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November 30, 2004

Carved Screen

I have been trying to take a decent picture of this carved Chinese screen for months. Now that I have a tripod I can finally take a natural light picture with a long exposure. We recently bought three of these at a local Antique dealer that specializes in Chinese imports (I can spend hours in that warehouse.)

Posted by Mark Anderson on November 30, 2004 09:21 AM Permalink

November 29, 2004

Twigs

I'm back at work today. We had a nice relaxing Thanksgiving weekend and saw lots of movies. I continued to take pictures throughout the house and should have some good ones to post for the next week or so.

Posted by Mark Anderson on November 29, 2004 10:45 AM Permalink

November 28, 2004

China Man

Posted by Mark Anderson on November 28, 2004 07:55 AM Permalink

November 27, 2004

Jade Lady

This jade statue currently sits in my office at home. This room receives a great deal of morning sun.

I inherited this jade statue from my Great Aunt Gladys. She made several trips to the orient and collected some great pieces.

Posted by Mark Anderson on November 27, 2004 09:04 AM Permalink

November 26, 2004

Candleabra

This weekend I'm going to take my camera and tripod and take pictures of stuff that is in the house. I'm just trying to test some photographic ideas that have been on my mind for a while.

Michele bought this candelabra in Baja. You can ask her to tell you the story of getting this thing home.

Posted by Mark Anderson on November 26, 2004 11:06 AM Permalink

November 25, 2004

Happy Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving it will be just the three of us. We plan on eating our turkey meal for lunch and heading to the movies later this afternoon.

Happy Thanksgiving to you.

Posted by Mark Anderson on November 25, 2004 10:54 AM Permalink

November 16, 2004

Tripod Practice

This weekend I finally purchased a tripod for my photographic hobby. The old one I had broke several years ago, right around the time that Emma was two. Tonight I took about 20 low light pictures for a test run. None of them were remarkable, but I guess this one may be blog worthy. I hope to be able to experiment some more this weekend.

I ended up purchasing a Sunpak PlatinumPlus 5800D. The only reason I choose this one is because it was a) available at BestBuy since I had a gift certificate, b) It was the lightest model they had, c) it also happened to be the cheapest (which was covered by the gift certificate.)

After the trial run, it seems like it will fit my needs nicely.

Posted by Mark Anderson on November 16, 2004 08:57 PM Permalink

November 15, 2004

D-Day

D-Day landing at the beaches of Normandy.

Posted by Mark Anderson on November 15, 2004 08:46 AM Permalink

November 14, 2004

Stars close

A close up of the World War II memorial stars.

Posted by Mark Anderson on November 14, 2004 02:38 PM Permalink

November 13, 2004

Stars

Stars from the World War II memorial.

Posted by Mark Anderson on November 13, 2004 08:50 AM Permalink

November 12, 2004

Memorials at the Memorial

Just like the Vietnam memorial, there are items left at the World War II memorial for lost friends and loved ones.

Posted by Mark Anderson on November 12, 2004 09:06 AM Permalink

November 11, 2004

Pacific Campaign

The World War II memorial is divided in half by the Pacific and Atlantic fronts. Here is a plaque depicting part of the Pacific campaign.

Posted by Mark Anderson on November 11, 2004 09:24 AM Permalink

November 10, 2004

Washington Monument

Michele's parents came to visit last week and we went to the Capital Mall to visit the World War II memorial. Here is a shot I took of the Washington monument near the memorial.

Posted by Mark Anderson on November 10, 2004 08:22 AM Permalink

November 9, 2004

Cattle Drive

When I drive home from work I pass a couple of cattle farms. It's always one of the hightlights of my drive home.

This picture was taken as I drove home the other day, window rolled down, point-n-shoot without looking, all while driving about 40 mph.

Posted by Mark Anderson on November 9, 2004 08:30 AM Permalink

November 8, 2004

New Trees

Last week on Tuesday half of our new trees arrived and were installed. The other half will be installed in a couple of weeks.

Posted by Mark Anderson on November 8, 2004 09:41 AM Permalink

November 7, 2004

Emma in Fall

The second photo from Magruder trail in fall.

Posted by Mark Anderson on November 7, 2004 07:55 AM Permalink

November 6, 2004

Fall Trail

Last weekend Emma and I hit the Magruder trail at the height of the fall season. I took about 50 pictures and many of them look great. The problem is that it is not always easy to find an interesting way to compose the shot. Just because there are lots of gold, orange, and red leaves doesn't mean it will make a good picture. This weekend I will post the two pictures that I like the best from the shoot.

Posted by Mark Anderson on November 6, 2004 10:31 AM Permalink

November 5, 2004

Fort McHenry Flag

The Star Spangled Banner

Posted by Mark Anderson on November 5, 2004 08:38 AM Permalink

November 4, 2004

Ramparts

O'er the ramparts we watched ...

Posted by Mark Anderson on November 4, 2004 09:48 PM Permalink

November 3, 2004

Fort McHenry Entrance

Here is the entrance to the Fort grounds. The small white doors inside the tunnel lead to the bomb shelters under the Fort.

Posted by Mark Anderson on November 3, 2004 08:44 AM Permalink

November 2, 2004

Fort McHenry Tree

Here is the last of the Black and Whites from Fort McHenry.

Posted by Mark Anderson on November 2, 2004 09:41 PM Permalink

November 1, 2004

Armistead

The commander of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.

Posted by Mark Anderson on November 1, 2004 07:38 AM Permalink

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