Friday, September 12, 2008

Storm cloud.

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

DSC09600: Blue


DSC09600: Blue, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Our Kitchen phone. I live the Blue lights on it. This made an interesting photo IMO. All you really see is the buttons, LCD screen and bottom light.

Exposure: 0.167 sec (1/6)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 80 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Thursday, September 11, 2008

DSC09584: 9.11.2008


DSC09584: 9.11.2008, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

9/11: Let us all remember and never forget!

I saw the flag on our neighbor's house just hanging and gently moving in the light breeze. It instilled what a great country we still live in and that we can make it better if we all try. It is an overcast and slightly rainy day. The humidity is very high due to all the rain that is approaching our area.

Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Picture 381


Picture 381, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This was part of the inside of the main welcome center of Anheuser-Busch located in St Louis. I thought that it was really neat with all the flags and mirrors. I wanted to get as much of it without getting any of the wall or as little as i could.

Exposure: 0.02 sec (1/50)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Picture 411


Picture 411, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I had just gotten the camera about a week before i took this photograph. We had traveled to St Louis to look for housing and we decided to tour the A-B Factory. It was a cool damp day when we did the tour.

Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/10
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Newest Ike Satllite photos



Visible Satellite

IR Photo
IR Satellite

Projected Path...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Colts starting DT arrested on drug charge

Here is another THUG playing football.  He is just another great example of an idol for our children to look up to...
 
Hey, then we like that in our society where children idolize and dress like convicts and gangsters without even knowing why they dress like that.  They think that it is cool..
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INDIANAPOLIS - Indianapolis Colts starting defensive tackle Ed Johnson was arrested early Wednesday on a drug possession charge.

Colts president Bill Polian said the team was still gathering facts about the case before determining how it will discipline Johnson, but Johnson will not play Sunday at Minnesota.

Image: Ed Johnson


"He will not play this week, for sure,'' coach Tony Dungy said.

Polian said Johnson was stopped for speeding between midnight and 1 a.m. on Interstate 465 just north of Indianapolis. Police also charged him with marijuana possession.

He later was released on bond from the Hamilton County Jail.

Johnson was temporarily expelled from Penn State in 2005 for violating the school policy on sexual misconduct and confining another student against the student's will. He was reinstated in 2006, but later suspended for the Outback Bowl for violating team rules.

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Hurrican Ike Taking aim at Texas



My family will have to evac out again from the southeastern coast of Texas once again.  Please keep them in your prayers.

Hadron Collider Getting Ready to Run...

Scientists turn on biggest ‘Big Bang Machine’

Chapter 3: After 14 years of work, atom-smasher comes to life amid hoopla

Image: ATLAS detector
Maximilien Brice / CERN
The eight torodial magnets can be seen on the huge ATLAS detector with the calorimeter before it is moved into the middle of the detector. This calorimeter will measure the energies of particles produced when protons collide in the center of the detector.

Will it work or blow up the Earth?  We will soon find out!

Lets hope for the best!
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Tuesday, September 09, 2008

DSC09490: Blury


DSC09490: Blury, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I love this photo even it is blurry! We were driving down the road and i turned around to get the shot. I will go back soon and do a nice long exposure.

Exposure: 1 sec (1)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 60 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Yesterdays Storm Clouds.

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

Street Dogs!!

Oct 7 2008 6:30P
Bluebird St Louis, Missouri

They are playing in St Louis




http://www.street-dogs.com/2008/wp-content/uploads/sd2-1751.jpg

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Morning Sun...

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

DSC09407: Pine Tree


DSC09407, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

All were taken with the Minolta 35-105mm F 3.5-4.5 Lens. Pine Tree This was just a little DOF trial with the new lens.

Exposure: 0.1 sec (1/10)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 45 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Monday, September 08, 2008

DSC09539: At Night...


DSC09539: At Night..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This was taken with the Minolta 35-105mm F 3.5-4.5 Lens. I was trying to see how it did at night doing timed exposures and traffic trails. I have the Sky A-1 filter on the lens as well. It is a very crisp lens.

Exposure: 5 sec (5)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Picture Comparison...

I took this one several days ago using the Quantaray LD 70-300mm f4-5.6 Tele-Macro:
Not Erupting...
Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 160 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Taken with the Minolta 35-105 f/3.5-4.5:
DSC09395
Exposure: 0.4 sec (2/5)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 200


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DSC09382


DSC09382, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This was taken with the Minolta 35-105mm F 3.5-4.5 Lens.

I took this at a friend's home today. He just got out of the hospital and someone gave him this get well flower arrangement. I walked over to his home to show him the new lens. He is a shutter bug as well.

Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/14
Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Flash: Flash fired

Before the rain...

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

MP3 Player.


MP3 Player., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

My MP3 player on our bed. The white really stands out against the orange and tan. It is a 40gig Creative Zen Touch. I bought it in 2005 while i lived in Massachusetts.

Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Flash: Flash fired

Photo of the week!

http://www.kwmu.org/includes/images/headerfooter/plainlogoweb4.gif

I got the photo of the week at 90.7 KWMU located in St Louis.

Use this link to go there.
http://publicbroadcasting.net/kwmu/arts.artsmain

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ZZ Bush


ZZ Bush, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I love the way this plants looks. The leaves are so glossy! The green really contrasts with the white wall behind it. The different angles that the stalks go are real nice against the wall as well. I love the glossy leaves that they have and they are very easy to take care of.

Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/10
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Flash: Flash fired

Bike Ride on Saturday Morning


On Saturday morning we rode the MCT trail system as the GORC mountain bike trails were very wet and muddy. We started our ride at 7.45am and made a 20 mile loop tarting at New Poag road and riding do to I255 and then back to our starting point. Total ride time was about 1.40 minutes.

We rode the Orange trail south to the MCT Bluff trail, then back to MCT Nature Orange Trail, connected to the Schoolhouse Red trail back to the Goshen trail north to the Watershed Blue to our parking area.

It was a besutiful morning and i cannot wait to go and do it this week at the regular GORC/SIUE ride at 6pm on Thursday evening.


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Sunday, September 07, 2008

The Night Light


The Night Light, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

A light at a neighbor's home. I love the light cast on the wall.

Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Saturday, September 06, 2008

New Lens on the way!!


MINOLTA MAXXUM 35-105mm AF f/3.5-4.5 w/MACRO "RESTYLED"



I got this little diddy on EBAY for around $80 in perfect condition!! Here are several pics of the lens. I should have it home by Tuesday. I will post some pics when i get it.




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Spider Web.

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone. Saw it before our ride this morning.
From RMStringer

Sun through trees...

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

Morning fog...

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

Friday, September 05, 2008

DSC06709


DSC06709, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

More From The Zoo Set. Taken in the Butterfly Dome.

Gold and Green. I wished that his wings had been unfolded to get a better photo of him. It is a Monarch butterfly.

Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Flash: Flash fired

DSC06710


DSC06710, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

More From The Zoo Set. Taken in the Butterfly Dome.

This butterfly is really pretty. I love the colors that it has. On the rocks, it really stands out.

Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 140 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Flash: Flash fired

DSC06741


DSC06741, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

More From The Zoo Set. Taken in the Butterfly Dome.

I love the background on this photo. The blur was really done well. The flower very delicate, is in focus and the butterfly is not in full focus.

Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 150 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Flash: Flash fired

30 ft off ground!

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

Thursday, September 04, 2008

Stainless Steel Life...


Stainless Steel Life..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This stuff has been sitting on my CD case since i unloaded it. I placed it that way about two weeks ago. I was just shooting around the house and it caught my eye. Very interesting contrast between the steel, wood, and wall. I used a Rear Flash on this photo.

Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 120 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Flash: Flash fired

Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Bokeh Portrait...


Bokeh Portrait..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Me looking through the window located on the stairs. I thought that this was a really cool Bokeh example. It turned out very nice they way i was in focus but the trees outside were blurry and my reflection on the glass in focus.

Exposure: 0.125 sec (1/8)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Close to the Cross...


Close to the Cross..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

A close up photo of the old cross on a tombstone.

Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 130 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Amy Goodman Arrested!

Dear Friend,

I'm outraged by St. Paul law enforcement's overly aggressive and violent tactics to stifle independent journalism.

Yesterday, police in St. Paul arrested several journalists, including Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and an AP photographer as they were covering protests of the Republican National Convention. Get involved in this campaign by demanding that press intimidation cease immediately, and that all charges be dropped.

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A Tac Weld...

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

Metal Fab...

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

Flickr Scripts.

I use this all the time when i am on Flickr It is a great script when used in conjunction with Greasemonkey. This is the page where i got most of the scripts that i use when i am on Flickr. http://userscripts.org/tags/flickr This is the link for many useful scripts.

Flickr - Multi Group Sender

It overrides the flickr "Send to Group" button above your photo/video and lets you send your Flickr image or video to multiple groups simultaneously

Donate

If you like the script, find it useful, or it saves you a lot of time, please make a donation, to show your appreciation

About

This script enables you to easily send your Flickr images/videos to multiple groups at the same time. It works by overriding the normal "Send To Group" button on your flickr photo page.

Screenshot

Heres a screenshot of the script in action:

Share this Script on Flickr

More Flickr Scripts

This script and all my other Flickr Greasemonkey scripts and some other Flickr programming projects are available on Steeev's Flickr Tools and Projects Page


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Tuesday, September 02, 2008

DSC09205


DSC09205, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Old Cross weathered with a backdrop of blue sky.

Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/14
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 100

DSC09207


DSC09207, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Another Cross...

Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/14
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Monday, September 01, 2008

Sitting 1.3


Sitting 1.3, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I love her reflection in the window. I used my Rear Flash for this. The Bokeh is nice as the window is in focus with her but the trees are blurry. Really cool effect if you ask me. There is some nice contrasting between her and the window seal. It is really hard to see her feet.

Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Flash: Flash fired

DSC08246


DSC08246, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Another Pass from the C130!

Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Labor Day Party!

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

An Intimate Celestial Bond

If you want to Purchase any of my music(s), Please go to https://djrenigade.bandcamp.com/ 1st Track For The New Year! #DownTempo #RenigadeCi...