BurningbirdI missed the heron today, but managed to get photos of two birds enjoying my mother’s flowering crabapple tree. A flickr: And a cedar waxwing: Coming back from my old house at Kettle Falls, a mile along the road I spotted a bald eagle on a branch hanging over the road. I screeched to a […]
I rented a car today, a ruby red Dodge SRT. I drove it to the top of Schweitzer long enough to check out the view and grab a few photos; I had to be back by 2:00. The view was terrific but I need my polarizing filter to get a clear shot of the distant Cabinet […]
Spending two days on a train is an interesting experience, one that could be improved by spending the extra money for a sleeper. No matter how comfortable the coach chairs are, they are not conducive to sleep. I had a chance to see Illinois’ fall colors on the trip from St. Louis to Chicago. It […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Found via Blogebrity a debate between Anil Dash and Catarina Fake in regards to Flickr’s new interestingness concept. Interestingness is a variation on online popularity, except that rather than links it’s based on an equation of number of comments, number of visitors, and number of times a photo has been listed as someone’s favorite. When you search on […]