I'm BAAACK!

Well....I know it's been awhile...okay...a really long time since I posted anything. So here I am now to let you all know that #1. Yes...I am still alive. #2 No...I haven't forgotten how to type. and #3. Yes...I will try to do better in the future in keeping my posts more up-to-date!

Now...as a point of order...for those of you who don't know...I am no longer working at Edy's Grand Ice Cream. Long story short...I got fired without a legitimate explanation as to what I did wrong. Basically bogus! So, for now, I am unemployed and on a regular daytime schedule! I am looking for work, and I plan on trying to take some classes to further my education.

Summer is almost over and Lisa's garden has been stellar this year! Tons of good, healthy, tasty stuff! We have canned, frozen and eaten quite a bit, but we plan on doing a lot more of all three before it's all said and done this season.

I've been busy taking pictures, and trying to get better at different aspects of it as well as exploring new areas that I haven't heard of/done before. You can check out some of the pics on my Flickr page here.

In case you don't want to go check them out now, here are a couple of examples:

This photo of the sunflower is done with something called HDRi which stands for High Dynamic Range Imaging. Basically, it is 3 photos at different exposures (dark, correct, and light) combined together to get all of the color range possible so as to make it look more real or even sur-real. The surreal aspect of HDR intrigues me as an art form, which this sunflower was my first attempt at. BTW, I'm sure you see the watermark "Photomatix" on the pic. That is the software I used to do the photo in HDR, but since I didn't buy it, the watermark is there.

Here's another HDR shot, that isn't quite as 'artistic':



This is a pic of the sun behind the clouds in late after noon. You'll have to pardon the couple of spots on this pic, I didn't realize I needed to clean the lens prior to a few of these shots.

Here's another pic:



Lisa snapped this shot one evening in the back yard. She is so cute! I don't know what to say...she takes after her mother!----Thank God!!!!!!!

Again, if you want to see more go to my Flickr page linked above.

Well...I guess that's all for now...

I promise I will post again soon...........much sooner than the last time.