early rick

Me around 1975 ...

geese today

Found these guys hanging around the neighborhood today ...

corner café

Hanging out at the Corner Café with Barb ...

café barb

Barb at a market café last year ...

isaiah b&w

A black and white snap of Isaiah from last year ...

barb reading

Barb in March 2011 ...

pops

Fooling around with photoshop ... here's a snap of Dad back at Thanksgiving ...

barb tea

Barb enjoying some tea a couple of months ago ...

presidential debates

Angela preparing for the presidential debates in Denver ...

valentine flower

One of Barb's Valentine's Day flowers up close ...

from the horse's mouth

big googles

Angela skiing last weekend ...

dog sledding

Angela went dog sledding Sunday ...

winter flowers

Barb scored some flowers yesterday ...

first snow

Well it finally came ... but melting as it landed ...

boat

Playing with Photoshop ... just some guy in some boat on the Mekong ...

angela update

Angela has gotten some snow and has been doing a little cooking ...

flower tube

Some flower shots with the extension tube at different aperture settings ...

isaiah's teeth

Still playing with that extension tube. These are shots of a mold of Isaiah's teeth ...

50mm w/o tube @ f1.4

50mm w/ tube @ f1.4

50 mm w/ tube @ f6.3 (ISO1250)

extension tube

I love taking photos ... I finally got around to using my Canon extension tube EF25 II. The first shot is as close as I could get with the 50mm lens at f1.4.

The same lens with the extension tube.

And just some other stuff ... I can see this will take practice but wow! talk about close-up ...

saigon streets

When I have nothing else, more snaps from Saigon ...