Sunday, August 30, 2009

Bike Ride

These are some pictures that I took on two different bike rides along the same route along the huron river. Pretty decent ride although both times I've done it there's been a nasty headwind. This is a view from one part of the road.
Its tought to see but there's a white bird over in the shallow part of the river. I'm not sure what kind of bird it is but it reminded me of a blue heron.
This is a view from the bridge in the picture below. It looks like it was just finished. Thought it was a pretty neat bridge, made entirely of iron.
Its a pretty nice bike ride. About 12 miles out and 12 miles back. Today was freezing, had to wear the long sleeve jersey and leg warmers and its still August! The roads here in michigan are also not being very friendly with my bike. Have some maintenance to do now...

Monday, August 24, 2009

Welcome to Ann Arbor


Thought I'd post some random pictures I took riding around Ann Arbor my fourth day here. This is the helicopter on the sweet landing pad at the hospital.

The hospital is pretty large. Nice to know its there if I mess myself up.
The dental school is right across the street from the chemistry building. Took a picture for Chang's sake.
This is the sign out in front of the chemistry building. The building itself is not too exciting besides the fact that is pretty much a maze.
Finally that brings us to the scarily tame obese red squirrels on campus. This one started to chase me when I stopped so I decided to take a picture of it. I think he thought I was going to feed him. I could have reached out and pet him or her I couldn't tell if this squirrel had any nuts.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Saturday, August 08, 2009

toying with aperture



These two pictures are before and after shots of what I did to change a picture with aperture 2.0. I thought it was pretty neat. The shot is of a sunset off the deck of my family's cabin in New Hampshire. The second shot is pretty close to what it actually looked like and the first is my enhanced version. I did this in about 5 minutes. Makes me think you really can't trust what you see anymore.

Friday, August 07, 2009

Cascades


This is just one of the pictures I took recently in New Hampshire. Its of the cascades seen on the Tuckerman's Ravine Trail on Mount Washington. I played with the shutter speeds on my new camera to get the cool water effect. Next year I think I'll head back to hike Washington again. Its been so long.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Camera Fun



Finally finished with graduate school. It was hard work but way worth it. Been playing with my camera a bit and thought these two shots were neat. Both were taken on a rainy day in PA with my telephoto lens. Haven't quite mastered depth of field yet (trying out some new photo vocab) but still think they're neat.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Long Time


Its been a long time since a post but I figured I'd start updating again to follow the sprint towards the finish of my PhD.  Mostly to practice my writing, as I've been inspired by the absolutely atrocious grammar present in the lab reports I'm grading currently.
Anyway I've been trying to enjoy my last year in NC and recently it snowed the most that it has ever snowed here in North Carolina in the last five years.  Seeing as I'm still like a little kid and got completely distracted at work I took some pictures of the campus in the snow (a truly rare occurrence).  Here's one of the better ones of the clock tower taken right outside the chemistry building.