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Lorem ipsum–time lapse.

October 31, 2011

Lorem ipsum is dummy text long used for formatting layout in the printing and typesetting industry.  Today, it finds use in designing web page or blog layout.  Dummy text is used to eliminate the distraction of reading the content of the page and allows the viewer or developer easier focus on how the graphical elements, including the text, work with or against each other.

I’ve never seen it in video – but, why not:

The time lapse is from 899 photos taken over a period of about 75 minutes and compressed in the video to about 53 seconds.

Davina Haisell as more information on Lorem Ipsum in her post, Lorem Ipsum for the Smarty Pants.

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Mt. Rushmore, Yellowstone, Grand Tetons and more….

August 22, 2011

Whenever we go on a trip, I take a lot of pictures.  Before I share any of the pictures, I post-process them – sort of like putting them through a digital darkroom – to remove flaws and adjust the saturation and contrast.  It takes time, but I have been able to streamline my process somewhat.

I have just completed processing the last groups of images from the first big western trip we took after I retired in 2007.  I’ve started creating videos using photos from that trip, with background music from YouTube audio swap. The first two of the series have been already posted:

Since I’ve finished with all the groups of images from the trip, the video for today is a montage of photographs from the trip; for the most part, one picture each day of our travels and explorations.

The audio track is Paul Mottram’s “Sidewalk Saunter.”

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USS Razorback

A submarine in the Arkansas River

August 16, 2011

USS Razorback, SS 394, North Little Rock, Arkansas

USS Razorback, SS 394, North Little Rock, Arkansas

A Balao-class submarine of the Sandlance variant, USS Razorback was built at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.

Her keel was laid on 09 September 1943. Razorback was constructed in Drydock #1 at the shipyard, and she was launched, along with two sister ships USS Redfish (SS-395) and USS Ronquil (SS-396), on 27 January 1944. USS Scabbardfish (SS-397) was also launched at the shipyard that day. This was the largest single-day launch of submarines in US history.

After five WWII combat patrols and extensive service during the Cold War, on 30 November 1970, USS Razorback was decommissioned and transferred to the Turkish Navy, where she served until decommissioned on 08 August 2001.    She reached her new berth in North Little Rock, 29 August 2004 at the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum.

USS Razorback (SS-394)

Little Rock Area

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Presidential Table

August 10, 2011

Clinton White House dinner setting

William J. Clinton Presidential Center, May 12, 2007

The Clinton service is remarkable not only for its revolutionary design but also for its significance to the history of the American presidency.

The Clinton administration coincided with the bicentennial of the White House as home to America’s first families, a role it had played since John Adams, the second president, took up residence there on November 1, 1800. To commemorate this event, and also replenish the stock of official state china for the first time in nearly two decades, President William Clinton and his wife, Hillary, commissioned Lenox to create 300 12-piece place settings in 2000.

In a dramatic departure from previous White House services, the Clinton china features a border of pale creamy yellow, instead of a bright primary color, and images of the White House facades, in place of the customary presidential seal. Each piece in the placesetting is decorated with a different pattern, the motifs derived from outstanding architectural elements found in the State Dining Room, East Room, and Diplomatic Reception Room.

Fittingly, the china was used for the first time at a dinner attended by former Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and George Bush, their wives, and Lady Bird Johnson, former first lady.

Lenox White House China

Clinton Presidential Library and Center

Little Rock Area

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57 Chevy convertible.

July 30, 2011

57 chevy - Museum of Automobiles, Petit Jean mountain, Arkansas, July 2005

1957 Chevrolet Bel-Air Convertible, Museum of Automobiles, Petit Jean mountain, Arkansas, July 2005

1957 Chevrolet:

Museum of Automobiles:

Related posts:

 

For more images from the Museum of Automobiles and Petit Jean State Park, visit our Petit Jean State Park and Petit Jean Mountain photo gallery.

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26 of my photos at once!!!

July 24, 2011

If I were to post a photo a day – or even 5 a day –  it would take quite a while just to share those that I have selected for posting.

By putting together a video, I can share a large number at once – and create a video library that we can view on a TV screen.  The original of the video below is higher definition than what I uploaded to YouTube.

 

 

The photos, in the sequence that they appear:

  1. Bear Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, September 2009
  2. Menor’s cabin and store, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, September 20, 2007
  3. Canton Lake, Oklahoma, August 29, 2009
  4. Canyonlands national Park, September 23, 2007
  5. Pronghorn, Custer State Park, South Dakota, August 22, 2007
  6. Wild burro, Custer State Park, South Dakota, August 22, 2007
  7. Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, March, 2011
  8. Devil’s Tower National Monument, August 27, 2007
  9. Devil’s Tower National Monument, August 28, 2007
  10. Texas Interstate HighwayI40, eastbound rest west of Alenreed
  11. Devil’s Tower National Monument, August, 2007
  12. Cottonwood Tree, Lake Ogallala, Nebraska, July 8, 2010
  13. Clouds, Lake Ogallala, Nebraska, July 8, 2010
  14. Lewistown, Montana, August 30, 2007
  15. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, September 14, 2009
  16. Nuthatch
  17. Ouray, Colorado, September 2010
  18. Rest are at Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge and Kansas Highway 52
  19. Moraine Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, 2009
  20. Rocky Mountain National park, somewhere trail to Nymph Lake, Dream Lake, & Emerald Lake, 2009
  21. Pea Ridge National military Park, Northwest Arkansas, July 15, 2011
  22. Abyss Pool, West Thumb, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, September 12, 2007
  23. Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah, September 24, 2007
  24. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Visitor Center, Colorado, 2009
  25. Garvan Woodland Gardens, Hot Springs, Arkansas, April 13, 2010
  26. Entrance to Yellowstone National Park, Gardiner, Montana, September 13, 2007

Creative Commons LicenseThe music,  Improvisation On Friday… by Alex, is licensed under a Attribution (3.0).

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