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August 17th, 2008
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This image comes from a shuttered salmon cannery in George Inlet (near Ketchikan), Alaska:
Back when the cannery was running, this was where the (white) managers lived. The workers, all Asian (primarily Chinese) were kept in considerably less comfortable and more hastily-built quarters that have long since collapsed. So while the building may be [...]
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August 15th, 2008
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Normally, I try to avoid getting “butt shots” of insects, but sometimes that’s the only angle you can shoot from…
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June 13th, 2008
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I ran across this scene by the trolley tracks in New Orleans…
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June 9th, 2008
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So I’ve been doing a little tinkering around with my new toys, the Olympus 50mm macro lens and extension tube. So long as you’re careful about some things, it’s a powerful combo. Here’s a macro image I took recently using this combination…
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June 3rd, 2008
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Back to New Orleans for another image from the French Quarter. I decided to peek in the windows of a vacant store front, and discovered a world of detail looking through the shop and out the back door…
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June 1st, 2008
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An entertainer keeps his audience happy at the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans…
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May 28th, 2008
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So I’ve managed over the past few months to gather up a mangy collection of hardware for my E-510, the purpose of (some of) it being to enable me to make macros. I thought it was about time to pull together some sort of side-by-side comparison of how it all performs….
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May 12th, 2008
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A jumble of prickly pear cactus, against a retaining wall in Mesilla, New Mexico…
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May 6th, 2008
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Since my last post about New Orleans had a less than flattering image, I thought that in the spirit of fairness, I should follow up with a picture of a nicer scene. Here’s one that captures old and new — both wheels (steam vs. car) and trusses (paddle wheel structure vs. bridge structure)
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May 4th, 2008
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It’s been a while since I blogged about Paris, so here’s a nighttime picture of the city in the moonlight…