Summary The weather today was mild (nearly 60° F) but overcast and windy. A few bicyclists ventured out but for the most part today belonged to the runners in Naperville, IL. Today I went in search of structures that photographed well against the strong low-angled light from the setting sun. My first stop was the [...]
Summary Dotsie Corwin (Connie’s sister) sent this photo she discovered while combing through their mother’s scrapbooks. Wow! Click the photo to enlarge it. You can find Connie sitting in the second row, second from the left.
Summary HUSKY HEROES: MEET THE HUSKIES The huskies are back! See Siberian husky sled pulling and speed demonstrations. Saturday & Sunday, January 28 & 29 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Visitor Center Area Meet these amazing canines and sign up to foster or adopt a husky without a home. Plus, watch a free film about the husky’s [...]
Nikon1-Exposure-Modes (PDF) If you are a frequent user of the Nikon 1 V1 camera you may have noticed that when you move indoors to photograph small animals and children blurred images are a frequent outcome. Why? The answer lies in understanding the various exposure modes available to you as a user of this camera. Most [...]
Summary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pullman,_Chicago Pullman, one of Chicago’s 77 community areas, is a neighborhood located on the city’s South Side. Twelve miles from theChicago Loop, Pullman is situated adjacent Lake Calumet. The area known as Pullman encompasses a much wider area than the two historic areas (the older historic area is often referred to as just “Pullman“, a Chicago Landmark district and the northern [...]
Summary Today was a foggy day from morning to evening. I ventured out in later afternoon for some coffee and a chance to capture a few images in the immediate area. Fermi Lab despite no longer being an active facility is still filtering traffic at its eastern gate. So instead of entering the grounds I [...]
Summary HISTORICAL INFORMATION The Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery lies in the northwestern area of the former Joliet Army Ammunition Plant, approximately 50 miles south of Chicago. Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery is named after the 16th President of the United States and founder of the National Cemeteries. In the midst of the Civil War, on July [...]
Summary More night photographs from the Nikon 1 V1. This time we took it to the Wheaton College Campus and made images just before 6 PM. The sky was dark and the lights on the buildings had turned on. For the most part the camera did not block up the highlights too dramatically. All of [...]
Summary BALD EAGLE FACTS The American bald eagle stands up to 3 feet tall with a wingspan of 7-8 feet. Although male and female eagles share the same plumage, females, as in most birds of prey, are somewhat larger than males. The adult birds are characterized by their white head and tail and yellow beak and eyes. Immature birds exhibit a [...]
Summary Last evenings snowfall behind us we headed out to do some shopping. Cabelas was the first stop. We picked up an online order and then headed over to the L.L. Bean store to return a pair of jeans Connie had bought last weekend. She had ordered some additional pairs online in a slightly longer [...]
Summary Last Tuesday night I was rear-ended on the Eisenhower Expressway just west of the Racine exit on my way to pick up Connie. So for the past few days I have spent time filing an accident report and talking with my insurance agent and a couple of body shops in preparing to have the [...]
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Problem Statement Lots of whining going on in the DPReview Nikon 1 Forum over the issue of BURST mode on the Nikon 1. It would seem that if you want to take pictures of birds in flight (BIF) you would like to have the images captured with a minimum of visual hindrance. This is largely [...]
Summary Here in Illinois we honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. each year. In much of the Old South (Red States) this is not a day of remembrance. But even the GOP tries to put a good foot forward by whitewashing the memory of Dr. King. This was a man who like [...]
Summary I’m a sucker for Catholic Campuses with statuary. The University of St. Mary of the Lake in Mundelein, IL fits to a “T”. It has some great historical significance in that at least one Pope visited the location in years past. What is great about the place is its nascent beauty. Everywhere you could [...]
Summary We have managed to dig out from the first snow storm of the season. The area was blanketed with several inches of snow on Thursday and by today things were cleared and travel was hassle-free. We visited the DuPage County F.P. offices to pick up volunteer forms to do Trail Patrol work. Trail Patrol [...]
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I have been attempting to learn about post processing of RAW file images from my Nikon 1 V1. There are two software packages that I own which can accomplish this. The first and oldest of the two is Photoshop CS5. It uses a two step process to accomplish this: When the program application detects that [...]
Summary Ever since the Windy 60 Ride this past year I have had a fascination with wind turbines. So when we decided to take a ride west of the Chicago Suburbs we headed once again out towards DeKalb County and then a bit further west and south than ever before. The images in the gallery [...]
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