Album Explored! from dsglass

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nobody@ipernity.com (dsglass) — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 08:36:27 +0000

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TSC: stones

crazy lace agate

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nobody@ipernity.com (dsglass) — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:29:03 +0000

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TSC: chairs

Apparently, people jump out of these chairs and fling themselves down the mountain at high speeds, in the cold snow, on purpose. For fun.

Top of the ski area at Sandia Peak in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

ETA: Just to be clear, I did *not* ride on one of those death-traps; I took the aerial tramway up the other side of the mountain (see note). :)

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nobody@ipernity.com (dsglass) — Sun, 26 Jul 2015 02:36:12 +0000

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TSC: in the garden

I don't have a garden, but I did spend the day in a park... Ripe purple prickly pears. If I *did* have a garden (and lived in a desert) I'd totally grow these...

[ETA: six years later, I *do* live in the desert and have a garden, and some of the first things I planted in my garden were various prickly pears... :D no fruit yet (or, not big enough to eat, anyway), but someday when they grow up.... :) ]

fluffy clouds

nobody@ipernity.com (dsglass) — Sat, 06 Jun 2015 20:04:41 +0000

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TSC: favorite songs

Little Fluffy Clouds

Long exposure at the beach.

[press play, hit Z, and enjoy the music :) ]

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nobody@ipernity.com (dsglass) — Sun, 31 May 2015 20:39:35 +0000

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TSC: abstract nature

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nobody@ipernity.com (dsglass) — Sat, 23 May 2015 19:56:08 +0000

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TSC: fences

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nobody@ipernity.com (dsglass) — Sat, 16 May 2015 12:28:37 +0000

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TSC: front page news

The TARDIS doesn't always take the Doctor where he wants to go; sometimes she sends him where he needs to be. And he really needed that cup of tea...

In other news, those were seriously good biscotti.

[hit Z for the rest of the story...]

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nobody@ipernity.com (dsglass) — Sun, 10 May 2015 07:14:32 +0000

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TSC: low key

10-week project - opposites - week two: dark

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nobody@ipernity.com (dsglass) — Mon, 04 May 2015 02:16:58 +0000

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TSC: high key

(b&w version in the notes)

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nobody@ipernity.com (dsglass) — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 01:10:13 +0000

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TSC: what's left

There used to be two (or possibly three?) other sets of train tracks running through here, unused long enough for a forest to grow over it (this last one is (not very, but still) active) - the tree in the first note is from november. Not long after that, they cut down all the trees and started clearing everything out; and then one snowy afternoon in january I watched from the window as they used a ginormous magnet to pull up all the old tracks.

This is all part of a project to extend one of the subway lines; there's also a bike-path extension going on which will run through the same space, so ultimately there will be new train tracks and new trees...

(better bigger on black)

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nobody@ipernity.com (dsglass) — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 06:22:59 +0000

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TSC: the day after, in red.

For some, it was a holiday weekend. For this guy, it was just another day toiling away in the garden.

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nobody@ipernity.com (dsglass) — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 20:01:49 +0000

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TSC: gadgets

There was some debate over whether torches counted as a gadget, or whether they were more of a tool... For the purposes of this week's TSC, I'm going with gadget. :D

One of the Flame Off competitors adjusting his flame. The Flame Off is an annual flameworking competition held at the Sonoran Glass School during the Tucson gem show. Competitors have 1.5 hours to work on their entries, and the finished pieces are auctioned off as a fundraiser for the school.

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nobody@ipernity.com (dsglass) — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 10:10:05 +0000

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TSC: strangers

A lone cyclist riding down Mass Ave after the Snowpocalypse

(hit Z, you know you want to!)

Hello!

nobody@ipernity.com (dsglass) — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 22:24:58 +0000

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TSC: selective color

Some early Hello Kitty products, from the "Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty" exhibit at the Japanese American National Museum.

I think I still have that same stapler - which I got back in the (very) late 70s - somewhere; I had the tape dispenser too, but I don't think it survived...

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nobody@ipernity.com (dsglass) — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 13:11:36 +0000

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TSC: middle of the day

Elephant seals hanging out at the Piedras Blancas elephant seal rookery.

Over 17,000 elephant seals live on this 6-mile stretch of beach. While they spend most of their time at sea, each seal spends about a month at a time at the rookery twice a year - birthing/breeding in winter, molting in spring/summer. The newly-hatched pups hang around for a couple of months after breeding season learning to swim, and the juveniles come back in the fall to rest and practice fighting before the adults come to claim their territory for the next season. January is the busiest time of the year.

These pups are at most a few days old; from all the noise and the kerfuffle with the seagulls (who aparently like to clean up the mess) at least two others were born while we were there.

www.elephantseal.org

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nobody@ipernity.com (dsglass) — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 12:03:27 +0000

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TSC: christmas/new year traditions

Ever since my sister moved back to LA, our new christmas/new year traditions involve lots of beachy sunsets.. :D

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nobody@ipernity.com (dsglass) — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 17:27:43 +0000

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TSC: christmas traditions

There is a tradition of bringing trees indoors and decorating them by hanging colorful glass balls in their branches. I don't do the christmas thing or anything, but I do make colorful glass balls and sell them to people who do. :)

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nobody@ipernity.com (dsglass) — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 13:21:55 +0000

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TSC: numbers

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nobody@ipernity.com (dsglass) — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 21:16:46 +0000

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TSC: pushing the boundaries

I had a shiny new-to-me 20mm lens to play with, so I knew that whatever I did for this week's challenge, I'd be playing with distorted perspective. :) My original idea was to mirror his pose, knee-to-knee, and shoot from there; but that turned out not to be a particularly boundary-pushing angle. After playing around a bit I ended up on the ground, camera on the bricks tilted up until the mime filled the frame.

(For those of you who remember back to the Scenes That Evoke A Mood challenge, the guy in the note is actually smiling down at this guy's performance ;) )

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100x in 2014: B&W (90/100)

will I see you tonight, on a downtown train?

nobody@ipernity.com (dsglass) — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 04:23:34 +0000

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TSC: sliders

Processed in Lightroom 4. To get the dramatically dark, gritty, high-contrast look I set the tone curve to "medium contrast" and tweaked the light/dark settings; set the clarity slider to +80; and applied post-crop vignetting to further darken the corners.

(original in the notes; best on black)

100x in 2014: B&W (81/100)