Saturday morning.., goofing around. Sipping some coffee and snapping a few photos of the dying flowers before the rain sets in for the rest of the day. My color balance was off.., but rather than just correct it.., I pulled it the other way and changed this yellow flower to a glowing white and created an interesting graphic. Well.., at least I thought it was at the time.., I’ll see what I think next week after it bakes in for a bit. God bless.
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Sharon, Livi and I went to the Missouri Botanical Gardens this afternoon. Would have been a great day but we got a late start and only got about 30 minutes in before the Gardens closed. But 30 minutes is 30 … Continue reading
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Took Dash up to Creve Couer Park for a run and brought my camera along.., not much happening but figured I’d capture something… An Autumn scene with the Frisbee Golf baskets at the park? Nobody was out playing.., I think … Continue reading
Well I shattered the back glass on my iPhone 4.., you’d of thought I would have checked with Apple first, but I figured they would be too expensive so I ordered a replacement on Ifixit.com for $80. Well.,, turns out Apple will replace it for only $30!
So.., I called Ifixit and complained and got an RA# to return it and made an appointment at The Apple Store to get a new back glass panel.
I just left the store w/o a new glass panel because I still have my Ifixit panel installed and I have to give Apple my old panel to get the $30 replacement!! Arggh!!
Luckily I still have it.,, so I guess I’ll be back tomorrow with shattered glass in hand to get this taken care of once and for all.., hopefully someone out there has learned something from my experience 
FYI – new iPhone 4s was available and the customer service is top notch
During our trek through the Missouri Southeast State Parks, we stopped in at this old abandoned mine which is part of the Missouri State Parks Historical sites. It was a ghost town.., but some really great photo ops. We didn’t spend a lot of time.., as we were headed to Hawn State Park for some hiking.., but I’ll go back some day.., it was just way too cool.
Sharon was trying to move in on my Dash last night…, He’s looking at me like, ‘Don’t worry Daddy.., you know we’re good.” – LOL ;o)
Camera – Nikon D200 with the Nikkor 85mm f1.4
Software – Adobe Photoshop Lightroom; Adobe Photoshop; NIK Color Efex 4; Topaz Labs B&W Effects
My step-son grows banana trees in St. Louis, MO. He digs them up every year and puts them in the basement…, then re-plants them every Spring. They get bigger every year. This year he is starting to get some real bananas growing.., though they’re pretty small. Maybe next year they’ll be big enough to eat! Anyway.., this is a picture of a leaf that fell off of the plant that is lying on top of another palm-like leaf of the plant. The bananas are hanging above the red leaf.
If you look close at the full tree below.., you can see some bananas hiding up near the top.., straight up from the red leaf and up the vine towards the big green leaf tops.
It’s cooling off in St. Louis.., everything is slowing down a bit. I ran into this little fella this afternoon, just out back.., and there is a bit of a chill in the air. If we’d have been inside.., this poor little fella may not have been so lucky.., but as fate would have it.., I had my Micro Nikkor 105mm lens on when I noticed ‘em.., so since he was outside, cool and calm (maybe dyin’) I decided to focus in real close on ‘em and see just exactly what he looks like up close and all. Colorful little nuisance isn’t he. – LOL
I shot these handheld.., ISO200; f3.5; 1/400th second and I’m pretty shaky…,
A quick test-shot with the 10.5mm fish-eye lens. You can see how close I was to Dash in our shadows to the right. This was shot at f5.6 and finished off with a bit-o-NIK and onOnes Photoframe.
Photos from Llewelyn’s Pub in St. Charles, MO. Rams player, Danny Amendola and Rams Cheerleaders were on hand.
My wife Stepdaughter, Granddaughter, Son in law and friends were there too. My Granddaughter got Danny’s autograph and pictures with everyone.
