Day 260 of 365 - Ready, Aim, Fire!

This weekend is the Federal Army Homecoming. During the Civil War, Union Army soldiers were camped in the Gallipolis City Park. Every April Reenactors camp out in the park to demonstrate Civil War life. On Saturday evenings they have an artillery drill. This evening I took the boys down to watch and see about getting a few photographs of the canon firing.



Here are a few more pictures of the canon firing.







Also the camp at the Gallipolis City Park.



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Chris

Day 259 0f 365 - Crayons

What happens when you put a few Crayons in a pan and place it on low heat? The run together and you get some great fabulous color swirls. Had this idea pop into my head sitting on the couch looking at my kids huge basket of Crayons and decided they would not miss a few.



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Chris

Day 258 of 365 - The Muddy Ohio

This is the first shot of my project that I did not use my DSLR. Using my iPod Touch while flying today I shot this picture of the muddy Ohio River at the 29th Street bridge in Huntington, WV. You can even see the difference of the amount of mud coming from the Guyandotte River.



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Chris

Day 257 of 365 - Bamboo Forest

A few years ago I bought this six inch pot with eight inch tall bamboo. I planted it not knowing what would happen. Three years later the spring growth for this year is about half an inch in diameter and so far 4 feet tall. The original six inches in diameter pot is now a over eight feet around. The shoots this year extended over 25 feet away from the center of the plant. So I guess I have my own Bamboo Forest.



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Chris

Day 256 of 365 - Sunset between Storms

After this afternoons storms we had an amazing sunset. Light wisps of cloud along with the oranges and blues made for an colorful sunset.



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Chris

Day 255 of 365 - Siberian Wallflower

The Siberian Wallflowers in my wildflower garden have begun blooming. The small orange flowers make for great macro shooting opportunity.



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Chris

Day 254 of 265 - Me and Steph

After church today I setup for a family photo. After the family photo I took a few of me and Steph. This was one of my favorites.



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Chris

Day 253 of 365 - Snails

Trevor brought me a snail he found yesterday to photograph. I already wanted to to the Oreo splash so I had him turn it loose. This morning leaving for work I saw this snail on the front porch so it came to work with me to be my subject on a rainy day at work.



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Chris

Day 252 of 365 - Milk and Oreos

Nothing is better for an evening snack than milk and Oreos. I have wanted to do a milk splash for while not, so with it raining all evening I set this up and gave it a try.



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Chris

Day 251 of 365 - The Greens of Spring

Spring changes the browns and grays of winter into vivid colors. Watching the colors of spring come in is almost like watching the Wizard of Oz when Dorothy arrives in Oz and the black and white film becomes color. The brilliant greens of this field reminded my of that today. As the greens take over I am looking forward to many warm months of spring and summer.



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Chris

Day 250 of 365 - Running Calls

I had the idea for this shot for several weeks and never got around to setting it up. So last night I set it up hoping to get it. Later this evening going from one call to the next I shot this photo of us responding to a call.



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Chris

Day 249 of 365 - Dogwood

It is unmistakable that the dogwoods are in full bloom. This evening just before sunset I stopped for a few minutes to grab a few photographs of this pink dogwood's beautiful flowers.



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Chris

Day 248 of 365 - Lilac

My lilac bush is in full bloom. I was going to go out and take some pictures of it during the day today but got busy. So I went out a 10:00 this evening and did a little light painting with an LED flashlight.



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Chris

Day 247 of 365 - Hoping for a Quiet Night

As night takes over things are closed up for now. Hoping for a quiet night, hoping the doors stay down and the squads stay parked.



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Chris

Day 246 of 365 - Puppy

Today I went to Cincinnati to take some pictures for a client. His wife breeds Shelties and is expecting a litter at the end of the month. She had a 2 puppies from a previous litter. We ended up coming home with this beautiful male sheltie.



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Chris

Day 245 of 365 - Number 2 Pencil

Remembering the day of the good old Number 2 Pencil and the Scantron sheet. It seemed you always needed a few pencils because it never failed that the lead would break just as you got started on the test. Now it seems so many tests are computer based that the days of the Number 2 Pencil may be limited.



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Chris

Day 244 of 365 - Evening Off

This Linkbelt crane had the evening off at the County Engineers office. I was walking around close to the station this evening enjoying the warm weather when the crane was sitting in among the piles of rocks. It was waiting for the next days work while the evening sun cast the last bit of light.



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Chris

Day 243 of 365 - Dreaming of Sandy Beaches

With the weather warming up we are all dreaming of vacation. A few years ago I filled this glass container with sand from the Outer Banks of North Carolina. About 7 weeks from now we will be heading back for there for vacation.



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Chris

Day 242 of 365 - Ready To Race

We have Legos everywhere. Many sets are Lego racers. This is one of the latest that Isaac wanted me to photograph. I wanted to try a new setup and see how it worked. The Lego racer seemed like the perfect fit.



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Chris

Day 241 of 365 - Remote Control

I remember when remote control was someone telling another person to change the channel. Now miles from my house I can use my iPod Touch to program my Digital Video Recorder to record a program on any of the hundreds of channels I get.



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Chris

Day 240 of 365 - Siberian Bugloss

I dug up an replanted my wildflower bed on the side of the house today. In another bed I found this Siberian Bugloss. The cluster of flowers is only about 1/2inch in diameter. Each flower is less than 1/8 of an inch. The image is 24 stacked images to provide the depth of field.



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Chris

Day 239 pf 365 - Pop Goes the Balloon

I wanted to play around with my sound trigger so I picked up some balloons and glitter. I put some glitter in the balloons and blew them up. I set up 2 flashes and the sound trigger and began popping balloons.



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Chris

Day 238 of 365 - Minature

After watching Voyage of the Dawn Treader with Trevor tonight I was trying to come up with something to photograph. That is when I remembered this model ship I built several years ago. I set it up with some of Steph's scrapbook paper for a background.



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Chris

Day 237 of 365 - Bleeding Heart

While out in the yard today I noticed my bleeding heart was blooming. It is situated on the yard so that it has no interesting background. So I opened up my aperture to get that buttery smooth Bokeh behind the flowers.



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Chris

Day 236 of 365 - Carnegie Library

Andrew Carnegie's foundation built 2,509 libraries around the world from 1883 and 1929. In 1902 Gallpolis was granted $12,500 for a library. The building is now the home of the Administrative Offices for Gallipolis City Schools. This is a 5 exposure HDR, 2 position panorama.



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Chris

Day 235 of 365 - The Valley

A friend of mine thought he had messed up the settings on his DSLR. So I checked the settings and shot a 3 exposure 10 position HDR panorama. The clouds after yesterday's storm made for a dramatic sky overlooking the Spring Valley area of Gallipolis.



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Chris

Day 235 of 365 - Refreshing

I saw this Coke bottle at the store the other day and had to grab it. There is nothing like curves of a glass bottle. They are so much more refined than the plastic bottles. I am not much of a pop drinker so the bottle will probably sit around for a while. Who knows it may appear in another shot later on.



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Chris

Day 234 of 365 - Dandelion

Today I changed the oil and sharpened the blade on the lawn mower. I mowed for the first time and wouldn't you know it I had a few dandelions already.



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Chris

Day 233 of 365 - Going Vertical

This was my first attempt at a vertical panorama. It is a 5 position 3 exposure HDR panorama of this evening's sunset.



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Chris

Day 232 of 365 - Hot Sauce

The king of hot sauce has to Tabasco Sauce. The smokey flavors of the ages peppers make this a unique sauce that can't be beat.



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Chris

Day 231 of 365 - Loosing Focus

This project is getting more difficult as the days pass. With 134 days left I am waiting for warmer and better weather to get outside to photograph. I think I have photographed about every thing in the house and at the station. It is becoming more challenging everyday to find something that catches my eye to photograph.



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Chris