

NYC Pizza

One of the things on my NYC to-do list is try some east-coast pizza and see what all the fuss is about. So tonight we stopped into a small italian/pizza joint and I got my chance, but I FORGOT! I was so tired and hungry I just ordered some pasta that sounded good and it wasn't until we were leaving that I thought about pizza... Oh well - there will be other opportunities. And besides, I did remember my photo.

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Saturday, April 28, 2012

Friday, April 27, 2012

Timeless Beauty

One of the stops on my route on my day job is the shipyards (which you may remember from this photo), and when I was there the other day I saw this gorgeous beauty and I had to snap some photos. Bill the owner welcomed me aboard and gave me a quick tour. She has spent most of her life fishing out of Tofino, BC, Canada, but has now been remodeled for cruising and is very cozy and comfortable inside. Bill said that by next week she should have all new paint and will be much more beautiful to look at. I can't imagine her being much more beautiful than she already is, but I'll take his word for it and maybe we'll get another shot of her with new paint...

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Catching the Rainbow

We got to the post office parking lot just in time for Shannon to catch the end of the rainbow and keep it from hitting the ground.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Tulips

We've all see fields of tulips. And bouquets of tulips. Have you ever seen a "stand" of tulips?
Neither have I. Well until now.

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Lime Kiln Lighthouse

Sunset on the west side of San Juan Island.

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Monday, April 23, 2012

Grunge

I was reviewing my "Garden Shed" photo from a few days ago, and along with the words choppy and sharp-edged (in its description), the word "Grunge" popped into my head. So I thought for today's photo I'd try to shoot some Grunge. Think Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, etc...

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Sunday, April 22, 2012

The Place

The Friday Harbor waterfront as viewed from the ferry dock. 

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Saturday, April 21, 2012

Mower

I found the mower in the shed. But this isn't it. This one belongs to my folks. This would eat our little wimpy mower for lunch. So yeah, no - I didn't want to go through this again so I borrowed a mower today that could handle the job.

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Friday, April 20, 2012

Garden Shed

Yep. Time to find that mower and dig it out of the shed - I know it's in there somewhere. This is me playing with HDR photography (High Dynamic Range). I did 9 shots of this scene going from way underexposed to way overexposed, and then combined them all into one, utilizing the best exposure value for different areas of the scene. There are lots of different styles of HDR imagery - I tend to like the choppy, sharp edged style like this. (as you can probably tell from all the other choppy, sharp edged non-HDR stuff I've been posting all year).

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Potted Plant

When I saw this potted plant's leaves today I had to get a photo, and good thing I did - it's the only shot I did today so it's the winner for today's daily photo.

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Snake

Walking home from my day job today, I saw this guy on the sidewalk, (yes, it's an asphalt sidewalk) and I was a bit surprised that he didn't slither away onto the lawn right there. In fact, when I got close to get this photo, he kind of lunged at me like I would imagine a cobra or rattler would strike. So I didn't get too close. Just close enough to get this shot.

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Thoroughfare

This is one of the busy streets on my route. There's gotta be... jeez, at least 3 residences on this one alone.

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Monday, April 16, 2012

Yellow Flowers

I thought these were daffodils when I shot them, but now I'm not so sure. They look a little different. But anyway, they're kinda cool. These were in the front planter area at the County Public Works offices. Anyone know what kind of flowers they are?

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Sunday, April 15, 2012

Snoqualmie Falls

We picked up Courtney from her job in North Bend and gave her a ride to Fall City, and on the way we stopped and mingled with the tourists at Snoqualmie Falls.

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Saturday, April 14, 2012

Lake Fence

We got to spend some time with our kids today and it was great. They all have jobs now and coordinating a visit with all their schedules was a bit of a challenge, but we pulled it off with their help. Very thankful for cell phone and texting technologies. And very thankful that our kids are who they are. We are very proud of them. Anyway, at one point we ended up at a park by the lake and I managed to snap this photo for the day.

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Friday, April 13, 2012

Ferry Mirror

It was a beautiful day to be out on the water. On the way to Anacortes I saw this reflection and had to get a shot of it.

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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Rose Lane Sunburst

This is another shot from a few nights ago when I posted the one from the Fairgrounds (with all the framework going on). No time today to shoot anything, so I had to dig into the archive to put something up. This one is from right off of Rose Lane and Argyle Ave.

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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Alien Plant Life

I've driven past this quite a few times and finally today I decided to stop and snap a quick photo just to get it out of my head. And now, the more I look at it, the more it looks like it came from another planet. Anyone know what this is called?

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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Reflecting Pond

Does this pond look familiar? It's the same one I shot back in February, (at this link) but this time it's from a different angle, and more close up. I guess I just figure ya can't go wrong with water and reflections...

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Monday, April 9, 2012

Framed Sunset

I didn't think this one had enough framing going on in the image the way I shot it through the structure up there at the fairgrounds, so I added some more with Photoshop. The ghosted "picture frame" around the edges is the Photoshop part.

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Sunday, April 8, 2012

Mossy Rock

This stone has not been rolling.

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Saturday, April 7, 2012

The Colors of Spring

You can tell Spring is here by all the colors everywhere. Out in front of Marketplace, I couldn't pass up this display of watering... um. Sprayers? Spouts? Wands? What do you call these things anyways? Well whatever they are, I thought they'd make a nice photo for today. But the photo that gave me the title for today's post is the one I shot right before this one... below.

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Friday, April 6, 2012

Foot Passengers Only

What's wrong with this picture? A ferry full of cars at the passenger only dock, that's what. A lot of unfortunate drivers were turned around and taken elsewhere because the transfer span on the main dock (that's the ramp you drive on) was out of commission. They finally got it fixed late this afternoon.

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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Sun-Touched Creek

Another shot on the way to band practice. We're in a different location now, and this is the view through the woods from the driveway at the new place. I was shooting from a low angle at first until I noticed the sun reflecting on the creek from a higher angle. Almost looks like the sun came down to earth and landed in the clearing there.

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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Jensen's Shipyard

Kind of on a harbor kick the last couple weeks, can you tell? This time from the other end, the South end of the harbor, overlooking Jensen's Shipyard.

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Quaint Little Seaside Village

Here's Friday Harbor and the port docks as viewed from across the bay. Like yesterday's photo, this was shot from the U of W Labs property.

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Monday, April 2, 2012

Craggly Tree

I don't know if "craggly" is a word or not. I'm guessing not. But whatever - it looks craggly to me. This was shot from the UofW Labs property. That's Brown Island on the right. Turn Island in the center background.

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Sunday, April 1, 2012

Friday Harbor Port Docks

Sunset at the port docks (Port of Friday Harbor). One of my favorite places in all the world.

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