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A Cabin in the Rockies

A small wooden cabin or hut sits in a car park near the houses Automattic stayed in at Breckenridge in Colorado. The original shot can be seen in my Flickr stream or in the Automattic group there. This version has been extensively dodged and burned to bring out the contrast between light and dark.

Late posting of today’s photo because of the camera club tonight. It was model shoot night and I got a few shots but I’m not very comfortable directing so I’m undecided as to how well the photos came out.

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Tags: Automattic, Breckenridge, cabin, Canon 40D, Colorado, grass, irishblogs, Landscape, lonely, mountains, Nature, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, snow, sunrise, The Rockies, Trees

November 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Canon 40D, Houses, Landscape, Nature, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Sky, Trees, United States, grass, irishblogs, mountains, snow, sunrise | Comments Off

N0bama

I’d vote for the husky.

BarCamp Cork II was brilliant. I got my talk on WordPress and AJAX over and done with early on in the day, mingled, fixed @icedcoffee’s Tweet Tweet plugin and updated the Tweet Tweet plugin to support Twitter notification via O2 Ireland’s free webtexts. Thanks Enda for the u/p while I wrote the curl script!

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Tags: Barack Obama, Black and White, Breckenridge, Canon 10-22, Canon 40D, car, Colorado, irishblogs, John McCain, Photos, pickup, Sarah Pailin, Street, United States, Urban, US Election. Election 08

November 1st, 2008 | Posted in Canon 10-22, Canon 40D, Photography, Photos, Signs, Street, United States, Urban, Vehicles, car, irishblogs | Comments Off

Pumpkins For Sale

Pumpkins for sale in the local store in Breckenridge, Colorado. I post this today because Dunnes Stores are selling pumpkins and they’re only half the size of the large pumpkins pictured here!

Does anyone actually eat pumpkins? They’re a new sight in Irish shops, and are only ever for sale in the large chains around Halloween.

October 27th, 2008 | Posted in Canon 10-22, Canon 40D, Photography, Photos, United States, Urban, irishblogs, shopping | Comments Off

Breckenridge Sunset

The sun sets early in Breckenridge Colorado, well slightly earlier than in Ireland anyway. Myself and Anthony were working on one part of our secret project, and Mike Adams was working on the other bit, when Michael Koenig jumped up and went outside on to the balcony. I looked up and saw gorgeous red clouds and followed him with my camera. This is the result.

Tall evergreen trees outside the house, and snow capped mountains on the horizon. The sun set behind them in a blazing ball of glorious colour. Beautiful.

October 20th, 2008 | Posted in Canon 10-22, Canon 40D, Landscape, Night, Photography, Photos, Sky, Sun, Trees, United States, clouds, irishblogs, mountains, snow, sunset, wide-angle | Comments Off

Biosphere 2 desert and sky

Biosphere 2 in Arizona, from the outside with clouds.

September 7th, 2008 | Posted in Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Photography, Photos, Sky, United States, clouds, desert, irishblogs | Comments Off

Bench and Wheel

A decorative bench and wheel on the ranch in Arizona. I took so many shots of the place I’m still struggling to catch up and mark the ones I want to work on but I will eventually get to them. I suspect some may not see the light of day until next year though!

May 4th, 2008 | Posted in Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Photos, United States, furniture, irishblogs, ranch, still life, wheel | Comments Off

A place to live in the trees

I noticed this small hut while out walking one afternoon on the ranch in Arizon last January. Bit of a squeeze I bet!

April 27th, 2008 | Posted in Canon 20D, Landscape, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Trees, United States, irishblogs | Comments Off

Exit

This way to the EXIT. This is a sign in Biosphere 2 in Arizona. Can you imagine how enticing it would be to get out of a building after spending a year inside there?

Declan from O’Learys rang this morning. Good news. He got on to the boss at the Sigma repair company who told him my lens had been fixed all along and it was going to be dispatched today. Sounds like a load of bullshit to me, and
they were fobbing off anyone who rang from O’Learys making inquiries. There was €40 still left on the bill, but O’Learys have waived that in view of the length of time it took. I’m still <em>very</em> annoyed at their antics with my photos though.