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and now for something completely different (meaning that I'm posting)
mysterious sliding rock on The Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park, California, USA ©2005 Ed Book (all rights reserved - DO NOT COPY)   http://edbookphoto.com
sliding rock on The Racetrack Playa in Death Valley, California


'just ran across this and liked how svelte my shadow looked and after the biggest rainstorm in the history of recordkeeping in these parts, the desert looks inviting.


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large file of last post (unabridged)
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my laptop has a camera that does tricks
watch this  ©2006 Ed Book   http://edbookphoto.com

My 17" PowerBook died. (drowned, so says AppleCare) (keep juice away, far away from these things.) I had to replace it and since they quit making that model, it was replaced by the 17" MacBook Pro (warning danger Intel inside)

This new MBP looks like the replaced PB with a few small differences–one being the camera lens mounted in the screen frame.

The computer has a program I tried out called Comic Life. I guess it's to make comic books. Along with the camera that has some special effects, I gave it a try.


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High Rock
High Rock Lookout - Gifford Pinchot National Forest - Cascade Mtns, WA   ©2003 Ed Book (all rights reserved DO NOT COPY)  http://edbookphoto.com
High Rock - Gifford Pinchot NF - Cascade Mtns, Washington                         ©2003 Ed Book


High Rock Lookout - Gifford Pinchot National Forest - Cascade Mtns, WA   ©2003 Ed Book (all rights reserved DO NOT COPY)  http://edbookphoto.com
Remember the image I posted a couple days ago of Sawtooth Ridge with High Rock on the right end? I made this image from near the lookout at the top of High Rock about three years ago. You can see a shelter tucked in the trees. Behind me was the lookout. I'll look for an image of it but it may be a week or so (remind me) before I post it because I'll be on Whidbey Island, north of here, to teach a couple of Photoshop workshops... I don't know if I'll have internet access up there. If anyone is interested, there is still time to sign up.





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on the Mount Tahoma Trails
I met and photographed lots of folks on the trails this past weekend. As I get time, I'll post images I made of these skiers, snowshoers, and hikers... but here's a teaser, heh, This photo was made by Noah Tratt. I met Noah a couple years ago when his group skied to High Hut... that's where I saw them again this weekend. Good snow conditions... good grooming (*pats self on back*) and I got onto my skis a few times along the way to test the trail... I skied mostly uphill... I do better going uphill--I'm not in a panic like when my skis go by themselves.

If I photographed you and you don't see your photo here soon, please email me. ed at edbookphoto dot com

Noah caught me near High Hut and was surprised to see me actually on skis...

(please note that, yes, the Ed guy is fat but that fact is exaggerated in this image because I had two hats, a pair of gloves, and a water bottle stuffed into the front of my jacket--the red vest actually does zip shut)

Ed Book on skis near High Hut - Mount Tahoma Trails (MTTA) ©2006 Noah Tratt


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58 trips around the sun
Ed Book on 58th brithday May 10, 2005 ©2005 Ed Book   http://edbookphoto.com


by request
'the state of Ed... life is good and I'm working on excellent ('just not saying how much farther I have to go to get there... or if I have to change direction).

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sand and shadow
one of the challenges one faces when photographing the dunes is one's own shadow... how to avoid it or use it...

sand self portrait shadow Eureka Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California ©2005 Ed Book   http://edbookphoto.com


For this image, I was using the 17-40mm lens at 17mm looking for a composition displaying depth of field from a couple feet to about 100 feet. I was making some compositions using the shadows of the ripples and in the viewfinder, I caught sight of a shadow urnning in a different direction and followed it to see it was from my tripod... I turned the camera just a bit more to see my shadow and tripped the shutter.

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working together...
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can't keep me locked up
I knew there would be some way out...

ed escapes (c)2004 Ed Book edbookphoto.com


because the fort was being restored by prison inmates I knew there would be a way out... I found that one of the bars wasn't fully nailed at the bottom (the spike was there but was cut off where it entered the log behind)


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who's locking who in?
jailkeeper Ed (c)2004 Ed Book edbookphoto.com


who's the badboy?

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we found that we aren't exactly alike...
ed and horny ed (c)2004 Ed Book edbookphoto.com


'wonder why I wear that hat all the time?

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uh oh... see what happened...
Ed meets Ed (c)2004 Ed Book edbookphoto.com


he was as shocked as I was...

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Ed Finds a ring... so...
Ed pulls the ring - Fort Supply, Oklahoma (c)2004 Ed Book edbookphoto.com


I just couldn't resist...

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try at making a self portrait in snowshoes
Reply to this entry by posting a picture of yourself in the comment, and post this sentence in your journal. (stolen from [info]cherie who stole it from [info]zookeeper.

ed tripped by snowshoes

take two:

ed up on snowshoes


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