The Angry Gardner's 365 Challenge » tripod

Day 340 – Colors

Angrygardner — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:56:16 +0000

They only turn the “A” on Old Main blue for special occasions. I’m not sure how they could have known I was back on campus, but I really appreciate the thought. Really it was great to be back on USU’s campus I truly do miss it. The best years of my life (so far) were when I was there working on campus, and dreaming of being where I am now. Who would have thought.

Day 270 – Why I Hate Photography

Angrygardner — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 01:34:52 +0000

I was looking at this lamp that my kids have. It is sparkly and changes colors, very cool indeed. I thought a longer exposure with a close up would be very nice. I tried and I tried and I tried I could not get anything but this rubbish. Good thing I get to try again tomorrow.

Day 246 – Night Skyes

Angrygardner — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:58:35 +0000

Yes, I know it is spelled skies. I like this spelling for this picture, I don’t know why. Jeesh people its just a blog.

My Dad I and were talking about taking pictures of the full moon. I figured I would try to get one. I saw the moon and went to get the tripod, camera, etc and the clouds had rolled in, I was fairly frustrated. I figured I would try anyway, and I love the results. This is pretty much out of camera I played with the contrast and the clarity on the moon and that was it.

300mm f/8 1/2s

Day 228 – My Name Is Mud

Angrygardner — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:03:48 +0000

So yesterday I spent most of the day working on my daughters room. I love sanding sheetrock, more accurately drywall mud. As I was sanding there were times that I almost could not see the opposite wall. Anyway, to give you an idea; this hat was dark olive drab it the beginning of the day. Now imagine my lungs.

105mm f/8 1/200s

Day 227 – You Must Focus

Angrygardner — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 22:25:11 +0000

So its late Friday night and I am trying to get me a shot of something. I finally had some inspiration, an egg being dropped and a picture taken at the moment of impact. Yeah, it would be cool. I started by getting the lights set up I used a bottle of Moutain Dew for my subject while I did this.

180mm f/22 1/200s From roughly 10 feet away. Pretty cool details huh.

So everything is set up. Well I couldn’t do rapid fire shooting to get the egg when I wanted it so I had to settle for an after shot. Notice anything different I must have bumped the tripod and not the focus off. The paper was a nightmare to work with I am never using scripture paper again from now on I am using the cover paper form the Ensign.

Day 225 – Whip It

Angrygardner — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:47:38 +0000

Whip it good.

This was a shot I have been planning for quite a while now. It is fairly generic, but I found it difficult to get right with the tools at my disposal (2 SB-600 and a homemade spiderlight)

145mm f/11 1/160s Flashes on the background and the spiderlight on the whisk. I need to figure out how to get the whipped cream to look right on the whisk as well.

What’s whip cream without pie?

Day 172 – Hellfire

Angrygardner — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 22:14:26 +0000

The Photowalking Utah gang went out the Salt Flats to photograph the Utah Rocket Club annual Hellfire rocket shoot. It was a blast. We,the older kids and I, went out and got there just in time to see Sgt. Pepper fly. It went 5 miles up (yes they had to get FAA permission) and it was amazing. We had a really great time the kids played in the salt like it was snow and we got to see how fast the Expedition goes (95 mph that was floored for a couple of miles). I am putting more of my pictures on the Photowalkingutah.com group site if you are interested.

200mm f/5.6 1/1000s

Day 168 – Doh!

Angrygardner — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:22:24 +0000

I was done for the day and actually asleep. However, something woke me up, and I remembered I had not taken a picture. So at a 11:45pm I set up the tripod and got a picture of the night sky. The “UFO” is an airplane going acrossed the sky.

26mm f/8 60s

Day 167 – Surrounded

Angrygardner — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:22:15 +0000

I don’t know why when I saw this stream I focused right on the plant growing in the middle. It has a fairly precarious position. Surrounded by danger and in a place that could be gone at any minute, but that is where it is and that is where it is thriving.

Day 166 – Yummy Monkeys

Angrygardner — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:21:10 +0000

You may know it as pull apart bread. I know it as monkey bread. We had some left over caramel sauce that I had made and my wife came up with a great way to use it. It was really really good. We plowed through the whole thing in less than a half hour.