Monthly Archive for June, 2011

Plymouth’s 2011 Fireworks

Plymouth, MN had a very nice fireworks show yesterday June 29th. There were many different colors, heart shapes, discs, sparklies, weeping willows and more. I’m not a fan of mono colored firework shows, and Plymouth did not disappoint. I watched the fireworks 10 miles away in Maple Grove.

Plymouth Fireworks Behind Tractor

Plymouth Fireworks

Digital SLR Pinhole Photos

Pinhole Lens Held Up to the Light

Below are some digital pinhole images I took on my Nikon D300S. Click on the first thumbnail image and then you can use the “>>” button to click through the pictures.


Yes, they aren’t perfectly sharp. Considering that it was made with a pinhole in a piece of metal I’d say it is very good. The images do clean up nicely with a contrast tweak and slight sharpenning. 100% zoom isn’t pretty – very soft – but when resized down around 1024 wide they look acceptable.

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Now it is Summer

Spring was really busy. Took one trip down to Iowa to see my brother and sister in law. Got vegetables planted in the garden. Organized my families 10,000 plus film pictures so they are at least in chronological order. Researched and bought two digital film scanners with the goal of scanning as many of the good photographs onto the computer as I can. I’m currently halfway through scanning our APS film – 70 rolls down. Dealt with a failing hard drive on my computer. Busted out my fathers old medium format Mamiya C330F film camera and took a roll of photographs. I’m hoping to get the film back from development in the next couple days. Also spent a weekend at a cabin near Lindstrom, MN.

Summer will have a road trip up to the North Shore, sealing the deck and driveway, a camp trip and more random items.

I hope your summer is shaping-up to be great!

Pink Flower

Maple Grove Water Tower at Night