DSC09122: Ghost 1.2

DSC09122: Ghost 1.2, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I think that this is another good example of a "Depth Of Field" photo. I was laying on the floor for this photo as well. She was looking straight at me and i had my 70-300mm lens on the camera. I love the light on one side of her face and the shadow cast from that light. She is in sharp focus and everything else is out of focus. The light and dark on the floor out of focus is a very neat effect as well.

Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 120 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Mack: Cell 'Phones, Water Bottles, and the Ballot

Thanks to Mac Hall for letting me post his work to my Blog.

 

Cell 'Phones, Water Bottles, and the Ballot

 

Uncountable kazillions of electrons have been blasted into the universe questioning where Barack Not-Allowed-to-Say-His-Middle-Name Obama was born and wondering if the possibility of a foreign birth compromises his eligibility to rule over us all as President of the United States.

 

Some of Senator Obama's faithful appear to think he (or He) was born in Bethlehem.  This is highly unlikely, but even so it would be irrelevant; his mother was an American citizen and never renounced her citizenship, so Senator Obama is as American as Chicago's South Side.

 

If being born somewhere else were a disqualifier, millions of American citizens would not be citizens at all: the children of servicemen,  diplomats, employees of multi-nationals, and the occasional ill-timed vacationer.

 

Although the Constitution says that, among other requirements, a President must be a natural-born citizen, one can only ask what that means.  Pretty vague stuff there.  Is there such a thing as an unnatural-born citizen?

 

Further, the first 20-30 American presidents were all foreign-born, subjects of Their Several Majesties of Great Britain and Ireland and Stuff. 

 

The precise number of American presidents under the Articles of Confederation is difficult to calculate precisely; some served twice, and one didn't serve at all due to illness, being informally and possibly illegally replaced by two substitutes.  There could have been as many as nineteen presidents under the Confederation.

 

The first nine presidents under the Constitution, beginning with George Washington, were all born in the British Empire, and starting life as an imperialist is so not cool.

 

The first made-in-the-USA president was John Tyler, born in Virginia in 1790.  In an aside we may note that he was the busy father of fifteen children by two wives, so perhaps he rather than George Washington should be regarded as the Father of his Country, or at least a great percentage of the population.

 

Whether or not Senator Obama would be an effective president is up to the voters -- or perhaps up to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or A.C.O.R.N.  According to The Washington Times A.C.O.R.N. registered the starting lineup of the Dallas Cowboys to vote in Nevada.

 

This leads to the question of whether or not a football player must be natural-born in Irving, Texas in order to play football there.  And, anyway, why aren't they the Irving Cowboys?  Could that too be a false registration thing?  A nation waits with bated or baited breath for the answer.

 

The real issue in this election is not where Senator Obama was born.  The real issue is how the typical modern American is going to be able to mark his ballot with his cell 'phone in one hand, his plastic bottle of fashionable water in the other hand, a tin cricket stuck in one ear, and a bipod or tripod or something stuck in the other ear.

 

Is the Constitution available as a download?

 

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DSC09118: Ghost 1.0

DSC09118: Ghost 1.0, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

The light and shadows cast by the big window were just amazing this evening. She was sitting on the floor with the light dancing about her and causing different patterns on the floor. I love the shadow caused by the light on against her head. She was just starting to turn her head in my direction. At this point, i was standing and not laying on the floor.

Exposure: 0.067 sec (1/15)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 120 mm
ISO Speed: 200

DSC09123: Ghost 1.3

DSC09123: Ghost 1.3, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I was on the floor photographing her. I love the blurry background (Bokeh) behind her. The sun was shinning in through the big window on the stairs and hitting her. Shadows were dancing around because of the wind that was blowing outside. I am not sure what she is looking up at, but it gives a good side profile of her face.

Exposure: 0.067 sec (1/15)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Bike Trials.

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone. MC Trial system.
From RMStringer

DSC08787: Star Bright...

DSC08787: Star Bright..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

When i took this set of photos i looked at the craftsman as doing art and that is how i approached the photographic aspect. I did not look at it as work, which was ease for me because i am not the one doing it. I told this to them as i took the different photos. I looked at it from an artistic perspective.

I thought that the was an amazing photo. The bright star pattern that the welding makes and the highlight of the smoke are very nice. I love hos the gloved hand is softly illuminated showing the texture of the leather glove. I love the sparks shooting off in all directions as he makes his weld. I took this with the other work photos.

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

Stonehenge Sunset

Stonehenge Sunset, originally uploaded by Heaven`s Gate (John).

From Time to Time i find a photo that i just have to post that is not my work. I get permission from the photographer and then post to my blog. This is one such photo. Please enjoy!

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) west of Amesbury and 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of Salisbury.
One of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones. Archaeologists had believed that the iconic stone monument was erected around 2500 BC, although this has since been advanced to 2400-2200 BC.
The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. The site and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1986 .
New archaeological evidence found by the Stonehenge Riverside Project indicates that Stonehenge served as a burial ground from its earliest beginnings. The dating of cremated remains found that burials took place as early as 3000 B.C, when the first ditches were being built around the monument. Burials continued at Stonehenge for at least another 500 years when the giant stones which mark the landmark were put up.
For a daytime view, please link below :
www.flickr.com/photos/59303791@N00/2917367909/

Uploaded by Heaven`s Gate (John) on 13 Oct 08, 3.43AM CDT.