Daily Photo: Buzzard
Filed Under: Photography
This weekend was a bust for photography. I’ve been trying to branch out and explore other natural areas in town. The side effect of this is, I don’t know where the animals are, or even if they’re out there. On both Saturday and Sunday, it was also very, very cold and windy, so I think those conditions added to my failure to find much of anything mobile to capture.
These guys are everywhere in the northern part of town. I see them roosting just a few blocks away from where i live. They’re a gang, composed of perhaps a dozen individuals, never seen far from one another. While I was out on Sunday, up on the banks of the Poudre looking for herons, they came swooping low overhead, one after another, so I got to try to take plenty of shots at them. This is the one that I thought turned out the best.
Massive Costuming Score
Filed Under: Costuming
The Roundbottom project is in full swing around here, with large chunks of my profits from web design going into expenses. This weekend, I miraculously somehow stumbled upon a going out of business sale at a costume store in Denver. I was trying to find replica revolvers, and this came up. Today was the last day, and everything was 70% off. Needless to say, Sarah and I went hog wild. I’ll be uploading some photos of what we scored later on, but here’s a list:
- One men’s frock coat (black)
- two pairs suspenders
- white cravat
- one set of kid gloves (red)
- one set of spurs
- Asian-styled parasol
- gray derby hat
- black Bowler hat (vintage)
- civil war cap
- one cross between a cowboy hat and a top hat (don’t know what the actual name is)
- two pairs men’s Victorian pinstripe slacks (one size for me, one smaller)
- three men’s tuxedo shirts, varying sizes
- Renaissance bodice (red)
- Men’s vest (silver)
- 18th century men’s shirt
- three vintage turn of the century women’s blouses
- three blouses that are period, but not vintage
- five skirts of varying sizes, peticoat styles, etc
- one set of military goggles (at military surplus store later)
All this was acquired for $250. Which seems like a lot, but we’ll get dozens of shoots out of this stuff. Woohoo!
So a note to you steampunkers–keep your eyes open for costume shops going out of business in your areas. Great deals can be had at these closures.
Daily Photo: Goslings
Filed Under: Photography
More of the goose family. I took a lot of shots of these guys. Fort Collins has a real problem with them though. They were introduced to the area in the 1950s, and ever since then, the population has climbed steadily. Very few animals here prey on them. Humans don’t hunt them much because apparently they taste like goose shit or something equally foul (pun intended). Show this picture to anyone who has lived here for a while, long enough to have to go through the back entrance of a store because a pair of geese have nested in the entry way of the front and attack anyone who gets within 20 feet–they’re going to just see four more annoyances.
Still, so cute!
Daily Photo: Back to Steampunk
Filed Under: Photography
I’ve got a few more blackbird shots in reserve, but I figured you would rather see anything else at this point. So I’m back to some of the raw shots from the last steampunk shoot. Consider these outtakes, because they have no post or effects. They’re good images though, at least, I think so.
I did a top secret shoot last night that I really wish I could show off, but instead, I’ll tell you how you can see it later…
