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Solitary

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:59:00 +0000

Solitary, originally uploaded by Calpurnius.

I’ve waited two days to shoot this field. Both times before I arrived too late to catch the setting sun on the fuzzy seed heads. Today I arrived early and I waited.

It’s a well traveled road that time of day. Some drivers paused to look over . . . → Read More: Solitary

Protecting The Innocent

admin — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:38:32 +0000

Protecting The Innocent, originally uploaded by Calpurnius.

I see the commotion more than I hear it.

Teens — three of them, a couple and a third wheel friend of his — behind the storefront next door. They’re wearing EMO costumes in a town which favors country music. We’ve had burglaries in . . . → Read More: Protecting The Innocent

Living Monet

admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:31:38 +0000

Living Monet, originally uploaded by Calpurnius.

I’ve been doing a lot of low aperture work lately, focusing on tight foreground detail and blowing the background into bokeh.

Here’s what happens when there’s no foreground detail to focus upon. It looks like an impressionist painting.

The thing I like best is the light . . . → Read More: Living Monet

Butterflies

admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:06:53 +0000

Butterflies, originally uploaded by Calpurnius.

I was out for a rare early Sunday morning shoot when I found myself at one of my favorite places in Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge. It’s a small trail they’ve set aside as recreated prairie. Assorted wildflowers were blooming and being dined upon by this species . . . → Read More: Butterflies

Reflected Lake

admin — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:50:52 +0000

Reflected Lake, originally uploaded by Calpurnius.

It’s odd. I don’t remember this as being shot in March (three years ago). The memory felt more like fall (and older).

I remember it being cool. I remember there being a fire nearby and the scent of smoke in the air. I remember coyotes howling . . . → Read More: Reflected Lake

Roses

admin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:45:54 +0000

Roses, originally uploaded by Calpurnius.

This is one of my most popular pictures on Flickr. I think the Goth kids like to download it as a wallpaper.