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Sunday, February 14, 2010
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Aldridge Sawmill
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Friday, February 12, 2010
Cheap Whiskey!
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Snow on a boat!
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SE Texas Snow.
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
Sandy Greek Park 1.0b
Photo used in the article on Digital Photo Buzz.com. Here is the link: http://digitalphotobuzz.com/15-amazing-long-exposure-photographs
The 2 photos “Sandy Creek Park 1.0a and 1.0b were taken using the different White Balance settings to demonstrate how this works in camera. This is what the photo looks like using the Custom White Balance setting of 2500k G3 Setting. Sandy Creek Park off of Main Street in Jasper Texas. Taken using the Sony 18-70mm Lens in a 16:9 Aspect Ratio at different lengths of time. I used the Opteka Timer Remote Control and a Tri-Pod to take the photos. I used an "On The Fly" Custom White Balance on this set of photo to cut out the Orange glow from the High Pressure Sodium Lighting that is used in this park. It is the first time that i have ever done this. I was very impressed with the results.
Exposure: 11
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 20 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Uploaded by RMStringer on 31 Oct 09, 1.30AM CST.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
DSC09755: Blue Bird...
This photo won me "Photo Of The Week" on KWMU in St Louis Mo.
Red Legged Honeycreeper is what he is called.
Not really sure why he was sitting in the Butterfly Dome at the zoo. He has a brilliant color to him and he was just sitting in a clump of trees in the center of the dome. I love the DOF and Bokeh that this photo has.
Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 230 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Uploaded by RMStringer on 22 Nov 08, 10.52PM CST.
Monday, February 08, 2010
Lost Highway...
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Sunday, February 07, 2010
Mack: The United States Witch Force
Thanks to Mack Hall for letting me publish this on my site.
The United States Witch Force
The United States Air Force has officially welcomed witchcraft through granting a worship space (apparently a ring of rocks on a hilltop) to Wiccans (which sounds ever so much nicer than saying witches) at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
The cynical among us might ask (and we do) why witches would want to fly airplanes when they possess perfectly serviceable brooms.
The more reflective among us might ask if this nation has at last lost its collective mind.
And the even more reflective might consider how this process of degradation of religion (which is a perfectly good word) has been going on for a while.
The historical religious tensions in this country are very real, but so are frequent and noble examples of mutual respect: General Washington writing a letter to a Jewish congregation to thank them for their loyalty to the new nation, General Lee integrating his parish, the four chaplains on the sinking USAT Dorchester in World War II sacrificing their lives by giving their lifejackets to other men. These actions were not predicated on some vague moral relativism but on the core beliefs of each faith. The Jewish chaplain who gave his lifejacket to the first soldier he saw without one did so because he knew that was exactly the most Jewish thing he could do.
Mutual respect cannot deteriorate into relativism, however, for then respect must cease to exist. One can no more refer to truth being subjective than one can refer to the sunrise being subjective. Tomorrow the sun will rise, even if a majority of Americans vote that it should not. One can honestly hold that the Real Presence in Holy Communion is not true even as another honestly maintains that it is true. What cannot be honestly held is the feely-goody concept that the Real Presence can be true for Mr. Smith because he wants it to be true, and not true for Mr. Jones because he does not want it to be true. Even more dishonest would be Mr. Smith, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Hoogerwerf agreeing to vote democratically on whether or not the Real Presence is true, and further agreeing to be bound by the results.
Mutual respect among people does not logically extend itself into indulging the fantasies of the childish or deluded among us. Witchcraft is a make-believe neo-paganism of a very silly and made-up sort that real pagans – Aristotle, Plato, and Virgil come to mind – would have laughed out of any ancient temple, grove, or spring. The paganism of our ancestors was an honest and intelligent attempt at understanding reality, not the feverish imaginings of the ill-educated whose religious instruction in youth was no more substantial than a Fisher-Price Play Church.
A cadet at the United States Air Force Academy pursues truth. A petulant will demanding that 2 + 2 should equal 5 because the bearer of the will wants it to be so cannot change the reality that 2 + 2 must always equal 4 and can be no other. Such an individual cannot be trusted with any position of leadership and responsibility. A cadet who insists that physics and trigonometry are subjective "truths" depending on the individual's feelings should not be trusted with a bicycle and certainly not with an aircraft. If this individual thinks himself The Blue Flower Fairy and wishes to worship toadstools or oak trees, and maybe even learn conversational Klingon, he is free to do so, and Godspeed (so to speak) him. The rest of us are equally free not to be required to fund him in a military academy or obey him as a superior officer in the defense of this nation.
If a candidate for a military academy represents himself as a witch, Harry Potter, an elf, or a light bulb the response should be a hearty, insensitive belly-laugh as the poor sap is led gently away.
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Graymak Recording Studios, Jasper Texas
GrayMak Studios which is located at 1501 S Wheeler in Jasper Texas. Michael Sarver built and funded this amazing studio using an all Pro Tools® 8 and Pro Mac setup. The design of this studio is to make the artist comfortable while performing, editing, & producing their projects.
Graymak Recording Studios, Jasper Texas
GrayMak Studios which is located at 1501 S Wheeler in Jasper Texas. Michael Sarver built and funded this amazing studio using an all Pro Tools® 8 and Pro Mac setup. The design of this studio is to make the artist comfortable while performing, editing, & producing their projects.
Graymak Recording Studios, Jasper Texas
GrayMak Studios which is located at 1501 S Wheeler in Jasper Texas. Michael Sarver built and funded this amazing studio using an all Pro Tools® 8 and Pro Mac setup. The design of this studio is to make the artist comfortable while performing, editing, & producing their projects.
Graymak Recording Studios, Jasper Texas
GrayMak Studios which is located at 1501 S Wheeler in Jasper Texas. Michael Sarver built and funded this amazing studio using an all Pro Tools® 8 and Pro Mac setup. The design of this studio is to make the artist comfortable while performing, editing, & producing their projects.
Graymak Recording Studios, Jasper Texas
GrayMak Studios which is located at 1501 S Wheeler in Jasper Texas. Michael Sarver built and funded this amazing studio using an all Pro Tools® 8 and Pro Mac setup. The design of this studio is to make the artist comfortable while performing, editing, & producing their projects.
Thursday, February 04, 2010
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11.11.2008
Now coming back and revisiting this photo, i realize that it had much more going on than i first had thought. The shadows cast by the different light patterns are really nice. The shadows cast by the plants in the background on the pots are really nice. I only saw the main splashes of light and dark. I used my 70-300mm lens for this photo.
I took this at Union Station in St Louis on Sunday morning. I love the way it turned out in B/W with the water,sun,stone, and light patterns. The photo shows some great contrast of the area. Union Station is a historic landmark and if you are ever in St Louis, i suggest that you go and visit it.
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Uploaded by RMStringer on 16 Jul 08, 12.03PM CST.
B/W Wheat Field and Clouds
This was also taken off of 481 West on Sunday. I took this in B/W to get a neat contrast of the wheat, trees, and sky all at the same time and I shot it in 16:9 Aspect to get more of the surroundings in the photo. I took this around the same time that I took the close up photo of the wheat.
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Uploaded by RMStringer on 26 May 08, 2.32PM CST.
F-16 Thunderbirds
F-16 Thunderbirds full Thunderbird formation All 6 jets in the formation.
Air Power over the Midwest
Exposure: 1/4000 sec
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Uploaded by RMStringer on 24 Sep 08, 8.22PM CST.
Side View 1.0
Taken In Texas on Memorial Weekend.
I love this photo. The flower is just out in space. The Bokeh effect is amazing with the green all blurry!!
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Uploaded by RMStringer on 26 May 09, 7.51PM CST.
The Ellen Trout Zoo 1.28
The Ellen Trout Zoo in Lufkin Texas Sunday, January 3, 2010. Taken with the Quantaray 70-300mm Tele-Macro Lens.
Uploaded by RMStringer on 3 Jan 10, 6.17PM CST.
Big Dipper...
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
Uploaded by RMStringer on 17 May 08, 9.34PM CST.
Fire Ball!!! BOOM!!!
11.14.2008
TO me; it is no wonder that the a200 won an award. "Digital Photo Magazine....Alpha A200 was named by the magazine as Best Entry Level DSLR for 2008" This photo just shows what it can do!!
I went with my friends to the shooting range today. They brought all their weapons with them and were ready to shoot some stuff up. I once again got to shoot most if not all of the guns and like last time, got to document all of this all the while trying to catch the elusive muzzle flash. It is much harder then one might think even with a fast camera, timing is EVERYTHING!
After about 400 photos and 10 different guns, i hit PAY DIRT!! It was just perfect! Look at the flash!! A ball of FIRE out of his 1954 Czechoslovakian made pistol shooting 7.62x25 cartridges. I got many photos with smoke and i saw many flashes but this is the ONLY fireball that was caught!!
The range was way out in Goochland County north of I64 West. I have to thank my friends for all their time and letting me shoot with them, expecting nothing in return but my time and fun. They will be missed dearly when i move in another month...
Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Uploaded by RMStringer on 17 Jun 08, 7.53PM CST.
Hwy 59 1.3
Taken All Around Houston Texas on Friday Night, August 14, 2009.
Another photo taken of the North bound lanes of HWY59. Taken from the Dunlavy overpass oriented North and South. I was looking East but it is the North Bound lane of HWY 59.
Exposure: 20
Aperture: f/14.0
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Uploaded by RMStringer on 16 Aug 09, 3.35PM CST.
Cars...at Night!
This was taken on Woolridge Road going across the Swift Creek Reservoir. I placed the camera on the back of my truck. and got some good shots.
Exposure: 10 sec (10)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Uploaded by RMStringer on 16 Apr 08, 8.34PM CST.
Cars...at Night!
This was taken on Woolridge Road going across the Swift Creek Reservoir. I placed the camera on the back of my truck. and got some good shots. I think that this is the best out of the photo set that i took because you get the head and tail lights in the pic as well as see the road. I was shot in Vivid Mode. It looks like a laser just fired from the far left side of the photo.
Exposure: 10 sec (10)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Uploaded by RMStringer on 16 Apr 08, 8.35PM CST.
Auto Zone 1.1
Auto Zone at Night. Taken using the Sony 18-70mm Lens in a 16:9 Aspect Ratio at different lengths of time. I used the Opteka Timer Remote Control and a Tri-Pod to take the photos.
Uploaded by RMStringer on 31 Oct 09, 1.30AM CST
Sunday, January 31, 2010
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Forever Falls live at Solley's Disco Saturday Night January 30, 2010. 1st Ever Pimps & Ho's Ball!!!
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Forever Falls live at Solley's Disco Saturday Night January 30, 2010. 1st Ever Pimps & Ho's Ball!!!
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Forever Falls live at Solley's Disco Saturday Night January 30, 2010. 1st Ever Pimps & Ho's Ball!!!
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Forever Falls live at Solley's Disco Saturday Night January 30, 2010. 1st Ever Pimps & Ho's Ball!!!
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Forever Falls live at Solley's Disco Saturday Night January 30, 2010. 1st Ever Pimps & Ho's Ball!!!
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Forever Falls live at Solley's Disco Saturday Night January 30, 2010. 1st Ever Pimps & Ho's Ball!!!
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Forever Falls live at Solley's Disco Saturday Night January 30, 2010. 1st Ever Pimps & Ho's Ball!!!
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Forever Falls live at Solley's Disco Saturday Night January 30, 2010. 1st Ever Pimps & Ho's Ball!!!
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Saturday, January 30, 2010
Forever Falls!
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Bees in a Rodeo Arena!!
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
St Thomas, Emerald Resort
They lived around the resort and we were able to feed them by hand. They loved potato chips.
Uploaded by RMStringer on 17 Mar 07, 6.15PM CST.
National Audio-Visual Conservation Center
I worked here for a while living in Virginia.
The $120 million Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center consolidates audio-visual collections
from four states and the District of
Columbia into the world’s largest and
most comprehensive collection of moving
images and sound recordings.
The 415,000-sq.-ft. project involves
the adaptive reuse of a former Cold War
bunker built into a hillside.
http://midatlantic.construction.com/projects/MA_BestOf2007.pdf
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Mack: New Sayings from the Old West
Thanks to Mack Hall for letting me publish this.
New Sayings from the Old West
Cinema, like jazz, is an art form that originates in America, and America's optimistic view of herself is best shown in western films. Actors as different in their political views as John Wayne and Gregory Peck found common ground in their depictions of western heroes to demonstrate their love of country.
The shabby revisionist westerns of the 1960s are rightly ignored now, and new generations celebrate America and the themes of love, loyalty, and community with the great films of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. A few lonely producers still make good western films (Broken Trail comes to mind) about imperfect men and women finding the best in themselves in hard times, and this gives us hope for the future of the art of film.
But imagine the dialogue in films had the good old movies been made as 1960's cynicism and anti-heroism:
"He'll do to ride the river with." / "He'll do to work out at the health and wellness center with."
"We all fought in the war, Colonel." / "We all protested America's evil, fascistic, imperial wars, you militaristic oppressor!"
"Gimme a beer, barkeep." / "Construct me a double-decaf-latte-cinnamon-swish, barista."
"Whatever else the young man is, he's a fine judge of horseflesh." / "Whatever else the young person is, they're a fine judge of postwar Bulgarian existentialist cinema."
"Outlaws!" / "Marginalized and dispossessed agricultural workers with revisionist attitudes towards property rights!"
"Injuns!" / "Native Americans with anger-management issues!"
"Cantankerous old mule!" / "Quasi-domesticated quadrupedal service animal!"
"Senor, we have the finest baths between Mexico City and New Orleans." / "Senor, we feature an exclusive half-day spa experience with all-natural scented candles, a licensed masseur, and a complimentary selection of herbal teas."
"Circle the wagons!" / "Valet parking!"
"Boots and saddles!" / "Designer flip-flops and Corinthian leather seats!"
"She's a purty little filly." / "She just filed sexism charges on me."
"Fill your hand, you (ess of a bee)!" / "I'm referring this confrontation to the arbitrator for resolution."
"They've holed up in that old church at the end of the street." / "They've sought refuge in Swami Abbub's ashram on HeatherWood Lane."
"I'm ridin' shotgun." / "I'm ridin' pepper spray."
"Your fault. My fault. Nobody's fault. If that boy gets hurt I'm gonna kill you." / "Free to be you and me."
"Check your guns at the edge of town." / "Kindly switch off all cell 'phones and other electronic devices."
"I need a grubstake." / "I'm giving you this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to invest in gold."
"Sorry, son, that leg's got to come off." / "But because of the medical lawsuits I have to leave you alone and let you die."
"Ol' Doc Boone's a drunk." / "Senor citizen Doctor Boone suffers chemical-dependence issues."
"Ain't nothin' prettier than the desert cactus in bloom in early spring." / "Did you remember my allergy medications?"
"Hank, where are your spurs?" / "Hank, where are the keys to your Toyota?"
"Hand over that strongbox or we'll shoot." / "Hand over those pretty shoes with the checkmark on 'em or we'll shoot."
"All aboard for Lordsburg!" / "But first we have to wand all of you and strip-search Grandma."
"Bugler, sound the charge." / "Bugler, twitter Washington for permission for us to defend ourselves."
"Chester, I'm going over to the Longbranch Saloon." / "Chester, I'm off for my two o'clock encounter group."
And finally, an old cowboy, a figure perhaps of John Wayne, rides with his son to a ridge overlooking a valley:
"Son, see that old Spanish church? Someday, someone will bulldoze it flat and replace it with a mosque. And over there where those deer are grazing will be a mucho grande gas station selling made-in-China western souvenirs. The trailer park will be over there where those 100-year-old cacti are now, and a motel will cover the Indian burial grounds. The Old West is passing."
"Dad, where will they put the shopping mall? I need a new pair of knee-pants, and a tee-shirt with somebody else's name on it, and the new Monster-Kill-Kill game."
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WIll be 11x17
Contender!
Photos of HWY 255 West going across the South End of Lake Sam Rayburn were taken with the 18-70mm lens.
Will be 16x20
Another Contender for April 3 photo show.
Austin Road Trip starting in Jasper on 7-24-2009 and ending on 7-25-2009 back in Jasper. Jimmy Freeman, Forest Jones and Myself...
Jefferson Theater
Taken in Beaumont Texas February 13, 2009 Another contender for April 3 photo show.
A Contender for April 3
F-18
I was at the Air Power Over The Midwest Air Show today at Scott Air Force Base. I took this today, it is a 1 in a Million photo! I cannot believe that I got this photo.
High speed pass over the viewing area. We had a very humid day and i was able to get this photo of the "Vapor Cone" around the plane.
Exposure: 1/4000 sec
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 140 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Laurel and the Electric Circus
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Friday, January 22, 2010
Photo Set on Flickr
This is the link on Flickr for the set of photos that are contenders to be displayed at my Photography Show to be held at the
Here is the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rmstringer/sets/72157623134064751/
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East Texas Regional Arts Center located in Jasper Texas starting April 3. The show will go for 5 weeks.
Here is the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rmstringer/sets/72157623134064751/
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