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Coffee Seeds

Joe Lencioni — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:50:58 +0000

ƒ/16.0, 1/200 s, 100 ISO

I moseyed around the house last night trying to get to know my macro lens and flash a little better. While I’m still a ways off from being able to use the setup very well, I think things are getting there. As with anything new, it’ll just take a little practice.

And did you know that coffee beans are actually not beans at all? They are seeds. Look it up.

If you are interested in making the best coffee ever without spending a truckload, get yourself an Aeropress. They are the best. But, if you do get one, do yourself a favor and read up on it in the coffee geek forums. There are a lot of nuances in making coffee that I never knew about before I got one.

Update (1/27/2007) — This photo is now available for free download as desktop wallpaper.

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Ceiling, light fixture

Joe Lencioni — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 00:04:12 +0000

ƒ/1.4, 1/250 s, 100 ISO

This is, hands down, my favorite photograph that I have taken in a long time. Perhaps ever.

I am very excited about this shot. I simply haven’t been able to get it out of my mind–I find myself thinking about this photo all the time… I think I would like to do a series of similar shots. We’ll see what that develops into.

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Also, be sure to get it while it’s hot. This photo is offered as desktop wallpaper for you to download.

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Star door handle

Joe Lencioni — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 22:29:42 +0000

ƒ/1.4, 1/250 s, 400 ISO

I just couldn’t choose between these two photos so I threw them together. I like the detail of the door in the first but I much prefer the composition in the second.

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Update (July 21, 2006) – The bottom half of this diptych is now offered as a free desktop wallpaper for you to download. Enjoy!

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The snowy day stays.

Joe Lencioni — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 08:00:00 +0000

ƒ/5.6, 1/125 s, 200 ISO

Another haiku for today:

The snowy day stays.
It rests in the yard and is
Locked out of the house.

Additionally, today’s image is available for download as a dual monitor desktop wallpaper.

And, if you are subscribed to the RSS feed, you probably noticed that the full-sized image is no longer showing up in the same spot (or perhaps not at all, depending on your RSS reader). Sorry friends, but I moved it out of the description tag and into an enclosure. So, if your RSS reader supports enclosures (and it really should), then you should be just fine. As always, let me know if anything strage is now happening that I don’t know about.

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The young tree reaches

Joe Lencioni — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 08:00:00 +0000

The young tree reaches / To catch the falling snow, but / It lands on the ground. ƒ/5.6, 1/125 s, 100 ISO

All I have for you today is this haiku that I wrote:

The young tree reaches
To catch the quiet snow, but
It lands on the ground.

Additionally, remember that big surprise that I have been planning since late October? I would like to announce that I made some desktop wallpaper out of some photos on my site and they are now available for download. I currently have some night shots up in resolutions for single monitors and today’s shot up in 3200 x 1200 resolution for dual monitors. Enjoy!

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converging lines on a dirt road

Joe Lencioni — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:00:00 +0000

ƒ/2.8, 44 s, 100 ISO

Another night shot from the other night. I decided to put this one up in black and white because, unlike the previous few photos, the color in it was just crap. I think it turned out pretty well. It has a lot of drama going on, which can be a good thing.

What drew me to this shot was the lines going down the dirt road, left from a tire, matched by the lines going down the side of the ditch in the grass, probably made by a lawn mower. I’m actually very happy with how it turned out. It looks even better larger because you can see so much more detail in the grass and the corn fields. And if I’m not mistaken, that sign in the distance is the same sign from this photo. And, as an added bonus, that car parked right next to the sign that you can barely see is actually my car, right where I had pulled off the road.

Yesterday was an exciting day. While I didn’t exactly take any photos, I did go up to Edina to visit my friends, Rob and Alyssa. We watched the Vikings barely beat the Packers and then Rob and I went for a walk. It was great because we found a Fisher radio and record player sitting on the curb with signs that said “FREE” taped to them. I had been wanting a record player for some time now, so I am quite excited about this. And the best part is that everything seems to work–I just have to replace one fuse. So, if you have any sweet records that you don’t want anymore, send me an e-mail.

Update (12/3/2005): This image is now available for download as desktop wallpaper. Enjoy!

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Joe Lencioni — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 08:00:00 +0000

ƒ/4.5, 63 s, 100 ISO

I think that this shot turned out better than I had anticipated, which actually makes me quite excited for the others from the other night. Hopefully they’ll be just as good as this one.

Unfortunately, the clock in my camera seems to have been off when I took this last set of shots, so all of the times are a couple of hours too early. This one, instead of having been taken at about 4:00 pm, was actually probably taken at about 10:00 pm.

I am going to be working hardcore on a big project this weekend that I have been working on for about a year now. It’s nothing at all exciting, and I’ll be glad to finally be able to cross it off of my list. I’m hoping that once I’m done with that, then I’ll have a little bit more free time to do more of the things that I enjoy. Maybe I’ll have the time to take care of a dog.

Update (12/3/2005): This image is now available for download as desktop wallpaper. Enjoy!

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The horizon is on fire

Joe Lencioni — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 08:00:00 +0000

ƒ/13.0, 143 s, 100 ISO

Another night shot from the other evening. I saw this line of trees and thought that it would be prefect. I think it turned out pretty well.

Last night I watched The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. I quite liked it. However, I am partial to Martin Freeman, the actor who played Arthur Dent, because I absolutely adore The Office.

Update (12/3/2005): This image is now available for download as desktop wallpaper. Enjoy!

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corn field at night

Joe Lencioni — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 08:00:00 +0000

ƒ/2.8, 23 s, 100 ISO

I am very happy with how this photograph turned out. It is from the other night when Sam and I went out into the country to take some night shots. I haven’t looked through them too much, but hopefully there are a few more that are like this in the batch. That would make me quite happy.

This is a cornfield where we first pulled off the road. The moon was so bright that it didn’t take a very long exposure to get a decently exposed shot. Unfortunatley, I was working with a lens that I am fairly unfamiliar with, and I didn’t have a flashlight with me, so focusing was extra difficult. However, I managed quite well and things seemed to work out.

The clouds were amazing just before I left my house. I was hoping they would still be the same by the time I got to wherever I was going, but they had already changed. That’s alright though, because they were still quite nice.

Update (12/3/2005): This image is now available for download as desktop wallpaper. Enjoy!

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