Don’t they say, “Never assume you know the answer to something that hasn’t been tried”? (And where should the question mark go in that sentence? Do I have it right? Or should I have rephrased it so it wasn’t even an issue?) (And who’s “they”? Or is that, “Who’s they?” Fucking quotes, man…) So while I can easily say, “It’s
Author: Al Denelsbeck
Tip Jar 36: Infra-red photography
First off, I apologize for missing another Tip Jar. I got both under the gun on a deadline for last Monday, and under the weather with a chronic gut. I was attempting to have this up a day or so late, but realized it would be better if I delayed it further to flesh it out with more example images. So let’s delve into infra-red photography.
To start off with, infra-red refers to a very large
Until they get blinking lights
Several days back, I looked out towards the pond in the early morning and saw this strange-looking web, largely because it was backlit.
You have to admit, those ‘dotted’ support strands are distinctive – there really was only a narrow time of day that this would be so visible. Notice how tightly-spaced the orb portion of the web is, obviously targeted towards quite
Can’t imagine the trauma
Out this morning gathering more images for the Tip Jar post tomorrow, I happened across this guy, anxiously hiding away from the morning glory blossom back there. This doesn’t make any sense to me, since all the blossoms that I’ve seen (save for Star Trek and Audrey II) have been distinctly non-aggressive but, you know, that’s towards me, who
Dafuq, man?
Yeah, it’s been nine days since my last post, skipping over the Tip Jar even – readers, were they not imaginary (or even if they were I guess,) gonna think I died or went over to the Dark Side, i.e. some form of lame-ass social media. But no – I’ve been singularly lacking in motivation while at the same time tackling far too many other things. There are
It should be flatter
My ass, that it, since I’ve been sitting on it for too long, regarding posts at least. I’ve had some pics and ideas lined up for a while now, and have simply been doing other things. So let’s get to it.
Some time back, there was a post featuring the detail captured from the molted
Tip Jar 35: Basic darkroom printing
We did film developing last week, so let’s tackle the next step: making a print from the negatives we now have (right?)
Making a print is slightly more involved, but not significantly, though it has a greater investment in equipment, prep, and space. The big thing is, you need an actual darkroom now, but making one isn’t all that hard.
Darkroom. You will need space for
Does a bear…
… yark in the yard?
A few days ago, The Girlfriend pointed out this curious mound of… something… in the grass not 7 meters from the window to Deep 13. Initially, I said, “Bear shit,” based on what appeared to be berry seeds, then looked closer and suspected it was an old patch of fungus that was fading away, but I wasn’t sure of that. Later on, I put on some rubber
Frog break, this time
The video sorting continues apace – still a lot to go, but much more than that done. Still, we need another post, so we’ll check in on the new froglets appearing around Walkabout Estates now.
There have been a couple on the morning glories outside Deep 13 recently, so naturally I chose the smallest.
That’s enough for scale, right? We all know how big morning glory
I need a break
I mean, it’s been three days without a post – what am I breaking from? From sorting video clips, of which I got too far behind on. I am doing what I should be doing with the still photos, which is adding details to a spreadsheet as I go – species, behavior, location, et cetera. It’s virtually necessary with the videos since there is no adequate thumbnail