Monthly Archives: September 2008

Into the sunset

Colorado sunset
In a break from our regularly schedule all-U.S. Route 89-programming, here’s a photo I made in 2004 in Colorado. Someday I will get to travel east and west again, instead of north-south on my favorite highway, which is where I’m going…today. Posting may be light, dependent on internet access, photo opps and marital harmony. [...]

Winter Greens

Seedlings for the winter garden

I blogged in mid-July about my plans to implement the winter garden ideas in Eliot Coleman’s Four-Season Harvest. In past years, by the middle of September, my tomatoes were sprawled on the ground, the snails getting more than their share, and I couldn’t wait for first frost to mercy [...]

Highway 89 news round-up

Highway 89 news round-up
The maple leaves are crimson between Fairview and Spanish Fork, Utah today. The farmstands are overflowing with apples, the last of the corn, and a few early pumpkins. The weekend weather forecast looks spectacular along most of historic U.S. 89–it looks like we will have a great first fall weekend anywhere [...]

Fast manual metering check

He’s roped before
Last week at the Triple Sage ranch horse competition, my aperture-priority metering was fluctuating as I tracked the rider around the arena. I quickly switched to manual metering, and pulled a “trick” out of my hat to check the exposure.

Sequential images, same exposure (f 8.0, 1/400 sec at ISO 200)
I had picked [...]

Leggnet in the House

Rich Legg and model Michelle in the Palace Potager
Rich Legg, aka Leggnet and his wife and uber-model Michelle came over last week to use the garden for new images for Rich’s stock portfolio. It was a bit of an agility trial for Rich to find working angles without trodding all over everything. Only a few [...]

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