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April 04, 2011

Hmmm... Where Was I?

Yeah, I’m still around. Been somewhat busy. I keep thinking “I want to blog this…” then I don’t get to it. That should be a story of sorts, but right now it’s boring.

We’ve had snow

But that is mostly melted again. I wonder if that counts when it lasts about a day. I know it does down south. Maybe since my husband had to fire up the snowblower so we could get down the driveway without sliding into the street... Must ponder this question.

This last weekend we walked down to the horse farm. Where this horse was acting very coy.

Today it rained, snowed, rained, and was foggy. Simply delightful. I suppose I should be happy that the temps were in the 40’s. After all it could be colder… couldn’t it? Well, we also saw minor signs of spring on our walk, so there is hope.

One question remains though… why did the chicken cross the road?

Just wondering…

I have more pics from the last few weeks, but haven’t gotten them processed. We shall see how the week goes.

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1 LMAO!!! Adore the chicken; that image made me laugh out loud...

Posted by: pam at April 05, 2011 02:45 PM (i3Kno)

2 Heh - the chicken cracked me up too. There were more of them, but this was the best pic of the lot. Too funny to see them running across the road.

Posted by: Teresa at April 05, 2011 09:15 PM (xE2iU)

3 I LOVE the chicken pic! Great shot. Classic!

Posted by: DogsDontPurr at April 05, 2011 10:01 PM (EiUa9)

4 That's one yoooogly (aka ugly) chicken, and believe me, I've seen some pretty scrawny ones before. Looks more like a turkey since he doesn't seem to have feathers on his head.

By the way, what kind of camera do you use? I have a Canon digital SLR that replaced my old film SLR, but the digital SLR needs to have the image sensor cleaned. Never had to do that with a film camera...

:-/

Posted by: Jack at April 06, 2011 08:37 AM (VpPTf)

5 LOL - yeah a scrawny chicken it is. I wasn't really too close and he was running like mad. I was surprised any of the pics turned out.

I am using a Nikon D300s. I love it. I would like to get a new telephoto lens, but haven't yet. I'm using the kit 18-135mm which I actually love most of the time. So I'll likely get the slight upgrade to it (it's got issues with being too loose) the 18-200 VR... so far haven't managed to talk myself into it.

A tip when changing lenses. I know it's difficult to do, but point the lens opening down toward the ground when changing out lenses. This way there is less opportunity for dust to get on the sensor. I also try to change lenses as little as possible or not at all when the conditions are dusty/heavy pollen/windy. Pollen is the worst since it gets on everything and sticks like glue.

I didn't ever shoot much film - my husband did. He was always very careful about not getting dust in the camera. You're right though - it is more difficult with a DSLR. The higher end cameras have better seals and therefore less sensor dust issues if you're careful.

Posted by: Teresa at April 06, 2011 10:19 AM (xE2iU)

6 Nice camera you have there. I've got a Canon EOS 20D that I bought back when I was in France 6 or so years ago. It replaced two film cameras, a Canon AE-1 and a Canon AV-1, but unfortunately the lenses weren't compatible between the film and digital cameras. I still use the film cameras for astrophotography with my telescope, which I got back in 1984 (as you can see, I keep things for a LONG time....). I should probably upgrade to a CCD camera for the telescope, but I should probably try to update the telescope mount, too. Gah!!! This gets expensive!

The spot I have may be a dead pixel instead of dust, I'm not sure. It's not bad, and I can use Photoshop to get rid of the problem, but it's still a pain.

Posted by: Jack at April 09, 2011 07:56 AM (VpPTf)

7 LOL Jack we still have our original Pentax K1000 film camera - a total classic! We bought it back in the very early 80's. All the pics of our kids growing up were taken with that baby by my husband (who LOVES film photography). Then when he was laid off in the early 2000's he took up B&W photography. He even got into a studio where he could do his own film developing. He loved it. I wish he could find something like that here - it's a great hobby for him. He's not really interested in digital so much. I like digital because for me it's so much easier oh and geekier.