Who's this guy? Part II

I'm sure that's what Mr Prairie Dog was thinking when I was taking the shot. This is the shot I was taking when Q got his shot of my good side.

This was taken at 840mm and is straight out of the camera except for re-sizing for the blog. The photo has not been cropped. 

Superpod of Dolphins

Had the privilege to see a superpod of Dolphins on the ferry ride to Vancouver a couple of weeks ago. The top picture shows about 1/10th of the pod. Within a few minutes they had come and gone, glad I had my camera with me!

Following Ron Post!

Got a light?

I thought I would stick with the Hawaii theme that Paul started because you know I hardly ever post any photos from Hawaii. LOL 

We keep telling Aaron he should learn how to do this and then he could get a job in Hawaii.

For the curious, these were shot with the Nikon D800 at ISO 6400.

Who's this guy?

You Can Blame It On Ron #02!

Another Waikiki night shot

This time using the cell phone... For whatever reason my latest cell phone seems to do a fine job of the night shots!

Reflecting on a good day

Post Oak lake in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. Very near a favorite lake of mine, Treasure Lake!

Medicine Falls

Here are my takes on the waterfall in Medicine Park, similar to the one Ron posted earlier with a slightly different angle on the waterfall.  The top one is at 17 mm to take in the entire area. The rocks in the water are being lit by a street lamp over my shoulder. The other two are 44 and 55 mm to focus more on the waterfall and highlight Mt. Scott in the background lit bye the moon. All are at f/2.8 aperture and a 8 sec. exposure. I hope you all enjoy them, it was a lot of fun for Ron and I doing something he usually doesn't stay up late enough to do. ;)

I'll take the blame...

...as I sit here listening to my Hawaiian swing music.

Blame it on Ron...

:)

The take off

The take off looks a looks a lot like the landing when taken out of context. At least they take off into the wind so the wind was at our backs and not blowing us in the face.

The landing

On our first day in Oklahoma we about decided to turn around and go back home. It was supposed to be warmer, which it sort of was, about 39 degrees however, there was a thirty mile an hour wind that was chilling us to the bone.

The high winds made the water pretty choppy and the pelicans weren't making the smooth landings. I'm surprised they were flying at all. I wouldn't want to be in the air with those high winds.

A little "Medicine" for Parker

A little waterfall in Medicine Park, Oklahoma with Mount Scott from the Wichita Mountains in the background..

Aaron had the idea of taking a night time shot of this waterfall and his photos are probably better than mine since I was guessing at what I was doing.

The Art

Capitol Visit

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End of Series

Flight of the Spirit
by Mike Larsen

Oklahoma Black Gold
by Jeff Dodd

We Belong to the Land
by Jeff Dodd

Sequoyah
by Charles Banks Wilson

Art abounds at every turn and floor of the Capitol. These pics are just a token of the many that one is at liberty to photo, admire, and stand back to contemplate. A visual history of the people, the land, and events that make this a proud place to call home.

My visit was not near long enough to capture all the photos nor absorb the stories that were told in the art work. I missed more than was seen. Another visit, at another time, is a must! 

A "ghostly" set up

Ron setting up one one of his star shots. 

Twinkle, Twinkle

Night time in the Wichita Mountains of S.W. Oklahoma. The Milky Way was just starting to show but the moon was so bright it made it hard to see.

Three photographers walk into a bar...

No, we didn't actually go to a bar however it probably wouldn't have been a bad idea!

Aaron and I met up with Q this weekend in Oklahoma with the hopes of photographing the ospreys again. Unfortunately it was a little early and they hadn't returned from their migration yet. We had to make do with some gulls and pelicans.

For not having anything too interesting to photograph we took a bunch of photos. I think I ran just over 3000 frames this weekend, most not worth seeing but I figured it would be good practice for when the ospreys are there.

View of the State Seal, and a Story

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Quite a view upon looking up from the rotunda of the Oklahoma State Capitol building.  Taken from the second floor of the five floored building this scene bedazzled my eyes. Looking past the Charles Banks Wilson murals, the very top of the interior view of the Capitol Dome could be seen. The Oklahoma State Seal crowned the view. 650 rooms and 11 acres of floor space reaches out in all directions from this center point. The pulse of Oklahoma radiates to all 77 Counties from this building that houses our state government of elected members.

There are 45 small stars in our seal, each representing a state that belonged to the Union before us. The large star represents our state, the 46th admitted in 1907. So nice to still be young!

Side Note

My Granddad Parker was born in 1886 in Grayson County, Texas. He lived till the ripe old age of 94 and was 21 years old when Oklahoma became a state. I was 35 years old when he passed and I knew him well. He told me that he came to Oklahoma in 1902, crossing the Red River at the Henderson Ferry, north of Savoy, Texas. They settled around Wapanucka and Boggy Depot which was located along the mail route from St. Joesph, Mo. to California. He soon left and went to Arkansas but came back to Oklahoma in 1907, the year of our Statehood. He married my Grandma Parker in 1910..........and the story goes on!