Nikon D90 | f/16 | 1/60 sec | ISO 500 | 50 mm Nikkor Lens | Opteka HD II Macro Lens Attachment
Worlds Beyond Rittman is one of the top 10 best photoblogs on the web.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Ladybug and Babies - Backyard Macro Photography
Nikon D90 | f/16 | 1/60 sec | ISO 500 | 50 mm Nikkor Lens | Opteka HD II Macro Lens Attachment
Dandelion - Backyard Macro Photography
Nikon D90 | f/9 | 1/60 sec | ISO 500 | 50 mm Nikkor Lens | Opteka HD II Macro Lens Attachment
Monday, March 21, 2011
iPhone Macro Photography
The other lens I used came in a set that includes a Fisheye, Macro, and a Wide Angle in the set. The lenses are made specifically for mobile phones and well worth the price if you're into stuff like this. I ordered mine from the PhotoJojo.Com store. They have some fantastic camera goodies
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Science Says I'm An Ideal Champion
- My Group Summary: Idealists (NF)
- My Title - The Champion (EP)
- My Type Summary - ENFP
- My Score - 91% I to E; 37% N to S; 43% F to T; 63% J to P
- Idealists are enthusiastic, they trust their intuition, yearn for romance, seek their true self, prize meaningful relationships, and dream of attaining wisdom.
- Idealists pride themselves on being loving, kindhearted, and authentic.
- Idealists tend to be giving, trusting, spiritual, and they are focused on personal journeys and human potentials.
- Idealists make intense mates, nurturing parents, and inspirational leaders.
This is where I would put my closing paragraph, extolling the worthiness of taking this test and providing a link, but I hate being predictable.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Goodbye Dear Friend
I wanted to name her Woody -- Go Bucks!!! -- but P would have none of that. Cooper was my next suggestion. Had I known then what I know now about former Buckeyes head football coach, John Cooper, I would have just let P name her. Alas, Cooper stuck.
As the little girl grew, her body morphed into something I'd never seen. She had the head of a lab and the body of a whippet. It didn't take long to discover that she was a great Frisbee dog. She was fast, sleek, and could jump nearly four feet with a good sprint.
Smart was an understatement. She was a brilliant dog, easily trained and very docile. She also came with all of the pain-in-the-ass stuff that accompanies a dog. She ate shoes. She peed on the carpet. She ate my hamburgers when left unattended. But she was my puppy, the first I had since Scamper "ran away" when I was about five. As a side note, my grandma slipped up about 15 years later and divulged that my parents had helped Scamper run away by giving her to someone else.
I could go on and on about the joys and frustrations of Cooper, but I won't. What I will say is that she was a true friend. She was never selfish. She never blamed. She wanted nothing from me but love. And as she grew older and her eyes, ears, and hips began to fail, she wanted nothing more than love.
No one should ever have to experience what I did on Saturday.
Coming home from a motorcycle show, I slowly pulled into my driveway. I was moving extra slowly because both my daughters, P and Cooper were in the yard. As I put my truck in park, I heard the cry. I didn't even feel the bump it was so light. Cooper must not have seen my truck. When I got out, P screamed for me to back up. I did, hopped out, and ran to the other side of my truck.
There was my 15-year-old buddy, crying, bloody and pink. The accident had de-gloved her of her fur. It ripped her skin off her body, attached only at her legs and face. The impact probably broke her hip, too.
What had I done to my dear puppy?
I couldn't believe what I was seeing, and I broke down.
Finding a sheet close by, I wrapped Cooper up and loaded her into my truck. P and I raced to the emergency vet.
I didn't take long before the vet came to see us. With only a sight evaluation, the vet compared her injuries to a third-degree burn over three fourths of her body. This was without doing an X-ray. Who knows what else had happened.
The vet said Cooper could have surgery, it would take at least three months to recover and would cost "thousands and thousands" of dollars.
They gave her meds to make her comfortable and brought her in to see us for one last time. P and I cried. We talked to Cooper and pet her and told her that she was a good girl. And we cried.
It didn't take long for the pink juice to work, almost instantly.
As I sit here looking at my blistered thumb from digging her grave, I can't help but think about how a puppy is so representative of true friendship and love.
Goodbye dear friend. I will never forget you.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Remembrance and Honor: Parris Island Marines
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Phish Trey
f/6.3 | 1/100sec | ISO 200 | Nikon d90 | Nikon/Nikkor 18-70mm Lens (70mm)
WBR PHISH Photo Series
Recaps: 2010 Phish four-night southern run
Broseph's Life and Times recounts the 4-show Phish Run Live Blog
Dr. Pauly from Tao of Pauly tells tales of the Wook Patrol | Don't tase Me, Brah | Southern Fried Phish Photo Dump | Southern Battlefield & Trey Orgy & Phisy Fireworks
Our Crew from Coventry Music have write-ups about the Raleigh Walnut Creek Show | Phish 2010 - The Tour of Tits | Pool Party Alpharetta Mariot Style for the July 4th Show
The Joker recounts The Epic Story of the Alpharetta Mariot Late Night Dance Party Part I | Part II
Friday, October 1, 2010
Cautious Steps Across Liberty
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Page Side Rage Side - Page McConnell of Phish
f/4.5 | 1/60sec | ISO 200 | Nikon d90 | Nikon/Nikkor 18-70mm Lens (70mm)
WBR PHISH Photo Series
Recaps: 2010 Phish four-night southern run
Broseph's Life and Times recounts the 4-show Phish Run Live Blog
Dr. Pauly from Tao of Pauly tells tales of the Wook Patrol | Don't tase Me, Brah | Southern Fried Phish Photo Dump | Southern Battlefield & Trey Orgy & Phisy Fireworks
Our Crew from Coventry Music have write-ups about the Raleigh Walnut Creek Show | Phish 2010 - The Tour of Tits | Pool Party Alpharetta Mariot Style for the July 4th Show
The Joker recounts The Epic Story of the Alpharetta Mariot Late Night Dance Party Part I | Part II
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Phish Crowd: Set One, Song One
f/6.3 | 1/100sec | ISO 200 | Nikon d90 | Nikon/Nikkor 18-70mm Lens (18mm)
WBR PHISH Photo Series
Recaps: 2010 Phish four-night southern run
Broseph's Life and Times recounts the 4-show Phish Run Live Blog
Dr. Pauly from Tao of Pauly tells tales of the Wook Patrol | Don't tase Me, Brah | Southern Fried Phish Photo Dump | Southern Battlefield & Trey Orgy & Phisy Fireworks
Our Crew from Coventry Music have write-ups about the Raleigh Walnut Creek Show | Phish 2010 - The Tour of Tits | Pool Party Alpharetta Mariot Style for the July 4th Show
The Joker recounts The Epic Story of the Alpharetta Mariot Late Night Dance Party Part I | Part II
Monday, July 12, 2010
Bassist Mike Gordon of Phish
f/6.3 | 1/100sec | ISO 200 | Nikon d90 | Nikon/Nikkor 18-70mm Lens (70mm)
WBR PHISH Photo Series
Recaps: 2010 Phish four-night southern run
Broseph's Life and Times recounts the 4-show Phish Run Live Blog
Dr. Pauly from Tao of Pauly tells tales of the Wook Patrol | Don't tase Me, Brah | Southern Fried Phish Photo Dump | Southern Battlefield & Trey Orgy & Phisy Fireworks
Our Crew from Coventry Music have write-ups about the Raleigh Walnut Creek Show | Phish 2010 - The Tour of Tits | Pool Party Alpharetta Mariot Style for the July 4th Show
The Joker recounts The Epic Story of the Alpharetta Mariot Late Night Dance Party Part I | Part II
Friday, July 9, 2010
Phish Phans Walking The Lot
f/4.5 | 1/1000sec | ISO 200 | Nikon d90 | Nikon/Nikkor 18-70mm Lens (18mm)
WBR PHISH Photo Series
Recaps: 2010 Phish four-night southern run
Broseph's Life and Times recounts the 4-show Phish Run Live Blog
Dr. Pauly from Tao of Pauly tells tales of the Wook Patrol | Don't tase Me, Brah | Southern Fried Phish Photo Dump | Southern Battlefield & Trey Orgy & Phisy Fireworks
Our Crew from Coventry Music have write-ups about the Raleigh Walnut Creek Show | Phish 2010 - The Tour of Tits | Pool Party Alpharetta Mariot Style for the July 4th Show
The Joker recounts The Epic Story of the Alpharetta Mariot Late Night Dance Party Part I | Part II
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Drummer Jon Fishman of Phish
f/5.6 | 1/100sec | ISO 200 | Nikon d90 | Nikon/Nikkor 18-70mm Lens (70mm)
WBR PHISH Photo Series
Recaps: 2010 Phish four-night southern run
Broseph's Life and Times recounts the 4-show Phish Run Live Blog
Dr. Pauly from Tao of Pauly tells tales of the Wook Patrol | Don't tase Me, Brah | Southern Fried Phish Photo Dump | Southern Battlefield & Trey Orgy & Phisy Fireworks
Our Crew from Coventry Music have write-ups about the Raleigh Walnut Creek Show | Phish 2010 - The Tour of Tits | Pool Party Alpharetta Mariot Style for the July 4th Show
The Joker recounts The Epic Story of the Alpharetta Mariot Late Night Dance Party Part I | Part II
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Phish YEM Crowd
f/4.5 | 1/100sec | ISO 200 | Nikon d90 | Nikon/Nikkor 18-70mm Lens (24mm)
WBR PHISH Photo Series
Recaps: 2010 Phish four-night southern run
Broseph's Life and Times recounts the 4-show Phish Run Live Blog
Dr. Pauly from Tao of Pauly tells tales of the Wook Patrol | Don't tase Me, Brah | Southern Fried Phish Photo Dump | Southern Battlefield & Trey Orgy & Phisy Fireworks
Our Crew from Coventry Music have write-ups about the Raleigh Walnut Creek Show | Phish 2010 - The Tour of Tits | Pool Party Alpharetta Mariot Style for the July 4th Show
The Joker recounts The Epic Story of the Alpharetta Mariot Late Night Dance Party Part I | Part II
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Trey Anastasio of Phish Charlotte 7/2/10
f/6.3 | 1/100sec | ISO 200 | Nikon d90 | Nikon/Nikkor 18-70mm Lens (70mm)
WBR PHISH Photo Series
Recaps: 2010 Phish four-night southern run
Broseph's Life and Times recounts the 4-show Phish Run Live Blog
Dr. Pauly from Tao of Pauly tells tales of the Wook Patrol | Don't tase Me, Brah | Southern Fried Phish Photo Dump | Southern Battlefield & Trey Orgy & Phisy Fireworks
Our Crew from Coventry Music have write-ups about the Raleigh Walnut Creek Show | Phish 2010 - The Tour of Tits | Pool Party Alpharetta Mariot Style for the July 4th Show
The Joker recounts The Epic Story of the Alpharetta Mariot Late Night Dance Party Part I | Part II
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Cross and Clouds
Cross and Clouds | Springwood Cemetery | Greenville, SC | HDR Black and White Photography
Friday, May 21, 2010
Curving Obelisk
Curving Obelisque | Springwood Cemetery | Greenville, SC | HDR Black and White Photography
Friday, April 30, 2010
Iron Gate at Christ Church Cemetery Greenville SC
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
At Attention: Parris Island Marine Boot Camp Graduation
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Stalwart: Marine Boot Camp Graduation Parris Island
Friday, January 29, 2010
Forty Years, Eight Months: If I Die Today
Larry (Tiny) Whims
Rittman High School Senior Photo
1970, Rittman, Ohio
Immediate support that follows such a tragic event would fade quickly. Like it did that one time. And then it would be just the girls, together, but alone and unsure. Their new lives would be hard to manage at first. Who would kill the bugs? But the crying would subside, and they would all grow stronger every day.
1971, Rittman, Ohio
I would miss so many smiles, and so many laughs, and so many of those funny dinner table moments.
I run the checklist as I lay in bed waiting for the moment; am I right with God? The columns of triumphs and failures race unevenly.
I'm sorry. A thousand times I'm sorry. I love you.
And the bills, and the yard work, and the home repairs, and the bugs….
It's all in perspective now. But why now? Why not then?
I remember taking this
It was the last photo I took of him
I'm so frightened.
What do I say? Please. God. What do I say? Give me strength when the littlest comes to say goodbye.
I remove the mask. "We will meet again at some other time, in some other place. I love you." That was all I could manage. Little did I know it would be a foundation for belief.
Forty year and eight months seems so young. It's so unfair. I can't go. Not now, Lord. Please.
My purpose must be served. So I trust. And I die.
Forty years and eight months. If I was my father, I would die today.