Sunday Morning Frost

{ January 17, 2010 @ 7:34 pm } · { Frost, Landscape, Snow, Winter }
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Greetings—

Slept in a little later than usual this morning, but was lucky that the morning sun had not yet melted the frost that had formed on the trees over night.

CAMERA INFO
Tripod mounted Canon 20D; Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM lens @ 45mm; Aperture Priority Mode; 1/1250s @ f/5.6; ISO 100.

LISTENING TO
“The Sage” from the 1972 album Pictures At An Exhibition by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
(STREAM: Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio)

Slainte,
Gareth — The Celtic Camera Photography

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A Big Breakfast

{ January 14, 2010 @ 7:13 pm } · { Food }
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Greetings—

More times than not, Sunday is our day for “The Big Breakfast.” Here we have biscuits and sausage gravy, scrambled eggs with all the fixin’s and bacon, with a little fruit for dessert to cleanse the palate … and arteries!

CAMERA INFO
Tripod mounted Canon 20D; Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM lens @ 18mm; Aperture Priority Mode; 0.8s @ f/6.3; ISO 100.

LISTENING TO
“Into The Dreamscape” from the 1996 album An Ordinary Night In My Ordinary Life by Tomas Bodin
(STREAM: Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio)

Slainte,
Gareth — The Celtic Camera Photography

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A Bit of Deliciousness

{ January 12, 2010 @ 4:50 pm } · { Food, Soup, Stew }
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Greetings—

A bit of deliciousness … ham and andouille stew with black beans. Yeah, that’s what I’m talkin’ ’bout!

CAMERA INFO
Tripod mounted Canon 20D; Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM lens @ 18mm; Aperture Priority Mode; 1/6s @ f/3.5; ISO 100.

LISTENING TO
“Manacles” from the 1979 album One Of A Kind by Bill Bruford
(STREAM: Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio)

Slainte,
Gareth — The Celtic Camera Photography

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Emotional Formation

{ January 10, 2010 @ 6:00 pm } · { Kenosha, Snow, Winter }
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Greetings—

We’re currently cleaning up after our first major snowfall of the winter; approximately 12″ of the white stuff this past week. This brings us up to about 14″ total so far for the ’09/’10 season. A far cry from our average totals by this time. At the other extreme, today’s image is from one year ago to the day, when we already had around 50″ of snow and would end the season with a record for Kenosha, 102″.

So far, we’ve been lucky!

CAMERA INFO
Well … it seems as if the EXIF information for this photo has taken a powder. Not a clue what happened to it. Well, the important thing is the image, after all, eh what?

LISTENING TO
“(On Tuesdays She Used To Do) Yoga” from the 1977 album Over by Peter Hammill
(STREAM: Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio)

Slainte,
Gareth — The Celtic Camera Photography

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Information of Despair (& Water)

{ January 9, 2010 @ 6:12 pm } · { Greenridge Cemetery, Kenosha, Lake Michigan, SS Wiscinsin;, Wisconsin }
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Greetings—

The “Wisconsin” was built of iron in 1881 by the Detroit Dry Dock Co. of Wyandotte, Michigan for the Goodrich Lines. Originally ran the Milwaukee-Grand Haven route, and in 1883 went to the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee RR. Crosby Trans. Co. got her in 1896 and renamed her “Naomi”. She ran for many years with the “Nyack”, between Milwaukee, Grand Haven and Muskegon as night boats, as the Grand Trunk Line. The “Naomi” burned May 21, 1907 about 28 miles off Grand Haven, Michigan with a loss of five lives. She was towed to Manitowoc, Wisconsin for rebuilding and put back into service in 1909 as the “E. G. Crosby”. Sold by Crosby Trans. Co. to the U.S. Quartermaster Dept. in 1918, she was renamed “General Robert M. O’Reilly” and served as a hospital ship in New York harbor. In 1920, after the war, she was purchased by Wisconsin Transit Co., renamed “Pilgrim”, and returned to the Great Lakes. In 1925 she was sold again to the Goodrich Co. and took her original name “Wisconsin” once again. The “Wisconsin” foundered off the shore of Kenosha, Wisconsin in the big blow on Lake Michigan on Oct. 29, 1929. All but nine of the sixty people on board were saved. Capt. Douglas H. Morrison was among the lost.

Today, the Wisconsin lies six and half miles east-southeast of Kenosha in 130 feet of water. The superstructure is gone with I-beams and supports remaining. Inside the wreck much machinery, and cargo can still be seen along with three automobiles, a Hudson, Essex, and a Chevrolet touring car.

View from Google maps here.

CAMERA INFO
Canon 20D (resting on neighboring tombstone); Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM lens) @ 49mm; Aperture Priority Mode; 1/125s @ f/5.6; ISO 100.

LISTENING TO
“Enigmatic Ocean, Pt. 1″ from the 1977 album Enigmatic Ocean by Jean-Luc Ponty
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Slainte,
Gareth — The Celtic Camera Photography

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New Year’s Morn, 2010

{ January 5, 2010 @ 3:47 pm } · { Kenosha, Sunrise, Wisconsin }
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Greetings—

This was my effort for the New Year Sunrise Photo Challenge over on Flickr, organized by the fine Frogmore, S. Devon photographer Scot Baston. Please be sure to check out all the other great entries at the link above and—if so inclined—you can also follow Scot on Twitter.

CAMERA INFO
Tripod mounted Canon 20D; Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM lens @ 18mm; Aperture Priority Mode; f/8.0; Seven Image HDR Merge: 1/25 – 1/13 – 1/6 – 0.3 – 0.6 – 1.3 – 2.5s ISO 100.

LISTENING TO
“Evening Star” from the 2009 album The Underfall Yard by Big Big Train
(STREAM: Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio)

Slainte,
Gareth — The Celtic Camera Photography

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Echo of Love

{ January 3, 2010 @ 2:50 pm } · { Kenosha, Snow, Wisconsin }
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Greetings—

Night is dark, and the winter winds
Howl as the dogs
I had over-prepared the event
They arrived in the darkness
When night drifts along
There is an hour of peaceful rest

CAMERA INFO
Tripod mounted Canon 20D; Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 Macro lens; Aperture Priority Mode; f/8.0 @ 10s; ISO 100.

LISTENING TO
“Duonyonohedeprinces” from the 1975 album Abrakadabra by Klockwerk Orange
(STREAM: Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio)

Slainte,
Gareth — The Celtic Camera Photography

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Hallucinogenic Surface, I & II

{ January 2, 2010 @ 4:31 pm } · { Flowers-Flora, Macro }
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Greetings—

… And happy New Year, one and all!

I thought I’d start 2010 with a feature that has proven to be quite popular here at, “The Way I See It” blog; “Compare and Contrast.” One RAW file of one image, but processed once for color and again for black & white. Most of ya know I’m a B&W guy, so you can probably figure out which is my favorite … but how about you? Vote for your favorite in the Comments section.

CAMERA INFO
Tripod mounted Canon 20D; Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens; Canon EF Life-Size Converter; Manual Mode; 13s @ f/16.0; ISO 100.

LISTENING TO
“Visions” from the 1979 album Crossing The Line by Asia Minor
(STREAM: Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio)

Slainte,
Gareth — The Celtic Camera Photography

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Rejected Spirit

{ December 29, 2009 @ 4:20 pm } · { Abstract, Everyday Item, Reflection }
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Greetings—

Here we see the reflection of my kitchen while looking out of my rear window towards the back yard. Had a nice Chicken and Italian sausage glop going on the stove.

CAMERA INFO
Hand held Canon 20D; Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 Macro lens; Program Mode; 1/15s @ f/2.5; ISO 3200.

LISTENING TO
“La Bibournoise” from the 2008 album La Bibournoise by Genticorum
(From The Celtic Camera Collection)

Slainte,
Gareth — The Celtic Camera Photography

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From Behind the Clouds

{ December 27, 2009 @ 5:54 pm } · { Kenosha, Lake Michigan, Landscape, Pike River, Sunrise }
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Greetings—

The Pike River meets Lake Michigan during a colorful spring morning earlier this year.

View from Google maps here.

CAMERA INFO
Tripod mounted Canon 20D; Canon EF 70-200m f/2.8 L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens @ 70mm; Aperture Priority Mode; Bracketed HDR Merge shot at 1, 1/2 & 1/4s @ f/16.0; ISO 100.

LISTENING TO
“Temples Of JoyTemples Of Joy” from the 1978 album Patrick Moraz III by Patrick Moraz
(STREAM: Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio)

Slainte,
Gareth — The Celtic Camera Photography

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