The Big City

I have been experimenting with composite pictures and other techniques other than my normal photography so that I can expand my skills and creativity.

"The Big City" is a collection of buildings shot in down-town Seattle combined into one image. I was going for a bold, hand-painted look.

Enjoy!

Birds, Birds, and More Birds

Tons of birds around today. Went out onto the Chuckanut flats and over to LaConner. Found the main flock of Snow Geese as well as a stray duck and Heron.

Eagles on the Skagit

Went up Highway 20 past Concrete looking for Eagles to shoot. Slim pickings today as the weather was really bad. Clouds obscured most of the ground and the tops of trees. Reports said their were over 200 Eagles nesting along that stretch. I saw maybe 20. Like me, the birds were wet and miserable.

Besides the birds, cars were everywhere and boats were zipping up and down the river. Counted as many boats as birds. The noise from the boats were probably keeping most of the birds farther up river.

These were the best two shots I got. Not a very good day for such a long drive.

First Pictures of Greg's New Toy

Well, we did it. Finally got a new car like Alana and I have been talking about. Surprisingly we didn't go with one of the expensive cars we had been looking at. (Cadillac CTS, BMW 328xi) Decided to get a Subaru WRX.

I like Subies and I wanted all wheel drive and a stick shift. I also wanted a easy payment. What will shock most people is we traded the Mini Cooper in for it! Wanted a better traveling car. This new car is no performance slouch and is much faster than the Mini with a inter-cooled turbo-charged generating 256 horsepower! Couple that with all-wheel drive, traction control, anti-lock breaks, and a six speed manual shift and you have a real performance car.

Anyway, there be some performance pictures as the weather allows. Enjoy your new years.