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North Carolina, May 2008
Images from our May 2008 trip to Bryson City North Carolina. All of these images were shot in the Deep Creek area of Bryson City. The tree swallows were nesting in a box Sami and installed in the front of our yard. In the springtime, there are tree swallows everywhere along with many eastern bluebirds.
North Gallery, May 2007
Images from our May 2007 trip to Bryson City North Carolina, our second time visiting the area. The first series is from in and around the Deep Creek side of Great Smoky Mountains National Park We ventured to Cataloochee for the first time and saw many elk as the sun was setting. This was the [...]
North Carolina, May 2006
Images from our May 2006 trip to Bryson City North Carolina, our first time visiting the area. The first series is from in and around the Deep Creek side of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and a couple of the waterfalls we visited – Juney-Whank, Tom’s Branch and Indian River (not pictured). We also went [...]
Dusk to Dusk
This time lapse is a sequence of 9,237 still images consuming a little of 8.5 gigabytes of data. Shot over a span of a few days (9/12/09 – 9/19/09) the images were shot at five second intervals, with a Nikon D70S using a 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 lense. Edited with Final Cut Pro and music mixed with [...]
Time Lapse Photography: The Approaching Storm
This video is a sequence of 1,111 still images captured on Sunday, August 23, 2009. The images were shot at five second intervals from 4:16pm to 6:14pm. Images captured with a Nikon D50 using a 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 lense. After the suggestion of a friend, I added frame number references and time references to the display [...]
Sunrise
This video is actually a sequence of 4,035 still images shot on Saturday, August 22, 2009. The images were shot at five second intervals from 6:22am to 12:08pm, stopping only to change batteries in the camera. You’ll notice at some point, lots of dust spots on the lense . . . I tried to clone [...]
Birding in South Florida
Birding across South Florida along the Great Florida Birding Trail. The locations represented in these images are The Canoe Creek Birding Trail, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and Everglades National Park. These are some of my favorite images of the birds we’ve seen over the past couple of years.
Moving Images, Part 2
These four photos were taken on the Sunkota Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in January of 2009. Again, using Apple’s Motion, I’ve added a few more images and I’ve also tried to be a little more creative in the usage. It’s a learning process, but it’s coming slow if not steady. It’s still [...]
Adopting a Greyhound, Part 5 – Greyhound Pets of America
Greyhound Pets of America is a 501(c)3 corporation organized and run completely by volunteers who are dedicated to finding responsible, loving homes for racing greyhounds who no longer qualify to compete at the racetrack. As GPA FL/SE is an entirely volunteer organization, all funds received go to the care of the dogs, maintenance of the [...]
Adopting a Greyhound, Part 4 – Elite Greyhound Adoptions
lite Greyhound Adoptions matches loving homes with retired racing greyhounds in the south Florida area of Palm Beach County including, but not limited to, the cities of Atlantis, Belle Glade, Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Briney Breezes, Cloud Lake, Delray Beach, Glen Ridge, Golf, Golfview, Greenacres, Gulf Stream, Haverhill, Highland Beach, Hypoluxo, Juno Beach, Jupiter, Jupiter [...]
Adopting a Greyhound, Part 3 – Friends of Greyhounds
Friends of Greyhounds is a non-profit corporation whose mission is to provide retired racing greyhounds with a caring environment and loving homes and to educate the public about these noble, loyal dogs. Friends of Greyhounds is a final ray of hope for greyhounds that have no place to go after they retire from racing. Originally [...]