Vacant Field...

Vacant Field..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

As i was driving home on Millburn School Road today i saw a field that i have driven by many times. I looked and just happened to have my camera today so i got out and took several photos. I then decided to take a series going from left to right to make this panorama creation. To me, this photo symbolizes the Autumn is upon us.

I used my Minolta 35-105mm lens to take the initial series of photos. I could have cropped the photo to give it nice straight lines but i wanted for people to get the whole photo, not just a portion of it. So many photos that we look at are nice and neat, cropped to *perfection* and processed to the Nth degree. I wanted people to feel the rawness of this photo and also the beauty of it!

DSC00036: Fireworks

DSC00036: Fireworks 1.1, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Manual Mode
Exposure: 0.25 sec (1/4)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200
No Tir-Pod, Hand held.

DSC00037

DSC00037, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Taken at the Balloon Glow held in Forest Park, St Louis, Missouri. All photos were hand held.

Exposure: 0.25 sec (1/4)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Gas...

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

DSC08764: MIG Welding 1.2 [Crop]

DSC08764: MIG Welding 1.2 [Crop], originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Same person as before using a MIG rig to weld some carbon steel pipe. I was just trying a cropped photo to take some of the negative space out of the photo.

Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200

The Lamp Project.

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.

The Lamp Project

We just decided to go and see if we could find this place before we went to the concert last night. If i had of know, i would have brought my a200 and set up to take a photo of this in high quality.

From RMStringer

Band list 2night

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

DSC08777: Plasma Cutter

DSC08777: Plasma Cutter, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

From Wikipedia:
Plasma cutting is a process that is used to cut steel and other metals (or sometimes other materials) using a plasma torch. In this process, an inert gas (in some units, compressed air) is blown at high speed out of a nozzle; at the same time an electrical arc is formed through that gas from the nozzle to the surface being cut, turning some of that gas to plasma. The plasma is sufficiently hot to melt the metal being cut and moves sufficiently fast to blow molten metal away from the cut. Plasma can also be used for plasma arc welding and other applications.

I wanted to let everyone see the bevel on the edge of the pipe that the craftsman was making using the Plasma Cutter.

Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO Speed: 200

DSC08758: Welding

DSC08758: Welding, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I really like this photograph. The light from the welding illuminates the craftsman's front. The smoke from the contact is really amazing. I love the interaction of his hands and the welding rig that is taking place, how he protects one of his hands with a glove and keeps one open to get a better feel.

Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200

DSC08794: Smoke and Light

DSC08794: Smoke and Light, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I love how the smoke is kind of bubbling up from the MIG lead and how the light is going at an angle over the top of the steel almost between 30-45 degrees. Very strange!

Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 45 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Street Dogs in St Louis!!

They will be here tomorrow, October 7, 2008 at the Bluebird in St Louis.

The Bluebird - St. Louis

The Bluebird is located at:
2706 Olive Street
St. Louis, MO 63103

Tuesday, Oct. 7th 2008
featuring: Street Dogs, Time Again, Flatfoot 56, Benedict Arnold
Doors: 8:00 PM
Cover: $15/ $18
all ages

STREET DOGS - Mike McColgan - Vocals; Johnny Rioux - Bass; Marcus Hollar - Guitar; Joe Sirois Drums; Tobe Bean - Guitar.

Not long now...

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

Waiting for rain...

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

DSC08799

DSC08799, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

The steel that the man is welding on is about 1''thick. He is also using a MIG Welding rig.

Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200

DSC08778: Plasma Cutter

DSC08778: Plasma Cutter, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This person was using a Plasma Cutter to place a bevel on this pipe.

Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO Speed: 200

DSC08765: MIG Rig

DSC08765: MIG Rig, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

One of the craftsmen using a MIG welding rig to work.

Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Fall at its Best!

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

Custome Search For IE7 and Firefox.

How to add Dyxum Lens Review Search to Firefox

Thanks to

spirion.photography

for posting this little tool.

This might be of interest to my fellow eBay addicts who spend a lot of time reading
reviews on Dyxum.com while looking for bargains. The steps below
will allow you to add a custom search to the built in search bars in
Firefox or Internet Explorer 7. This is just a tip, I don't endorse or make any guarantees of
any kind with this. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK

To do this I went to this site: http://ready.to/search/en/#

Entered the following:

1) Search Name: "Dyxum"

2) Front of Search: www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=

3) Back of Search: +site%3Adyxum.com&btnG=Search

4) Description: Dyxum Lens Reviews

5) Option XML: (leave blank)

6) Paste all of this text into "image text" box on the right of the page:

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

7) Click "Read the image text"

8) Click "Make the Plugin"

9) Follow the prompts from your browser

EDIT:

10) Click the "Open Search Plug-in" Link and it should prompt you to install it.

11) Click the down arrow on the search box and select the "D"

Worked for me and I hope it works for you!



Click the "Open Search Plug-in" Link and it should prompt you to install it. I'm using Firefox 3 just as an FYI.



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Jet Engines at Scott AFB

Some of the aircraft engines that were on display at Scott AFB.

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DSC02556: Grass Bokeh

DSC02556: Grass Bokeh, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I was trying to get all creative with the photo about 1 year ago. It turned out very nice and the Bokeh is nice. Some of you might have viewed this when i first took the photograph.

Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 67.8 mm
ISO Speed: 64