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So, yeah it was a few weeks ago now, but I went to Switzerland for 8 days. My cousin's been living there for about a year now, and it was time for some of her family to come over and take advantage of her hospitality ( Read more... )

Came across these on a car forum, brought someone I know to mind:


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I hate things like this, but a friend of a friend made a short movie, for the annual "Project : Direct" competition held by Youtube. Of a ton of movies entered, 10 were selected by the judges to compete for the final spot, and she made it. Now it’s apparently up to the public to decide the winner (who will get a trip to Sundance among other things ( Read more... )

As CD mentioned, we hit Red Wing, MN this weekend and hiked around. My shots are intermingled with some that I took at the Como Zoo, but you can cheat and run the slideshow in reverse to get to the Red Wing stuff immediately. Or go the forward route to see them all. The folder is located here: Read more... )

I recently bought an old, cheap Canon point & shoot that has been converted for infrared (IR). For those that don't already know, the real short explanation is - normal cameras have a filter that blocks IR and lets through visible light. This has the IR filter removed so that IR comes through, and a dark filter that blocks visible light. In other ( Read more... )

Hadn't shared these yet, figured I should. Wandered around in the freezing rain, simply felt the need to get outside and do something I guess. Took about 150 shots overall, abotu a dozen different scenes at varying angles, depths of field, etc. These are the ones that made the cut. Used small amounts of Photoshopping to fix color balances and etc, ( Read more... )

That's the # of stitches holding my upper lip together. It's kinda gnarly ( Read more... )

Painting in the house last night (that old ferret room no longer has pastel blocks on the wall), just got home from helping Monster Paul rip out his first floor ceilings to make way for in-floor heating (have been planning to go to derby but I am filthy and completely worn out, and I just got home and I think it's already started). Tomorrow a ( Read more... )