SE Texas Pines 1.4

SE Texas Pines 1.4, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Taken After a Rain in Late Evening on FMR 255 East.

Another in the SE Pine Tree set that i took today. I love the dead wood in the back of the photo with the mist and fog hovering above the ground as well. Looks like a rain forrest to me and not like SE Texas at all.

Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Wet Road 1.1

Wet Road 1.1, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Taken After a Rain in Late Evening on FMR 255 East.

I kept seeing the fog and mist at the top of the hill while i was taking some more Pine Tree photos and i thought that it would make a neat photo if it would come out correct. I stood in the middle of the road and took the photo. I did not use a flash on the photo. I guess the stripes are glowing from the sun being behind me.

Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Round Hay Bails

Round Hay Bails, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Taken in 16:9 Aspect Ratio.

I noticed this field on the north side of Zavalla Texas on HWY 69 North when i was going to school today. I drove by it on my way home and then did a U-Turn in the road and went back to get a few photos of the place. This is the best one that i like the most of the set. I like the serenity of the photo, the calm of the sky and the openness of it all.

Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/5.0
Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO Speed: 200

SE Texas Pines 1.9

SE Texas Pines 1.9, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Taken in 16:9 Aspect Ratio.

Taken off the side of the road on HWY 63 East just 3-5 miles out of Zavalla Texas. I love the bright greens and colors in the trees. I tweaked some settings on my camera to get it to take a pic with this color range. I love the light in the tops of the trees from the setting sun.

Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 40 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Next Photo Project

HWY 69 South. Hay bails and green field.
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Closed...

Closed..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Initial photo taken on a Trip to Texas when i lived in Illinois.

Another photo of the old Pig Stand in Beaumont Texas. I bet this place was really fun to go to at night when it was open. It is from a bi gone era, like the tv show "Happy Days" A calm, more simpler time,something that we will never see again...

Here is a link to a color night photo of the pig stand.

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 20 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Wednesday Evening Sunset 1.1

Wednesday Evening Sunset 1.1, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Wednesday Evening Sunset on Lake Sam Rayburn.

I was on my way home from class on Wednesday evening and i saw a great sunset close to the dam. I had my camera with me and have it with me most of the time when i travel now. I love the reflection on the water from the sun and clouds with the different deep tones.

Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Sunset @ Rayburn Dam.

I took several photos with my Sony A200 this evening at the dam on my way home from class. Lake Sam Rayburn TX.
RMStringer

Remember This Song?

Hooters-all you zombies
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Evening Sun

Looking west from my home.
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Sexy Water Pose...

Sexy Water Pose..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Rattlesnake Island: Labor Day 2009. Lake Sam Rayburn, Texas

She was with a group of girls that were playing for my camera on Saturday. She is super cute and sexy!! Too bad that i dont even know her name...

I was using the Quantaray 70-300mm Lens for this photo. I love the color and the sparkle of the water around her.

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Light and Dark Trees...

Light and Dark Trees..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

"Center Weighted" Metering Mode using the Minolta 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 Lens

I was driving East on FMR255 and looked over and saw some interesting lighting in the trees. I stopped and took out my cam and switched to B&W mode and took a series of shots of the trees with the light in the foreground. They really did not come out like i wanted them to. The contrast was not as great as i would have liked it to be.

Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200

The Player...

The Player..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Rattlesnake Island: Labor Day 2009. Lake Sam Rayburn, Texas

A long time friend of mine. I have known him for 25+ years. Nolan Joseph Leblanc is a lawyer in Bridge City, Texas. He was playing a little guitar on the island for some of our friends yesterday. I used a 2x Doubler for this photo.

Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture: f/9.0
Focal Length: 330 mm
ISO Speed: 200

2009 Eliminator

Labor Day 2009, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Rattlesnake Island: Labor Day 2009. Lake Sam Rayburn, Texas


Exposure: 1/4000 sec
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 26 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Nice Boat

Labor Day 2009, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Rattlesnake Island: Labor Day 2009. Lake Sam Rayburn, Texas

Exposure: 1/2500 sec
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Storm Clouds.

Forrest Hills. Lake Sam Rayburn TX.
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Nonya Chicken!

Rattlesnake Island! Lake Sam Rayburn TX.
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Getting Packed!

Rattlesnake Island! Lake Sam Rayburn TX.
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A Distant Future Memory...

DSC02634, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Through my photography i express myself. I am able to find my creative and artsy center and also my technological side. For me it is personal and i look at the world in a different way.

When people and my friends, close friends notice and make comments about my work, i get filled with emotion. Good emotions and more yearning to strive to make better photography. But i also get filled with a sadness from them as well.

All i wanted from om other half, when i had her, was for her to accept this new me and to realize the passion that i had from my creations. All i got was mocking and scorn or money comments. I just wanted her to say that i was a good photographer and that my work was good, not that it was good when she wanted and needed me to do a photo for her.

In that aspect, acceptance was what i wanted from her and that my photography, my art, my passion, could and did not have a price that she could hold in her hands. The boat on the lake that i so love and the God created sunset in the sky is a future that we could have had. A glimpse of a future that will not be for us to have for she could not see the beauty and art in my passion... Only the bottom dollar.

ESPN BASSmater Central Open No. 2

Here is a link to my Flickr Set of the Weigh In of the BASSmaster Tournament today on Lake Sam Rayburn, Texas. There were 193 Contestants at the weigh in today!!

2009 BASSMaster Tournament Trail Central Open

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Bassmasters

Lake Sam Rayburn TX.
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Lunch!

Going to try it out. Lufkin Texas on 59 South.
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Jim Gaffigan: Hot Pockets!

One Hell of a funny set because we can all relate to it...

Morning Sun

Luflkin @ Angelina College.
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Sunset in Color...

Sunset in Color..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Lake Sam Rayburn Texas! August 30, 2009

I was in the cove area behind Rattlesnake Island and using the Minolta 35-105mm Lens to take some Sunset Photos. I used the "Center Weighted Average" Metering Mode. I love the Sun on the water and the great sky and clouds...

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Black and White Evening...

Black and White Evening..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Lake Sam Rayburn Texas! August 30, 2009

I was taking a series of Sunset photos while i was in the boat and waiting for it to be loaded. I was doing some color photos using the Minolta 35-105mm Lens and using a "Center Weighted Average" Metering Mode. I decided to go and switch to Black and White mode and was like WoW!! I love the textures and skyscape They photos have an HDR quality to them.

Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Sunset in Black&White

Lake Sam Rayburn TX.
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Evening on Lake.

Lake Sam Rayburn TX.
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Time To Go...

Lake Sam Rayburn TX.
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Horse Shoes!

Rattlesnake Island! Lake Sam Rayburn TX.
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Hibiscus.

No a native flower.
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Water At Night...

Water At Night..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Shot at location around Beaumont Texas.

Taken at Beaumont's River Front Park. I love the lights reflection on the water. The stillness of the night shows on the water. To the left in the photo is the Entergy Building.

Exposure: 29
Aperture: f/9.0
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Cant Go Back To Sleep...

Damn rain woke me about an hour ago and i cant go back to sleep! Sux!
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manic street preachers--if you tolerate this

What a powerful song!!
The future teaches you to be alone
The present to be afraid and cold
So if I can shoot rabbits
Then I can shoot fascists

Bullets for your brain today
But we'll forget it all again
Monuments put from pen to paper
Turns me into a gutless wonder

And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
Will be next
Will be next
Will be next

Gravity keeps my head down
Or is it maybe shame
At being so young and being so vain

Holes in your head today
But I'm a pacifist
I've walked La Ramblas
But not with real intent

And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
Will be next
Will be next
Will be next
Will be next

And on the street tonight an old man plays
With newspaper cuttings of his glory days

And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
Will be next
Will be next
Will be next

David Bowie - Thursdays child

I can relate to this song and i always have been able to. "the song's about a guy living with a girl he doesn't love, same point from the girl, they're trying to work it out but things remain the same."

West Beaumont Sky.

Sunset...
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Good Food!

Beaumont Tx.
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Busted and Cracked

Busted and Cracked, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Roger's Junkyard on HWY 96 North

I truly like this photo fro a number of reason. I love the glass and the different shades of color on it, the way the clouds are reflected at the bottom and the way the crack spreads out almost all over the entire photograph. I wonder what hit it and broke it this way? It is neat to look through the glass and see the binder clip to the far upper right of the photo.

Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO Speed: 200

DSC02987

DSC02987, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Lightening Storm south of Lake Sam Rayburn. Taken from FMR 255.

This is another wicked shot of Cloud to Cloud Lightening that i witnessed last night looking South into a very large storm complex.

Exposure: 19
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 200

DSC03000

DSC03000, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Lightening Storm south of Lake Sam Rayburn. Taken from FMR 255.

We had a very big weather system just miss the lakes area last night. I was able to point my camera South West and get some AMAZING lightening shots like this. No cloud to ground stuff, just mainly in the clouds. It was a great show that i got to witness. Watching a vulgar display of power like this makes me feel very small...

Exposure: 19
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Rust & Paint

Rust & Paint, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Roger's Junkyard on HWY 96 North

Taken using the Minolta 35-105mm Lens. I love the rust and peeling paint with the different fading colors and textures. I just wonder how many years this truck was ran and was a useful piece of equipment. How much money did the owner pay for it and then make with it. Why did it end up in Jasper? This photo is from the old B-75 Mack Truck.

Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO Speed: 200

DSC02941

DSC02941, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Roger's Junkyard on HWY 96 North

Inside of an old Mac Truck Cab.

Exposure: 0.04 sec (1/25)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Dead City...

Dead City..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Shot at location around Beaumont Texas.

Shot in the intersection of Crockett and Orleans Streets in Downtown Beaumont Texas. I was in the street for about 20 minutes and never had to move my Tripod once due to traffic. This was a hard shot to get because of the street lighting.

The building to the left with red brick is the old Haunted Hotel. It used to be a very scary haunted house. What a shame to have moved it from the down town area.

Exposure: 11
Aperture: f/14.0
Focal Length: 20 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Little Island...

Lake Sam Rayburn TX.
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Sunset!

Time to go home. Lake Sam Rayburn TX.
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Nice!

Water is like glass! Lake Sam Rayburn TX.
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RsI!

Lake Sam Rayburn TX.
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Redneck Yacht Club 2009

Thankx to BlackBetty Productions for doing such a great video!! It was a fun weekend on Rattlesnake Island where I and other folks took many photos and gave them to you to make this video.

http://www.youtube.com/user/BlackBettyProduction is a link to more of her work.

IH 10 1.1

IH 10 1.1, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Shot at location around Beaumont Texas.


Interstate 10 East and West. Taken facing North.
IH 10 make a turn to the right and heads East to Lake Charles Louisiana. It also branches off into HWY 96 and 69 North.

Exposure: 18
Aperture: f/18.0
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Downtown.

Beaumont Tx
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