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The Night Before Easter

March 28, 2016
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It was the night before Easter and I was practicing music for the sunrise service. As I left St. mark's I was struck by how beautiful the scene was! The altar was bathed in a single light and all was prepared for Easter morning. Kind of like the original Easter. All creation waited on the night before the resurrection - was the plan a failure? What was going to happen? The followers of Jesus waited too, for what they did not know... This is a composition of two pictures to catch the range of brightnesses. The top of the…

My Life (42)

March 24, 2016
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Woke up this morning to snow and almost went back to bed! It's not that I hate snow - it's just I have had enough for this Winter! Sometimes I feel like I just go around and around and don't seem to be able to make any progress. Objectively, everything is going great (and I don't feel depressed or even sad) just sometimes I feel time is getting short and I have a lot to do before I go. This picture is some machinery I encountered in my world travels this year. Processed with Silver Effex Pro to desaturate and…

Steve’s Looks

March 22, 2016
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Joy

March 21, 2016
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A beautiful young lady in Madison. Trader Joes run this weekend for coffee, ginger snaps and various urban supplies. Just a simple portrait in a toy store. So much joy and happiness in this picture. You can see an awesome future ahead of her! A quick pose - no flash. Set the camera to aperture mode f/5.6 and let it meter the shot. The Canon 24-105 f/4 L is one of my favorite lenses for trips. It has a nice focal range, not too heavy and very nice color rendition. Only an f/4 so not the best at low light…

Innocent

March 16, 2016
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A quick portrait on Sunday morning. No time to adjust so you point and shoot. Didn't turn out too bad I think. Something about a young person - so innocent, so open! Canon 5d MkIII | Canon EF 85mm | 1/60 sec at f/2.5

March Thunder

March 9, 2016
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Thunder and Lightning last night as we get a warm beginning to March. The main part of the storm was over Oshkosh and we actually had clear skies overhead. You can see Saturn on the right and a bunch of stars. This photo was taken with a 10 second exposure and at 200 ISO. I just kept taking pictures and a few worked out well. Canon 5d MkIII | Canon 16-35 f/4 L | 35mm | 10 sec at f/4

Creation

March 7, 2016
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Creation is an act of patience, faith and love. A block of wood has its own kind of beauty. The grain and the color and all the details that the tree put into it as a function of the weather and sunlight and soil. But within that block is another kind of beauty. The creator sees a new form hidden within the block of wood. With time and work the wood slowly reveals the form within. The creator shapes the wood but I think the wood also has its say in the creation. The grain here fights the shape and…

Window Light

March 4, 2016
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Another shot from the last portraits. Such a pretty smile and the light coming in from the windows is so flattering. I love doing this kind of portrait - catching the joy in a young person is so amazing. I took this portrait using a bit of bounce flash to fill in her face. The flash was flagged to block direct light and bounced off the wall and ceiling. The walls and ceiling are a nice light brown wood and I think gave off a nice golden light. Focus was on her eyes and I used a very shallow f/2.2…

Last Day of February

March 1, 2016
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The last day of February as the sun rises over Lake Winnebago. So Long February - let's hope March is warm and sunny! Lots of open water on the lake - the warm weather the past 2 weeks has had an impact. The top is slushy but there were fishing shacks still on the lake yesterday. Taken with my Panasonic Lumix LX-7. Panasonic Lumix LX-7 | 4.7mm | 1/125 sec f/5.6