Eclectic Unschooling
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Making use of the time remaining ...
Posted in Exploring Creation
Cold weather is on our doorstep. More
often than not it is too nippy outside to go for extended walks.
Snow flurries have been almost a daily occurence, though none has
stayed around for long.
A few days ago the temperature climbed above 45 degrees, so we took to the Trail knowing it might be our last trip.
We were enjoying the birds and other natural sights when we saw a
deer! She was grazing near the creek. This woodsy park is
located in the center of our city, so we were very surprised to see her
there. We took quite a few pictures while she alternated between
staring and eating.
After a while she seemed to have had enough of our staring and made her way off into the deeper brush.
I told the children to proceed quietly, because the Trail loops past
the spot where she had disappeared. As we approached the corner
we were nearly run over by, suprisingly enough, two wayward golf
carts! They had lost their way on the nearby golf course and had
taken a very wrong turn onto a foot-traffic-only trail. I'm
thankful we had stopped to watch the deer, else we might have been in
that corner when they sped around it.
After the golf carts whirred on their merry way, I told the children we
had probably lost the chance to see the deer again. She would
have been spooked by the loud golf carts. We were surprised to
find her a short distance off the trail, watching us. This time
she was with her twin fawns. I'm sorry the picture isn't better
but at this time of year the deer truly blend into the dying
foliage. If you look to the left of the tree, you can see one of
the fawns. The other fawn is hidden to the right of it's mother.
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - you can't fool me
Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - oh sorry
 Posted by MuckFootMom
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I see now that there were 3? other pictures that for some reason didn't load - I didn't see them at all at first, but now I see the "pic didn't load" icon.
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - ha!
Posted by MuckFootMom |
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I can see them now. And yes, I can right click. Plus, even if I couldn't, I still could. I'm that smart.
I think it was just timing out before. :shrug:
:-D great pix. For your birthday ask for a fancy camera!
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - About that camera ...
 Posted by EclecticUnschooling
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We have a pretty nice camera. I don't understand the settings, though. It's user error. LOL The picture of the golfcart is fuzzy because I took it really fast before they flew away around the corner. Grey days affect the picture quality, too. I need to sit around and fiddle with it to learn what settings do what to the pictures. Right now I just leave it on Auto all the time.
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Wednesday, October 25, 2006 - geez, maybe I AM a blog hog
Posted by MuckFootMom |
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Hey, I don't know if yours has it, but mine has a "portrait" setting (looks like a person's profile) and I figured out that the difference between auto and profile is that profile 1.) has a single point focus (instead of 9 point) and has a more interesting Depth of Field (which, apparently, REAL photographers call DOF) ... I really like that setting best for a lot of pictures because I can pinpoint (more or less) what I want to be the in focus focal point, and, if there's enough distance between it and the background, the background goes all artsy-blurry. LOL. Listen to me and my fancy knowledge.
Another thing to consider, if your camera is good, is how they're being stored on your computer & uploaded. Some cameras automatically compress them too much, and some software / storage places online compress them, which can lower the quality. If they look worse online than they did at home, the place you're using to post them might be compressing them.
Not that I didn't like your pictures, LOL. I hope I'm not rude to offer such unsolicited advice. I'm just really excited to see the cool stuff you see, and wishing we could take pix together!
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