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DIY 10 stop filter

Since I am at the beach this gives me a great opportunity to try out my DIY 10 stop filter. Well, I say 10 stop its more like 11 I guess. Any how, The ND 10 stop filter runs over an excess of 100 US dollars. Being a family man I can not afford to just go out a buy one so here was my "Do it Yourself" fix. I took a cheap protection filter I had laying around and broke the glass out of it leaving the ring. This was wrapped in a towel of-course to catch all the glass and wearing safety glasses just in case. I went to lows and bought a 5 dollar welding replacement shield and some epoxy glue. Glue the ring to the shield (Threads facing outwards) LoL..Do not want to glue it backwards so it then would not screw to the lens. Let it set over night.  On a good bright day set the camera up on a tripod get it in focus then set the camera to manual so as not to change focus when pressing the shutter button. Carefully screw on the shield so as not to change the focus. Set the camera up so you can leave the shutter open for extended time (Bulb Setting). This shot the shutter was open for a few minutes. You will need to take a few shots at different time lengths so as to get the right exposure you are searching for. The photo will be green due to the color of the shield but a little Light Room work to get the white balance ya wanting and TaDaaaa. I have to admit I love how it makes the water of the ocean look so smooth.. The fun in trying to get this is a total blast for me...

Biloxi MS

Well, I now have an official place of residence. Good Old Biloxi MS. I have been traveling doing medical work for my career and now have settled down to a permanent job. No more contracts for me. I have got very lucky to be in this area due to my family and I so love the beach. People here are extremely nice. This was one of the first photos I captured after moving here. It was early morning and a fisherman was catching his bait for a day of fishing. I so cant wait to go fishing.... 

Home At Last

It is so good being home. We have about a week and a half left before we have to head to VA. I am already dreading it. It will be exciting to get there and see somthing new. I am looking foward to starting work at the Medical University there. It has been a while since I have got to work in such. Any how, the image I had taken one morning after we got up to a fantastic breakfast. I did not realize how much I had missed souther style cooking. It is so good to be home and it will be short lived. This is what makes comming home great each and every time.

Going Home

Today we head home. It is my last day in Maryland , Washington DC area. I will be off for approx 2 weeks to visit friends and family and I have never been so ready. After the two weeks I will be going to VA for 3 months. The trip home is quite a few hours but its well worth it. The fact that I come from the hills of NC the macro photograph above reminded me of home. I was not able to see the fall colors this year to which I am accustom. When one gets to see fall at the Blue Ridge Mts. you cant help but to be inspired. With that being said wish us a safe journey. I'm going home.  

Lil Bug

This day I was extremely bored. I decided to give a go at some reverse lens photography. This I had learned from reading on a post on Google+ from a very nice and awesome photographer Roni Delmonico. She has all the info you should need on her about page on how to do this. Any how, I was out in the yard laying flat waiting on some ants to come marching by. I turned a bit to the left and there lil bug was. As I had focused on this guy he slowly turned his head to his right as if to say " Here get my good side" so I did. The funny thing was my wife did not know what I was doing for I had slipped out of the house. While I was out there I hear off in the distance. " Hey what in the Hell you doing?" I just held the camera over the top of my head and I hear "OH" She makes me laugh....

Reflections

This shot is one of my favorites. My son and I had decided that after work (on my birthday) that we would head down to the stream behind our temporary home in Silver Spring MD.  He was learning HDR at the time and I thought I would set up for an HDR shot. I was very very surprised at how clear this shot turned out after post processing. I do recall that on the way back home my glucose level had dropped and it made for a very shaky walk back home. It was during this lil excursion that I have come to realize, I am not as young as I use to be. In watching him climb up and down the rocks and hills I was able to remember what that was like. I do miss it so...