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Bee Shots

While visiting my in-laws, I happened upon this busy bee. Too bad I didn’t think to shoot some shots with a high shutter speed so as to “freeze” his wings while flying. Oh well, I’m still learning now that I … Continue reading

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North Side Day Lilies

Last year Beth planted a variety of lilies and hostas on the north side of our house. Traditionally, that side of the house has always been a hard place to grow anything. As these pictures show, things have definitely picked … Continue reading

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Clover Closeup

Prior to the 1940s and 50s, clover was a common component of yard grass seed mixes. It serves to enrich a lawn’s soil with much needed nitrogen. However, it was at that time that seed producers decided to market clover … Continue reading

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The Gardener

Yesterday morning, Beth was able to get her petunias planted.

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House Mountain Slideshow

For those of you who aren’t in the habit of checking my Flickr stream, I thought I would share this slideshow of photos from my Friday Hike of House Mountain:

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Springtime Photo Shoot

This week my new Nikon D90 camera arrived. Having spent the past seven years shooting over 15,000 photos with a simple point-and-shoot camera, it’s great fun having some real photographic horse-power in my hands. During a break in the workday … Continue reading

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Recent Photo Round-Up

It has been a while since I’ve done a mass upload to my Flickr photostream. Given the time lapsed, today I was able to upload quite a few gems from the recent weeks:

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Asiatic Lily

Uploaded by Michael Wender 21st May, 2008 Thanks to Beth’s handy work last year, this Asiatic Lily is blooming beside our mail box.

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HDR Rose Comp

Uploaded by Michael Wender 5th April, 2008 Here’s a comp of an HDR image I created of a rose. The three images I used are in the column on the right.

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HDR Tulip

Uploaded by Michael Wender 3rd April, 2008 Today I went outside to photograph one of Beth’s tulips using a new technique that I’m learning: High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDRI). To get started, I read this tutorial and used some software … Continue reading

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