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Blue Yonder (1 Comments)

Kaia — 2006-08-15T01:38:18-08:00

Blue Angels over Lake Washington. ]]> Kaia commented: Cool picture!

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Hay Bale (1 Comments)

Wheelson — 2006-08-07T15:15:18-08:00

Hay Bale on a sunny day. ]]> Wheelson commented: The fields up in Whatcom county sprouted these a few weeks ago. It always makes me hungry for Shredded Wheat cereal.

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Half Life Water Works (2 Comments)

2006-06-23T11:09:53-08:00

It's ridiculous how many industrial areas "look like Half-Life". Life emulates art. The water works below Snoqualmie falls really felt like a model for an area in HL2. ]]> J commented: Definitely, you can see him camping in that set of windows on the right.

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Birthplace of Silicon Valley (1 Comments)

Paul — 2006-05-18T00:37:50-08:00

The HP house and garage has recently been remodeled. The plaque tells the rest of the story. ]]> Paul commented: That was a fun day, seeing all the sights!

People forget that before Shockley, Fairchild Semiconductor and HP, there was no Silicon Valley: it was all plum and apricot orchards, and seemingly the most unlikely high-tech place in the world. IBM was in New Jersey, along with Bell Labs and MIT (in MA).

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Run, Simon, Run (1 Comments)

Bryan — 2006-05-01T01:04:19-08:00

Simon runs from Bettis (but he likes it) - there were over 20 danes in the park today. I like the blurring of Simon, because it draws your eye to the big guy chasing him. I'm sure Bettis is what Simon is focused on too! ]]> Bryan commented: Are those full sized palm trees they are running amongst?

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Gold Creek Lake (2 Comments)

2006-04-23T11:37:40-08:00

We had quite a warm day today (~60 F) around Seattle, and decided to head up into the Cascades. It had actually snowed there just a few days ago, and there was enough snow to strap on snowshoes and trudge around. The typically busy trail right off I-90 was basically deserted - only running into 3 groups over 3 hours of hiking around. One family said they found their kid's boot in the melting snow - it had been lost in Winter! ]]> J commented: Actually I developed this as a custom map for FarCry. Real high polygon count.

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POM Lychee Focal Length (1 Comments)

Wheelson — 2006-04-21T20:34:15-08:00

Both of these images were focused on the two "tea" words. The shorter focal length (f/2.5) in the one on the right blurs both the background and the foreground, while the slightly larger focal length on the left (f/4) brings the focal depth at this range to several inches. BTW, a Lychee is a fruit common in Asia, and is similar to Rambutan and Longan/Dragon's Eyes and Knips in the Caribbean.]]> ]]> Wheelson commented: Only because this is a such a geek site already will I bother to point this out but the settings you're referring to are aperture settings.

Also, now I'm getting really geeky, the smaller numbers actually refer to a larger opening or aperture. So f/2.5 is actually bigger than f/4. The smaller the aperture (or bigger the number) the more depth of field you'll have.

BTW, your pictures are not at all geeky, they're great.

Cherry Blossoms at the Arboretum (1 Comments)

Klisch — 2006-04-21T02:15:39-08:00

My first attempt at modifying the image coloring. The fact that trees have flowers is something that escaped me for a long time, and now I really enjoy taking the time to enjoy this few week a year event. ]]> Klisch commented: Yeah, it was always nice to one day just see a ton of flowers on the trees. You were on the UW campus too, right? Does the Quad still have a ton of these?

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UW Cherry Blossoms (2 Comments)

2006-04-14T13:14:57-08:00

Visited the University of Washington a few weeks ago to see the cherry blossoms. Close-up shots of flowers are a bit "easy", but I like the detail. ]]> J commented: Sounds like I was there at the same time! The campus was empty because it was spring break, but I agree - we walked into the quad and there were several hundred people there. There are people in all of the non-zoomed shots I took. I'll post one of those coming up, but I had trouble getting nice shots with all the random people, and it was actually pretty cloudy. In hindsight, I probably could have captured some "intimate" people shots with the zoom lens, but that's still something I'm working on.

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Pearl Jam Vancouver 2005 (1 Comments)

Wheelson — 2006-04-14T09:56:16-08:00

Just bought tickets for Pearl Jam at the Gorge today. This is from last year's show in Vancouver. ]]> Wheelson commented: Dude I was at that concert too. My friend has been in the fan club forever so I'm just out of the frame on the right hand side. We had row 16 center stage seats. It was my first Pearl Jam concert.

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Cholla Cactus Garden (2 Comments)

2006-04-12T00:24:17-08:00

Sunset at the cactus garden. I liked the sharpness and warmth of this picture. ]]> J commented: I'm working on automatically including the camera and lens data with each photo. The set of stuff I have is on the About page. Almost everything is taken with the Canon Digital Rebel XT. I just bought some new lenses though, so shots like this cactus are taken with them. The lenses really make a difference, although at this low resolution it's a bit harder to tell.

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