Archive for July, 2008

Lensbaby wildlife

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

It is a pretty rare situation when you can use a Lensbaby on wildlife.  However, such was the case today with these Sandhill cranes.  They are wild, yet completely comfortable around humans walking right by them.   Year after year they nest here, and the next generation seems to get bolder and more habituated.   When you […]

iPhone recognition

Friday, July 25th, 2008

I have been going somewhat crazy trying all of the new applications available now for the iPhone.  Even though I still have the older, original iPhone - I still gained the benefit of the free 2.0 software upgrade that allows access to all of these new apps.
One in particular that just amazes me is called […]

Epson 4800 Maintenance tank

Monday, July 21st, 2008

You are probably wondering - what the heck is that thing?   This is the “maintenance tank” from my Epson 4800 which had to be changed recently.   As the printer goes through cleaning cycles, it dumps waste ink into this tank filled with cotton pads.   Unfortunately, it is also a very environmentally unfriendly aspect of Epson’s […]

Art E-cards

Monday, July 21st, 2008

My work is now featured on the novaterragalleria artist e-card site.  It concentrates on my macro abstracts of rocks and stones.  It is a superbly designed site with many options for customizing e-cards to friends and family.  It also helped me discover a few new photographers and artists.   Check it out, and take advantage of […]

Underlying mysteries

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

Rocks on a beach - all sorts of shapes, sizes, and colors that we tend to look at simply for their outward appearance.  I have a piece of this special Jasper I wrote about below - on the outside, it looks like a rather ordinary rock.   Not much different than one of those pictured in […]