A Little Spice for My Birthday

And A bit of Inner Monet, for My Birthday.........

#WednesdayWindows.......Happy Birthday Donald

A Favorite Window from the Caribou Mine:

52 Rolls Week 31:52, Above the Tree Line at Pikes Peak

Take a trip to the top of the Front Range, as 52 Roll takes a ride up Pikes Peak:

Happy Birthday America!

Happy 4th of July:

The Barn @ Photographer's Formulary

Birthday at Boulder Chautauqua Park

An overcast day, but checking out the vistas and perspectives for next winter's snow photos of the Flatirons.  Yeah, I'm planning my snow pics already.

Read more about Chautauqua Park.

Burke and James Press Camera at the Cheryvale Barn

Donald with the Burke and James Press Camera.

We ended up with many similar images.

See his postings on the Cherryvale Barn.

52 Rolls Week #22

Week #22 features photographs made on my Birthday.  We had several goals that day (in addition to simply taking the day off from work).

We have a photography Project called the "Barn Project" aimed at photographing 

the last vestiges of rural life in and around Boulder County.

We also dropped by Chautauqua Park (above) for a closer view of the Flatirons.  The weather wasn't great, but we were scoping out future sites to photograph from.  I particularly want to revisit this area in the snow next winter.

And another view of the Flatirons form an Open Space trail head.

More Perspectives of the Birthday Barn

It's all a matter of perspective.  I've tried re-orienting images to remove convergence, and really wasn't crazy about the results.

So here I tried a simple 5 degree rotation to level the roadway, but then the silo tilts way too much:

So the best compromise was to crop out most of the road, so you just don't notice it:

And Getting Closer to the subject also helps:

Birthday Photography

I was determined to have my birthday off and do some photography in spite of the overcast. We had just enough of a break in the clouds for some of the images to be interesting.

Let's start with a Barn Project Series (which will continue on Wed with the 52 Rolls Update):

This Barn and Silo are located within the Boulder County Parks and Open Spaces.  Many old farm buildings have been preserved by the Parks.

The Railway Post Office

I've saved my Last Railroad posting as a Dedication to My Father, on his Birthday.  He began his Postal Service Career riding the rails for the Railway Post Office in the 1950's.  He moved to more regular postal work around the time I was born.

My Uncle Charles, however, stayed with the Railway Post Office until it's demise in the Late 1970's.

Happy Birthday to Me!

Yes it's my Birthday, and I'm going out to do some photography while the sun is still shining.......

Another Abstract from the Recent Macro Workshop.

And below, sharing my Birthday Greeting from Google.

I'm Having a Birthday!

And the Party is Starting Now!

I didn't realize Google sent Birthday Greetings..............But I got this screen capture just today!

Happy 90th Birthday Mom!

Finally here and the Party is ready to go on the weekend.......

What I've Been Doing Instead of Blogging, Finally Done!

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Now I can work on My New Year's Resolutions and Introduce you to our newest camera family additions..........

Instant Birthday!

So Today is My Birthday.........and below my present from Donald:

Happy Birthday!

Donald Zooms in on his Birthday!