Reflected Crown

Reflected Crown, originally uploaded by _davidh_.

I found this photo in a group that i am in. It is called 469 Photographer

"Reflected Crown

I was surprised to find this reflection, hadn't had that on any other drops shots. Clutching at straws, but I say it's something different!".
Uploaded by _davidh_ on 24 Aug 08, 12.40AM CDT.

Marigold 1.6

Marigold 1.6, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This whole series was an experiment in Depth Of Field (DOF) for me. I used many different settings to get the effects that are seen here in this set of photographs. I love the flowers to the front being in sharp focus and the ones to the rear getting more and more blurry or called by the correct term, Bokeh.

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Sunflower 1.8

Sunflower 1.8, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Another in the Sunflower Set that i took about two weeks ago. I wonder what it is looking at. I love the fuzz that is lighted up due to the direction of the sun. If you look closely, you can see a bug at the 9pm position on the left center.

Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 180 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Another shot!

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

Evening sky!

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

Mack's Acceptance Speech

 

Thanks to Mac for letting me publish this on my Blog.

 

Take That, You Rascally Republicans

 

All the world turns its attention to the upper midwest this week, because when you're talking about Republicans in Minnesota, you're talking about some serious excitement, boy!  When Uncle Edgar and Aunt Mabel wear their funny made-in-China Uncle Sam hats and start chugging some discount-store champagne on the convention floor, sooooeeeee, look out!

 

I just want all of You People out there beneath the embracing wings of my private jet to know that I am waiting for The Call to serve you, my little People, you 'umble little working men and women who keep the wheels of American industry turning, as your next President and Saviour.  Indeed, I pre-pre-release my pre-prepared pre-acceptance speech, for which in return my underground banks of secret computers manned…um…personned by my operatives are even now mining your personal computers for information:

 

My fellow Americans,

 

As I stand here tonight, bathed in the glorious reflected light of myself, the guy for whom I have been waiting, pushing the envelope and thinking outside the box, I just want you to know that the future lies ahead.  The past is behind us.  Tomorrow is another day.  We have nothing to love but love itself. Nothing stands between us and the spirit of victory except the spirit of defeat.

 

Yes, we can – we can use commas to set single nouns of affirmation apart from independent clauses.

 

My running mate is a Washington outsider who brings years of Washington experience to the ticket in order to call upon veteran lawmakers to revolutionize business as usual in order to bring America to a brave new dawn of hope, because, after all, yesterday is gone, and tomorrow is a new day, and the sun shines on all persons regardless of creed, color, or walk of life.

 

As we open a new chapter of life on the long and weary road to a brave new world, the key to the future will unlock the envelope of opportunity for all, equality especially for the marginalized who build this great country daily with the sweat of their tears and the muscles of our toils. 

 

Let us ensure that never again will Joe Six-Pack and John and Mary Catholic be burdened with having to think too much about errant hyperbole or have to deconstruct shades of meanings, or meanings of shades, because the blue-collar little people need to sit around their kitchen tables as they plan in hope the riding of their bicycles to their humble little jobs as they save the planet from global warming caused by a failure to think outside the pre-paid mailer and the inefficient recycling of fueled fossils and solar wind power for all the people of the world in peace, love, and harmonic convergence because life is like a delicate flower that must be gently nourished so that it will grow to be like a mighty oak sheltering the world from America's occupation of Tibet.

 

My fellow Americans, let the nuance go forth from this second and minute and hour and decade from this night which defines a new generation of nurturing and loving souls who are passionate in their dedication for an America which looks more like the world, and a world which embraces each other in her loving arms because at the end of the day the bottom line is that we are all children of Mother Earth who is crying for her children through tears stained by pollution and a failure to love as the green torch of hope is passed from loving hand to loving hand and from loving windmill to loving windmill in the ever-expanding passionate quest from renewable energy sources under the selfless guardianship of my old pal T-Bone, who also just happens to own most of the ground under which those windmills sit.

 

I also want to thank my spiritual leader, The Reverend Doctor Bishop Brother Billy-Bob Hairdo of the Bright Light Free Will Four Square Full Gospel Holiness Sanctified Temple Fellowship Outreach of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Lamb and Taco Stand, your Visa Card welcome.  I know he would love to be here with you tonight, but he got crossways of the district attorney and is even now being brutally tortured in a FEMA trailer.

 

With an unfailing confidence in the future that the sun will shine bright on a new America cleansed of last week's news because it is all so last year, I pledge to you, my fellow Americans, my pledgeness that I will pledge to serve you in my beingness of soul and extend my blue-collar backgroundness through my simple Spode china dinner settings at a table open through all the highways and byways of this great land to all God's / Buddha's / Allah's / Gaia's children.  With all my layered humility I pledge to thank you with all my heart and soul and prayers and thoughts.

 

-30-

 

A casual perusal of the Democratic Party Convention reveals that that all the delegates are old and wear funny hats, rather like Uncle Bert and Aunt Ethel getting giddy on Sam's Club champagne on New Year's Eve, and wearing lampshades. Where are the young Democrats?

A Fly...Crop

A Fly...Crop, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I just wanted to see what a cropped photo of the fly would look like. It is a little soft but a good photo non the less.

Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Sunflower 1.3

Sunflower 1.3, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Not ready just yet to open. I need to go and check to see how big it has gotten.

Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 210 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Sunflower 1.1

Sunflower 1.1, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I took this photo last week. Look at the bees and other bugs on the flower. The must also like sunflowers. I like this photo about as much as i like the other sunflower pic i took during this set.

Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Evening sun.

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

A Fly...

A Fly..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I saw these flowers at a home today so i stopped to get a few photos. This flower for some reason has a fly on it. I do not know why. I took several photos of it and this turned out to be the best.

Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Steeple 1.1

Steeple 1.1, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Here is the complete steeple of the St Clair's Church. I really like it and it can be seen from a great distance away. The red and black really contrasts with the blue sky.

Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/14
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 100

White Cross.

DSC09203, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I had the lens all the way out for this photo. I love the red brick and how it is setting in the wall. The church is old so the brick is not very straight and looks like it has had some repairs on it as well. The white cross really stands out in this photo.

Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/14
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Trinity...

Trinity..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Taken at a local church today. I was trying to get some of the grass and plants in the setting with the clouds and sky. Perhaps i will go and take it using the 18-70mm lens.

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Fells like Fall...

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

One Arm Bandit!

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

DSC09126

DSC09126, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I really like this one because of the side profile and being able to see his eyes.

Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 100

A Storm is Near...

A Storm is Near..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I took this photo while there was a storm near our area. I love the deep dark orange colors present in the clouds. The little area of blue that is in the clouds really contrasts with the rest of the photo.

Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Not Erupting...

Not Erupting..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I think that this is one of the best photos that i have taken in a long time. It is so simple and yet it is very contrasting in subject matter. This is my Lava Lamp sitting on my desk area. I just thought i would take a photo of it and see how it turned out. I was blown away with the contrast in colors with the dark wall to the left, the blue color in the glass, and the window blinds letting in a little light from the outside almost giving the lamp an ambient glow. Look at the blinds through the glass and liquid. See how the shape is warped because of the lamp's shape and content. Also notice the texture on the wall and blinds. I love the light in the blinds not being harsh and overpowering.

Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 160 mm
ISO Speed: 100

DSC09032

DSC09032, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

You can see a Bee in the center of this flower.

Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 100

DSC09048

DSC09048, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 100 mm
ISO Speed: 100

DSC09072

DSC09072, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This was another photo of the Bee going around the flower and getting pollen all over himself. I love how his wings are still and not moving. He would crawl and stop for a few seconds and then repeat the same movements.

Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Been Gambeling!

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

One Lonley Bee...

DSC09058, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I thought that this was a great capture of the flower and the bee that had just landed on it.

Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 210 mm
ISO Speed: 100

DSC09043

DSC09043, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I like this one but not as much as the other one i took This flower has some petal issues but it does have a friend on top of it. I do like the other flowers that are out of focus. They give lots of color to this photo.

Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 100

DSC08964

DSC08964, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I took this during the same set as the white flower.

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 230 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Transmission Towers

Transmission Towers, originally uploaded by _Maji_.

Uploaded by _Maji_ on 11 Aug 08, 12.21AM CDT.


I wanted to share this with all of you. What a jem!!

DSC09071

DSC09071, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I watched the Bee move around the flower for a while. He was really working it over. You can see that his legs are covered with pollen. He is doing what nature built him to do!

Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Morning Sky 1.2

Morning Sky 1.2, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Another in this set.

Exposure: 1/2500 sec
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Morning Sky 1.1

Morning Sky 1.1, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Taken yesterday morning before the rain moved in to our area.

Exposure: 1/2500 sec
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 100

SIUE Ride this evening

There was only two of us tonight as it was not a GORC event. We rode 13.70 miles this evening.

Over half was on the MTB trails and the other half was on the Madison County biking system. They have over 100 miles of county trails that used to be rail road tracks that the county acquired. The paved most of them and they are going to be connected to our town by this fall. It was a very good and fun ride.


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Senor Bill's Raided in Jasper Texas

New Details From Senor Bill's Raid,

Police Say Fed Ex Driver Involve

08/20/08


by
Steve W Stewart

Over 7 pounds of marijuana, and over $40,000 dollars in cash were
seized by Jasper Police in Tuesday's raid. Photo by Steve W Stewart.

New
details are emerging after Jasper police conducted a drug raid at the
popular roadside barbeque stand, Senor Bill's shortly after 4:00 on
Tuesday afternoon.

Police
now say that they recovered a total of 7.23 pounds of marijuana, along
with $41,100 dollars in cash, and the case may qualify to go federal.

Detective
Mike Poindexter said that in addition to the marijuana and cash, they
also discovered explosive devices. An agent with the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms out of Beaumont responded to assess the
explosives. Captain Gerald Hall said the agent deemed the devices to be
military practice grenades. The agent said that although the grenades
did not contain shrapnel, they were still considered dangerous.

Poindexter
said on Wednesday that this all began when police received a tip that a
driver for Federal Express had been buying marijuana at the business on
a routine basis. Poindexter said Sergeant Garrett Foster observed the
Fed Ex driver

Police
say the driver if this Federal Express delivery truck was arrested
after buying marijuana at Senor Bill's. Photo by Steve W Stewart.

at the business during the noon hour, and conducted a traffic stop on the Fed Ex delivery truck after it left Senor Bills.

According
to a report filed by Foster, he and Officer Keith Billingsley
discovered a bag of marijuana hidden inside the truck, and later found
a sealed Fed Ex package that contained marijuana.

Police
arrested the Fed Ex driver, later identified as 45 year old Gary Neal
Roccaforte of Port Arthur. The report said that Roccaforte cooperated
with police and implicated Senor Bill's as the location where he bought
his marijuana.

Roccaforte was arraigned by Justice of the Peace Ronnie Billingsley on Wednesday
morning. Roccaforte was charged with possession of marijuana, his bond
was set at $10,000 dollars, and he was released from the Jasper County
Jail at about 9:30 Wednesday morning after posting bond.

Meanwhile, the owners of Senor Bill's, whose names have not yet been released
pending formal charges and arraignment, remained in the Jasper City
Jail on Wednesday, awaiting transfer to the Jasper County Jail. Police
say they expect the couple to be moved to the county jail, and possibly
arraigned later Wednesday afternoon.

Police Raid Senor Bill's, Drugs, Explosives Discovered

08/20/08 By Steve Stewart Officers of the Jasper Police Dept continued to pile up bags and containers of marijuana and other paraphenalia for several minutes.Photo by Michael Love Jasper police conducted a raid at Senor Bill's, a roadside restaurant on North Wheeler Street. Officers arrived at the business shortly after 4:00 on Tuesday afternoon. Detective Mike Poindexter said that in addition to a very large amount of marijuana and paraphernalia, they also discovered explosive devices. Police also say they discovered approximately $40,000 dollars in cash. An agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms out of Beaumont responded to assess the explosives. Captain Gerald Hall said the agent deemed the devices to be military practice grenades. The agent said that although the grenades did not contain shrapnel, they were still considered dangerous. Police have confirmed that two people, the owners of Senor Bill's, were taken into custody at the scene. Their identities have not been released pending formal charges and arraignment. Captain Gerald Hall inspects a suspicious item which was later determined to be a military explosive device. Photo by Michael Love The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives out of Beaumont was called in to handle the military practice grenades and other explosives. Photo by Michael Love

DSC09037

DSC09037, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I was over by the Post Office today and had my camera. i saw these wonderful blooms and parked my truck and got out to take a few photos. I love the deep, dark tones of this flower. I have a very shallow DOF on this photo bu using a low f/stop.

Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 210 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Night Lights...

Night Lights..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Just a little fun last night! I thought that it was a neat photo. It was very dark and i was using BULB mode for the photo.

Exposure: 0.1 sec (1/10)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 90 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Korn - Evolution

This is a great video for this track. Just watch it and wonder if what they are saying is true???

MINISTRY--Everyday Is Like Halloween (12 inch mix)

I am not sure that this is an official video. Does anyone have an idea about this one?

Thrill Kill Kult - And This is What the Devil Does

WOW!! I first saw this video on Much Music out of Canada when i was in High school. We had a big old C-Band satellite and got Much Music long time ago in the late 1980s. I got to see them in concert some years later in Beaumont Texas.

The Bollock Brothers - Harley David

I never knew that their was a video for this track!! It reminds me of Starz in Louisiana back in the late 80s.

WOW What a BLAST FROM THE PAST!!

Moby - New Dawn Fades(Live)

This is an incredible cover of the Joy Division song. He also did a version of this track for the movie Heat.

New Order - True Faith

Perhaps one of the most instrumental music videos in my life. 1987 is when this came out.

My musical transformation came about when i went to Florida with my grandparents in 1983 and my cousin that lived in Houston came with us. She listened to music that i fell in love with.

The 80's Music mad a bid impact in my life and changed me forever...

Pop Musik - M (HQ Audio)

Essential 80s Music!!

Sequence 1.1

Sequence 1.1, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

T- 3 seconds and counting: Starting to come out!

Sequence 1.2

Sequence 1.2, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Up and Away!

Sequence 1.3

Sequence 1.3, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Got to hold it a bit longer!

Sequence 1.4

Sequence 1.4, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

About to Land!!

Sequence 1.5

Sequence 1.5, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Out of pit and landed!

Skater 1.8

Skater 1.8, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Using the arm for the assist!!

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 200

White on Blur...

White on Blur..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I think this photo is a good example of Bokeh. Everything is out of focus except the flower. The Depth of Field is shallow and i shot it this way on purpose.

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Clouds...

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

Sunflower 1.4

Sunflower 1.4, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I love how the center flower is in focus and all the rest are out of focus. The sun was hitting the center flower and it really brings out the color.

Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Skater 1.1

Skater 1.1, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Up from the bottom and off the edge!

Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Skater 1.2

Skater 1.2, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

In the AIR!! Nice sunny day for this!

Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Marigold 1.1

Marigold 1.1, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Located at a local park i drove by today. You can see the beetle on the flower which is strange being on a Marigold. They usually do not attract bugs or insects of any kind. I think that the Bokeh is fine on this photo.

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Mountain Biking Wednesday

For any of you that live in the St Louis area, we are going to SIUE to ride Wednesday evening at 6pm

If you live in the area, a good site to check out is GORC

Type: Multiple Loops

Description:
This trail system is made up of nearly 8 miles of tight, twisty, all-dirt singletrack in 4 separate trails, with a 5th trail in the works. Modest elevation gain, thick forest, and smooth hardpack make for rides which will satisfy every rider from beginner to advanced. The trails were designed in such a way that they would be a place not only for beginners to try out mountain biking, but also to allow more advanced riders an opportunity to test their bike handling skills by riding the narrow trails at a more rapid pace.

They are built partially on the site of an old outdoor amphitheater from the 1970’s, better known as the "Mississippi River Festival." The trails are easily accessible from the numerous bike paths that intertwine the Metro-East, so if you live in the area, driving to the trails is not necessarily required. While all the trails are designed to IMBA standards, because of the all-dirt surface, it is recommended that you not ride these trails immediately following rain.

Please download a map and take it with you, so you will be able to find all the loops, as they are spread out among numerous cross-country running trails.

Directions:
Take hwy 255 North past Interstate 270, to New Poag Road. Turn Right or East at the end of the exit ramp. Stay on New Poag Road until the first intersection with a 4 way stop sign. This will be University Drive. Turn Right onto University Drive. The road will immediately bend to the left, at the end of the bend on your right is a gravel road, turn onto the gravel road. Follow the rock road past the hedgerow on the left, the road will make a 90 Degree turn to the right and then back to the left, then it will dead end. The Northernmost Trailhead is located at the 90 degree corner of the woods near that dead end.

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Sitting 1.7

Sitting 1.7, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I love her reflection in the glass I used the "Back Flash" for this photo as well. i like to use it in most of my photography. The contrast between her and the wall is very good and i love her white paws on the window ledge.

Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 90 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Flash: Flash fired