Chasing the light

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Monday ~ December 29, 2014

Posted by Dave Updegraff on December 29, 2014
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December-28-2014

Happy Monday!

Yesterday afternoon Jeanne and I went out chasing the light.  Finally the sun made its long-awaited appearance (good for the blahs) and we decided to take advantage of it.

The images I have for you today are not so much about the subjects themselves but the light is what I found appealing.

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I used the Nikon D610 | Nikon 80 – 400 mm lens | ISO 400 with varying shutter and aperture settings.   Yes you’re right, each of these images would look equally well in black in white.  I tried them both ways but for some reason I was in a color mood today.

I have a three-day work week this week as I am planning on taking Friday off.  Because of my battle with diabetes earlier this year, I have been out of PTO (paid time off) so with the new year comes a resupply of PTO.  🙂

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Jeanne asked me on each of these images, when I got back in the car. “What did you see that made you stop, get out and take a picture?” My stock answer was, you’ll just have to read the blog tomorrow.  🙂

We always have a great time when we go looking for things to capture.  Yesterday was no exception.

That’s it for today.  I hope you have a wonderful Monday.  It’s here all day so might as well make the best of it.  Thanks for stopping by and be careful.

Monday ~ August 25, 2014

Posted by Dave Updegraff on August 25, 2014
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August-24-2014

Happy Monday!  ~  207

Yesterday evening Jeanne and I went for a photo run.  It reminded me of when we were in Minnesota fishing and we’d go out in the morning and come back empty-handed or only with some small fish not really worth saving.

My idea when we headed out was to go West and find a nice place for a sunset image.  Unfortunately that is really something that needs to be scouted before hand so that you can get set up and wait for the sunset to come to you.

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So we turned around and headed East thinking of my philosophy that it really doesn’t matter much what you have in front of your lens as long as the light is soft and pretty.  Well I’m thinking of modifying that theory as well.   🙂

What I have for you today is not some of my best work, however I didn’t want to show more bird images either so it was these or nothing.  Just not what I had envisioned when I headed out.

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On the health front I had a bit of a down day yesterday.  I worked in the yard for about 3 hours and may have gotten overheated.  Just couldn’t get myself oriented so took a couple of naps and spent the rest of the day inside.  I was going for a bike ride but the heat and humidity were not on my side and I was concerned about my stability on the bike so again I opted to not ride.

I see the Endocrinologist tomorrow and hopefully many of my questions will be answered and I’ll have a better idea of how to regulate my highs and lows.

That’s it for today.  Thank you for stopping by the blog.  Better days ahead.  Enjoy your day and be careful.