5 Years...

On May 15, 2008 I celebrated my 5th year of continuous Soberity. It was a very strange and reflective day for me while i was at work. Looking back at what i was and then where i am now and where i am going to be soon had a strange effect on me that day.

The blog has taken a new direction in that I am wildly into Photography as many can tell from the posts as of late. Because i am Clean and Sober i can do the things that i love. I still ride my mountain bike and work out, but this is the direction that i need to go now. Please continue to read and i will continue to publish...

Thank you,
RMStringer


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Big Dipper...

Big Dipper..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This was my first attempt at shooting the night sky. I was hoping to get some rotational effects but i got a good clear sky shot. At the lower left, you can see a streak that is from a jet. The orange glow is from the fire that we had making Smores tonight. It turned out very good, better than i expected. I bought a tri-pod today so i will be able to take better photos at night due to not having to find a steady surface to place the camera on.

Exposure: 15 sec (15)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 400

A Cross...

A Cross..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

These were all taken at Arlington National Cemetery on my trip to Washington DC last weekend. Single Cross on a hill. I saw this lonely cross on the hill with the blue sky and wondered who he was and what he died for. What war was he in? How did he get such a big and profound gravestone?

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 400, 400

Sunset on the lake...

Sunset on the lake..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I had to repost this photograph. I took this during the winter. It is a truly stunning photo that i took with my cam phone.

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel Cell phone.


This was taken off of Woolridge going across Swift Creek Reservoir this evening. Look at the reflection of the clouds on the water and the deep red contrasting with the blue sky.

I wish that i had a better camera for this photo but i wonder if it would have turned out like it did with a hight quality camera.

Clover in field...

I took this in a lot at work. It was very cool that morning. Taken with my LGVX8600 phone.
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White on White...

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

This was one of the white on white shots that i took. It was very hard for me to get the camera to focus on the bottle because of the lack of color contrast. I also used the "Back Flash" for this photo. I used "Auto-Focus" at first to get it in focus and then switched to "Manual Focus" to get the final picture. As with the other photo, you can see more of the window ledge behind the bottle.

Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Flash: Flash fired

Red and White...On White.

Red and White...On White., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This was another in the set that i took in the bathroom. We have several of the little bottles around the tub. The white one was really hard to take as it was white on white so i decided to place them both beside each other. I used the "Back Flash" method on this photo as well and got the desired results. The red glass is a little darker then in the other photo but i had to zoom out to get both of them in the photo. You can see more of the window in the background on this photograph.

Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 60 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Flash: Flash fired

Red on White...

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

I was getting ready for bed and the thought struck me to shoot a few pictures before i went to sleep. I saw the little nick-knacks that we had around our bathtub and thought that they would be neat to photograph on the white background. I thought that the red was really dramatic and stood out on the white and i zoomed in really close to get this picture. I used the "Back Flash" for this photograph in a Manual mode. It turned out very nice as i did not get any of the flash glare in the photo but it looks like it is suspended on a white surface. I did not intend this to happen, it just turned out this way. If you look close, you can see my fingerprint on the outside of the glass.

Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0/10 EV
Flash: Flash fired

Red Rose...

Here is the correct photo that i took in the yard today.


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White Light Rose...

White Light Rose..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I was cutting the grass in the backyard when i saw a new bloom. I finished the lawn and went to get my camera to take a few pictures of it. I was using "Apature Priority" and went to shoot it thinking that it would turn out to be a bright red photo and this is what i got! I was really surprised at how it turned out. I went back to try to make this happen again duplicating the same settings and it did not work.

Exposure: 0.2 sec (1/5)
Aperture: f/32
Focal Length: 45 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Traffic Trails 0

This was the first photo that i took from a fixed position to try and get some good "Traffic Trails" last Saturday night. I took this photo and it was very bright almost to the point of being over exposed. It turned out very bright and crisp. I like the photo but you can see only very limited light trails from the cars. It was a 10 second exposure and had a F-Stop of 5.6, ISO400 and was taken in Vivid Mode as well.

I called this photo "10 Seconds and Counting..."


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