My good friend Matt Young died last Friday. I'm working up to write something, but I'm not ready yet. He was 47 and had a heart attack.

Some more new pictures

This was shot at The Bean; I think there was an earlier post about it. This is now my highest scoring shot on DPChallenge and you can buy a print of it there, if you like :)
The others are also recent challenge entries from that site. The Penny picture is a penny that Becky had from 1844. We checked to be sure it wasn't worth much, then she cleaned it up a bit and we worked for a long time to get a decent shot with a mirror to show both sides at once. Two pennies would have been a lot easier!

New uploads

Pam said that I didn't have very many words. I've usually posted pictures to this blog quickly, just so that people could see them. I should write a bit about them so you have some background.
The first one here is a tiger at the Como Park Zoo. Its a great little zoo in St. Paul. The good news about it is: its free. The bad news is: its free. It isn't nearly big enough to handle the number of people who want to go on the weekends. We try to go once in a while, but not a lot.
The flower is from my macro class that I took at the conservatory, which is attached to the zoo. 5 Saturday mornings in a row we got to set up our tripods and take macros of the flowers. Normally the conservatory doesn't allow tripods so it was a great opportunity. The second shot is of an Amaryllis and the last one is a Camellia that hasn't opened yet. The fifth shot here is also at the conservatory, showing drops of water that have collected on this tropical leaf. It was great to get inside and shoot flowers when there was a foot of snow on the ground, but going from extreme cold to hot and wet was a shock to the system.
David