holy fuck

our blogs have been moved over... how cool is that!? 

Now I wish I had something interesting to say. Um....

Shuphy likes the baloney pony

that is all.

one more

I found another pic of Haystack Rock that I liked. I took a lot of photos of Haystack, I find it quite interesting how this huge rock stands out from the shoreline like this. This is the kind of weather we see the most of whenever we get to the coast, but I like this look.  

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DOGS!

ok, as a change of pace, some pics of our dogs. Some of you may have seen these, or some of these. the Brittany - Annie, is going to be 3 this Spring, and the tank -Bear just turned 1.

Annie (black collar) and her brother playing 

Just Annie  

And now the tank...

one pic today

Here is one for Meemoos, a picture from one of the places we like to go camping. It is about an hour away from town pulling the trailer.

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today's pix

Here are today's pix... I accidentally deleted my one blog with my equipment list on it, so since Rayne asked; I have a Fuji S7000 digital SLR with a filter adapter so I can use 55mm filters. It was a spur of the moment purchase without my usual research, and I have regretted it ever since. It has a fixed lens, but at least I can use filters. But it does take a shutter cable and have a hot shoe that I can use my Vivitar flash on. The lens isn't really that great, but compared to other cameras in the price range when I bought it, it wasn't bad. I just wish I had held out for a Nikon D200 (my holy grail) and some nice lenses.

My film camera is a Minolta  SRT MC-II with a minolta 55m lens and a crappy Albinar 300mm zoom.

I am trying to find more pix of my area, but unfortunately, all I can find right now are either on slide or printed on film, so I need to scan them.... I will try and start doing that next week.

So here are today's pix. First another sunset on the Oregon Coast. Try as I might, we never seem to get to see a really phenomenal sunset whenever we visit... still hoping to see one some day.

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s250/berttnick/DSCF2977.jpg

And a couple more from the Portland Zoo;

Owl

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s250/berttnick/DSCF3297.jpg

 Cute critter, albeit a little overexposed.

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and a Zebra

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today's pix

closeups....

first, a sunflower in our backyard a couple years ago... looking to see what kind of color representation the camera had. As you can see in the second pic, the camera doesn't like red all that much... tends to oversaturate it.

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Here is a weird flower from the Portland zoo...

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ugly critter!

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today's pix, beaches!

no, not beaches with bikinis on them, unfortunately

pic o the day!

Today's pix are of the obligatory lighthouse variety. You go to the coast, you have to take pix of a lighthouse, right? This is Yaquina Head, just outside Newport. I did have to do some work on these in Photoshop. I converted the inside shots to greyscale because they were so close to b&w anyway. 

Outside

higher res - http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s250/berttnick/DSCF2847copy.jpg

and a couple from inside

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today's pix

I am working on some of my local pics meemoose, I promise, they are coming... I just have way more vacation pix.. lol

Here is the Newport Bay Bridge.

full res... http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s250/berttnick/DSCF2606.jpg

full res... http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s250/berttnick/DSCF2852.jpg

full res... http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s250/berttnick/DSCF2612.jpg

today's pic

Well, I lied. Sorry. Right clicking on the pic and saving will not get you the full res pic. fuckin photobucket resized them. oh well, no matter. Here are a couple more shots of Multnomah, trying for the soft water effect. If I remember right, I had to stack two, if not all three ND filters to avoid overexposure. I also didn't bring my tripod, but luckily, could use the railing for support.

for a larger version, http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s250/berttnick/DSCF4195.jpg

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