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Still messing with my 35mm film cameras and double exposures.
Category Archives: Skywatch Friday
Skywatch Friday – Kansas Cloudscape
Heading into clouds on a recent trip to Kansas. The storm I was anticipating never materialized.
Skywatch Friday – South Dakota Sunrise
Early morning sunrise on my drive out of Flandreau, South Dakota. I had already said my goodbyes to the family the night before and I was off on my 670 mile drive back to Tulsa via South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas. I caught this sight in my rear view mirror so I had to stop and take a picture on the rise out of the Big Sioux River Valley.
Skywatch Friday – Running the River
I love this time of year for a number of reasons but a big reason is that the sun is still up during my Wednesday evening “kitchen pass” run so I can run for a while and take photographs for a little while. I’m trying to get ready for my 20th consecutive Tulsa Run 15 kilometer race in late October, plus I am going to see if I have one more half marathon in me for in November, so I’m starting to build up mileage and there is no prettier place to do that than along the Arkansas River in Tulsa.
Soon enough I’ll be running in the dark. That happens when you are as old, fat, and slow as me, but hey I’m still in race.
Skywatch Friday – South Dakota Moon with Venus
Last weekend I made a quick trip up to South Dakota from Oklahoma to attend a family reunion. I had a good time on the drive. I stopped and found some geocaches and took a few pictures and took my time getting up there. Driving along I29 in South Dakota south of Sioux Falls I spotted the crescent moon over the wheat fields and pulled off the next rest stop to take a photograph.
When I saw the powerlines and was a little disappointed but I’m big into the concept that if you don’t get what you want then you work with you got so I got an electrical transmission tower along with my sliver of a moon and my planet venus. Which since I’m a generous guy I’ve decided to share the moon, Venus, and even the tower with you.
Skywatch Friday – Rider in the Sky
An equestrian statue of Will Rogers on a hill overlooking Claremore, Oklahoma against a cloudy sky makes for a dramatic setting.
Skywatch Friday – Orange Beach
We vacationed earlier this summer in Orange Beach, Alabama, the Redneck Riviera. A very low key nice place to take a family. Since the beach runs runs roughly east to west the sun sets behind the bay instead of over the Gulf. With all the buildings and such that means you need a little elevation if you are on the beach to see the sunset so this was shot from seventh floor of our condo building.
I don’t know why the sun looks so big just as dips below the horizon but I’ll take it.
Skywatch Friday – El Rio Verde
Sunday evening we had dinner at a north Tulsa Mexican Food restaurant (El Rio Verde for those who want to know, a great place, in a not so great part of town). Afterward we were chatting on the sidewalk and I noticed the colorful sunset so I pulled out my trusty employer provided Pantech generic android phone (that my employer got for free from AT&T) and got up on my tiptoes and reached over the chain link fence and shot the pic in HDR mode (whatever that is) in between the strands of barbed wire (pronounced “bobbed wire” here in Oklahoma, just so you know.)
Some shots you plan for and some shots just show up and wait for taking.
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Skywatch Friday – Something Happening in Yellowstone
We just got back from a family reunion in Island Park, Idaho. Above from left to right is SuperPizzaBoy, sister Ellen, brother Bob, Sweetie, and bil Irv. As you can see the weather was nice where we are but there was a sinister looking cloud over in what I calculate to be Yellowstone Park not too far from where we were.
Skywatch Friday – Where My Mind Still Resides
Just letting you know where my mind still is. My mind is still on the beach watching the sunrise, listening to the wind and the waves.
Skywatch Friday
Due to a Google mishap I’m no longer at yogis-den(dot)com. They are making it impossible to get it back so I’ve moved everything back over to the www.crustygasguy.blogspot.com while I ponder what to do, if anything. I like writing posts but I hate getting under the hood and trying to figure out the nuts and bolts when things go wrong. So I’m thinking I’m going to try a new domain name registrar and get a multiyear term. I would appreciate any recommendations on domain name registrars that easy to deal with.
I would also say beware to anybody out there who bought their domain name through Google even if you have auto renewal. A bunch of the renewals are failing, even with current payment information, and when it fails your domain name is gone and Google’s customer service isn’t up to the task of helping you get it back.