Got out for a 20 mile ride today while the weather was Spring-like... I heard we're headed for more rain and snow so I was glad to take advantage of it... Did a bit of exploring of the new area we're living in and found the local forest preserve... As you can see from the pic I ran into some leftover flooding I had to negotiate...There's a great path around the forest preserve that will work great for taking Katelyn on rides in her soon to be bought bike trailer... Can't wait!
Seems a new family has moved in... Well I guess not anymore :-)
In case you need a reminder of how to be awesome...
Who told this place this would be 'artsy'? Kinda made me feel like someone was peering through the window while I was doin' my business!
THAT'S where I left my boot! I knew I left it somewhere! Stylish eh?
Is this subliminal messaging or what?!
Backed by the power of science... so you know it's good!
We hit up this old standby for b-fast Saturday as they have PHENOMENAL breakfasts... In fact, they're only open for breakfast and a tad bit of lunch but that works for me since I was able to order this french toast w/ strawberries, bananas and a bit of scrambled :-)
Came down to Houston this weekend to hang with my buddy Vu and do some photography... Sat morning we dropped a bunch of framed photos off with his local photography club... They were having an annual contest for photos in a number of different categories... Judging from his competition I think he'll do well in at least a few categories...
I have been working on getting my main computer reset up with Vista 64-bit (supports more than 3GB of RAM) specifically for photo processing, as I have a ton of photos to go through from the past several months... Tonight I started working on some HDR (High Dynamic Range) pics I took last Fall during a roadtrip Jodi, Katelyn, and I did around Lake Michigan... These are the first few I finished...
Essentially HDR photos are made up of multiple exposures of the same photo which allow you to capture the detail in the darker shadow areas, as well as get the detail in the brighter areas... This gets the photo a little closer to the dynamic range that can be seen with your eyes... that's why typical point and shoot pics of sunset scenes like this never really do justice to what you actually witnessed...
Please let me know what you think of these few pics by posting in the comments so it might inspire me to do more... I believe you have to create an account to post in the comments, but I'd really appreciate it as I'm not sure who my readers are due to my infrequent posts lately... I'll do my best to work on more of these in the coming weeks...
