X marks the spot!

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

Evening Con Trail.

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

Obama's Citizenship (Ep. 6: October Surprise)

October Surprise!

Good Morning Sky!

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

DSC08843: Plow Tracks

DSC08843: Plow Tracks, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I love the plow rows in the field. They really stand out.

Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/14
Focal Length: 80 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Tears For Fears - Mad World

I love this song. It is one that got away from me though. I remember it from the 80s but did not really discover it until several years ago.

DSC00017: Getting Bigger!

DSC00017: Getting Bigger!, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Another in the Forest Park Balloon Glow Fireworks set.

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

Harvesting Corn...

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

DSC00132: Boom!

DSC00132: Boom!, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Another firework explosion from the 2008 Balloon Glow held in Forest Park located in St Louis MO.

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

DSC08949: The Dance

DSC08949: The Dance, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This is my second attempt at taking a "portrait" type photograph. I did several in color which i was not very happy with, and more in B/W on Saturday of my daughter and her friend.

It was "Homecoming" dance night in our town so we made our daughter suffer through several photograph of her and her friend.

She suffered and complained but i took many photos of her because me and the wife wanted to and it was good practice for me.

I think that this is an incredible photo of her and i really love the way it turned out. I used the Minolta 35-105 for this photo and a "Back Flash" for the photo outside.

Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 200

DSC08826: Split Personna 1.1

DSC08826: Split Personna 1.1, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This is a wider view of the field located off of Millburn School road close to HWY 159. The urban scenery and the rural setting makes for a very stark contrast that we do not live in a very big world anymore.

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200

DSC08838: Soybean

DSC08838: Soybean, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This is of a Soybean that is ready for harvest. I had never seen what they looked like in nature. They do not look like much. If i did not know better, i would have said that they look like a dried weed near the ditch i had to cross to get this photo.

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/2000)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO Speed: 200

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