Road to Waneka

Tree arch

Blue sign

For some reason that is beyond me, the blue sign at the lake comes out as blue in IR.

IR Cactus

IR shot of the dog

Playing with the IR camera again. Our dog pretty much looks as he always does.

IR digital photography

Having some down time today with the holiday, I've decided to revisit the digital IR conversion I had done on a mirror-less Nikon 1 V1. This time I set the manual white balance, as suggested by the conversion company, on a very green house plant. Otherwise these images are straight out of the camera. IThey haven't been post processed an any other way. 

The first image is of the Christmas tree. Notice the plant to the right of the tree comes out as completely white. The tree does not because it is artificial. There is an almost a surreal glow to the ornaments, but otherwise it does not look too out of the ordinary.

The second image is of an ornamental cabbage. It really exhibits the ghost like quality of an IR image.

The final image is of the back yard. The partially dead grass is mostly white, while the paving stones and wall are warm colored. Interestedly the dog looks pretty much as he always does.

Back from the Dead

Caught a horrible bug over the Thanksgiving holiday. Only now starting to feel normal again. I'm going to start the holiday posts with some more IR photos.  

Digital IR photography

Here is my first test with a Nikon 1 V1 mirror-less DSLR with its sensor converted to IR. I haven't set the white balance yet, so the false colors aren't quite right. for instance I'm getting purple, instead of blue skies. Expect to see some more experiments in the next few weeks.

Point Loma Lighthouse

Plant glow

The afternoon glow through a succulent.

Kitty in the Window

Sunset #2

The idea was Kathleen's, but I had the camera ready so I took the shot.

California Sunset

Its hard to do something different with a sunset, but I think the trick is to use the light, but not the form of the setting sun.

Not your usual retaining wall

Night tracks

Where I grew up, 15th Street and Highway 101 in Del Mar California.

Millennium Bridge

Denver Millennium Bridge

Street Performance

A long exposure of a street performer on the Denver Millennium Bridge.

Bridge tower

Denver Millennium Bridge tower for another angle

Bridge tower and Building

Denver Millennium Bridge tower against the DaVita building. 

Terminal stairs

Stairs going out of the new Denver transit terminal.

Lone track

And the final take on the track. 

New Denver Union station terminal train platform.

Station landscape

The new station terminal is visually very dramatic. I tried to capture that with this image. 

New Denver Union station terminal train platform.

Tacks and Reflection

Another shot of the tracks at the new Union Station platform in Denver, Colorado. In this one I took advantage of the reflection in the glass.

I've presented two versions of the scene. Not sure which I like most. The top has the nice blurred figures walking by, the the lower image has a longer lead in. 

New tracks

Union Station in Denver has just completed a complete renovation of the terminal. The old terminal building remains, but a new modern stylistic concourse has been added.

Train leaving Union Station

A train headed for Chicago departing Union Station in Denver.

New Union Station Sign

Union Station Denver Colorado. I'm not certain what it means that the Union station Sign is missing both of the letter "T"s. The rest of the station seems to be in food repair. 

Pink door

The historic town of St. Elmo is located in the mountains west of Buena Vista.

Cloud Burst near Buena Vista

Winter is Coming

The historic town of St. Elmo is located in the mountains west of Buena Vista.  

The Stark family were part of St. Elmo's elite, a high-class group that attended church regularly. Anna was said to have been a humorless woman who severely controlled the children, believing that they were better than the other townsfolk - miners, railroad men, prostitutes and hard women. The children were rarely allowed to leave home, forbidden to attend local dances or social activities and had only each other for company. In 1890 a fire destroyed the business section and the town was never entirely rebuilt.

The survival of the town was largely due to the Stark family and their descendents, who remained the sole year-round residents for many years. According to local legend, perhaps at least one of them, Annabelle Stark, still keeps a ghostly watch over the town. (source) 

Green and Yellow Door

The historic town of St. Elmo is located in the mountains west of Buena Vista.

Road to St. Elmo

The historic town of St. Elmo is located in the mountains west of Buena Vista.

Georgetown Lockdown...

Some sorry souls have decided that they have the right to steal flags.  Special targets are MIA Memorials, because many of these flags have been flown over outposts in Iraq or Afghanistan....So now  the hoisting mechanisms have to be locked down...

To Keep Our Flags Flying High!

Sunset over lake Waneka

I like the zig-zag pattern made by the setting sun's glow on the clouds. 

Ornamental Cabbage

Sunset Reflection

Here are two takes on a tree reflecting in Lake Waneka. Not certain which one I prefer.

Although I'm leaning toward the horizontal composition.

Final Harvest

The final harvest of the season. 

Got a hard frost over the weekend and everything except the greens, has died. 

Farm equipment

Door & Stair

Building in the town of Victor Colorado.

Window

Ruins in the town of Victor Colorado.

Mine Entrance

Mine entrance for the Santiago Mine, currently under restoration by the Georgetown Historical Society.

Capital Dome

Denver State Capital with a fresh gilded dome. 

Zombie Crawl: Hand

Sights from the 2014 Zombie Crawl held in Denver Colorado.

Instagram Zombie

Sights from the 2014 Zombie Crawl held in Denver Colorado.

Zombie: I had a dog like this ...

Sights from the 2014 Zombie Crawl held in Denver Colorado.

This one followed me ...

Sights from the 2014 Zombie Crawl held in Denver Colorado.

Star Wars Zombie Crawl

Sights from the 2014 Zombie Crawl held in Denver Colorado.