Rob's Project 365 for 2013

Kias

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Thanks! They are made from monoammonium phosphate and food coloring.
Dissolve in water, let stand for a couple weeks. Simple.

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Kias

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Day 066 (Only 299 to go!)

Today, I took this picture because a couple of months ago when they finally got this turbine up and running, I put a picture of it on Facebook and said "It's finally running!" Having taken the picture at high noon, the shutter speed was high and a friend replied, "You won't ever be able to tell it's running from a picture!" Of course my reply was, "Au Contraire Mon Frere! You'll have to wait until the lighting is just right though!" One always speaks in Frenglish when you want to get a point across, no?

Anyway, since they got the turbine up and running, I've probably taken a hundred pictures of it. They're all just as bad as this one. I think it's my composition. It's so big, I don't even know how to capture all of it's grandeur. I can get a really good picture of just the blades, but then there's no scale to it. I've traveled all around it trying from different angles, still no luck. You can see this thing starting at around 4 miles from it in any direction. It's quite big for a high school project!

This is from my house, about a mile away.

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piperbarb

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I think it's your subject. I don't think wind turbines are easy to photograph. I think they are cool, but not an easy subject.

Have you asked it to turn to its more photogenic side? :) Sorry, I couldn't resist that.
 

Kias

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I think it's your subject. I don't think wind turbines are easy to photograph. I think they are cool, but not an easy subject.

Have you asked it to turn to its more photogenic side? :) Sorry, I couldn't resist that.

I did ask. It just kept spinning. Probably couldn't hear me from way up there.

Oh well.. I'll keep trying! Maybe someday I'll just get lucky. It's not like it's going anywhere!

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Kias

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Second Try!

They're only good for about one minute, of which 55 seconds is out in the field where I can't see them. Camera settings were all jacked up for this photo, I just grabbed it and started shooting, but eventually, I will get it!

This, sadly, is not it.

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Kias

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Hmmm... That might be a good one to setup the U1 or U2 for, huh? The dogs only run crazy fast once or twice a day and I can never seem to get the camera setup fast enough!
 

Kias

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I'd like to formally change my daily picture for today to this one...

Found him hangin' out around the shoes. Notified family via FB to check their shoes as this thing was extremely fast! LOL

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Kias

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YYYYOOOOOOO!!!!!! That's just icky. Isn't it a little early for these guys? How big was he?

It's really early for these guys. Hope he makes it out to the barn, or stays hidden. He won't last long with two cats around here! I'll usually take these big ones out to the barn where they grow into monster size spiders! I think they're wolf spiders. They have absolutely no interest in humans. Unless you walk into their nest. :) Don't walk into their nests.

He was maybe a tad bigger than a half dollar coin.

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piperbarb

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It's really early for these guys. Hope he makes it out to the barn, or stays hidden. He won't last long with two cats around here! I'll usually take these big ones out to the barn where they grow into monster size spiders! I think they're wolf spiders. They have absolutely no interest in humans. Unless you walk into their nest. :) Don't walk into their nests.

He was maybe a tad bigger than a half dollar coin.

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I was thinking it was a wolf spider. We have some doozy wolf spiders around here. Did you know they live for 2 to 3 years, that is if they do not get squished by humans or eaten by cats.
 

Roy1961

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i had a wolf spider in my garage once, stood on it and about 50 young ones ran from it, i guess they were on it back/body somewhere, sprayed them with ant spray.
 

Kias

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I was thinking it was a wolf spider. We have some doozy wolf spiders around here. Did you know they live for 2 to 3 years, that is if they do not get squished by humans or eaten by cats.


2 to 3 years??

No wonder they get to be monster size out in the barn!
 
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