Phantoms

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Monday ~ February 09, 2015

Posted by Dave Updegraff on February 9, 2015
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Happy Monday!

It isn’t Spring but maybe these flowers will help brighten your day as they did mine.  My wonderful wife had them for me complete with a happy birthday balloon at the breakfast bar yesterday morning.  A nice way to start the day.

We went to Angie and Ben’s home Saturday evening for my birthday dinner and was joined later by Mark.  We played some cards and had a great time, with wonderful food and thoughtful cards and presents.

I took several images of Gabby but she was covered with food in most of them so I may not show them.  Josh didn’t mind that I photographed him this time so maybe we’re over that phase for now.

February-08-2015

I had a great birthday and I was truly humbled by all the well wishes from my wonderful friends.  I’m truly a lucky man to have such a loving family and so many wonderful friends.  Thank you all.
Back at the grind today.

I was looking back through my blog a year ago.  I was doing a lot of flying with the Phantom.  Today it sits in a case half assembled with some spare parts waiting to be installed.  My new Phantom is still in the box yet to be opened.  I have a lot of work to do on both and soon I’ll be getting them airworthy.  I’m looking forward to doing the aerial photography that I didn’t get a chance to do last year.

Photo specs: Nikon D4 | Nikon 105mm macro lens | Nikon SB910 speed light | ISO 100 1/60 sec @ f8.0

That’s it for today.  I hope you have a great day and as always thanks for stopping by.  Be careful.

 

Thursday ~ May 22, 2014

Posted by Dave Updegraff on May 22, 2014
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Symbiotic Relationship

Happy Thursday!  ~  302

I believe I have shown these horses before but I saw them the other night on the way home from work and was testing out the Tamron 150 – 600 mm lens.   They seem to have developed a wonderful symbiotic relationship.  Whether it’s on the way to work or on my way home I see them in this position most of the Summer.  They use their tails to keep the flies out of each others eyes.  They do not stand this way in the colder months only when the insects are out.  Pretty neat relationship.

I wrote to the guy in Britain about the trouble I was having installing the new gimbal on my Phantom and how it wouldn’t extend the full range of motion that it is supposed to have.  I explained after installing it and removing it twice it still didn’t work and now I’m waiting on some replacement screws.  His simple response was, “Did you calibrate the gimbal by hooking the Phantom up to your computer and telling it the range of motion?”  Uh, Duh, No!  😦

Like I’ve often said, it’s not easy being me.

Thanks for stopping by the blog.  I hope you enjoy your day.  Be careful.