Memorial Day Images

Here are some images that I  took over the years in "honor" of memorial day.

Remembering a great man

My father-in-law died earlier this year and I am helping my wife’s family find, scan and restore old images. Here is something that I have been working on tonight. The picture was is very bad shape as you can see. He is with his brother and some of the “trophies” from some of their hunting trips. First pass of the scanner

second pass of the scanner

Then i had to "painstakingly" paste them together.

Then i had to remove the scratches and missing pieces and correct the exposure.

moment in time 5-2-10

  I particapated in the NY Times, Moment in time on May 2, 2010 at 11 AM, eastern standard time.  here is the image that I decided to use

I took the image using my 30mm 1.4 mm lens.  My first attempt at using it.  I love my depth of field that was accomplished with this.  The branch is acting like a barrier from me continuing.

Check out other photos that people have submitted.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/03/blogs/a-moment-in-time.html#/4be1bef7224fe2181b000057

I am still searching for mine.  (I guess they are overwhelmed with responses) If you find it let me know.

Boston on a Sunday afternoon

I was needing some ME time so I went into Boston today to take some images of Financial District.  One good thing about the recession, no security guards to worry about.  :)

been very, very busy

I have been very busy the last couple of weeks.  I went to Rochester, NY for Easter Weekend to see some family and friends.  (My lovely wife Tiffany grew up there) I have also been cleaning and packing.  My wife and I are looking for a condo.  Yard work is a little too much for us.  (My daughter Carin and I have terrible allergies)

I have also been getting some images for print competition.  One was for GLPA and the other is for PPA.  (The PPA one is really scaring me. )  I have to choose 4 images for that one and mail them to PPA.  My PPA approved print case is in the mail and I should have it by the end of the week.  Not too worried b/c the prints are not due until the end of the month.  I will post the images shortly.

I have also entered an image for Face on PDN.  While you cannot vote any more, here is a link to the same image on my Facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=852812&l=09eca4c724&id=1644444851

Finally getting caught up on everything

I am finally getting caught up on everything and I am glad that I am finally able to upload some images from the last week. My little girl Carin celebrated her 11th birthday last Wednesday.  We had a little party for her at home.

We are continuing with the packing and starting to look for a condo.  Have a couple areas in mind, but we are keeping our options open.