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Same Idea, But Different Direction #time-lapse

Image January 14, 2014 Dan Traun 2 Comments

My honey and better half bought me a GoPro for Christmas. I can see many videos in my future. I’ve been playing around with it the last couple of days recording my commute to and from work. We’ll see what happens. The commute home (in good weather and light) was much more interesting than my snow-laden and dimly lit drive in this morning.

As you can see below I have it mounted up-side-down; facing out the passenger side of the windshield (w/rubber band stabilizers :-). There are so many ways to mount these things.

I’ve acquire a taste for time-lapse photography and have played around with it briefly from photographs taken at recurring intervals. I think time-lapse with video will be a bit easier to do as the camera just auto-magically figures out the exposure with the video. Speed it up with some software and you are all set. There is more to it than that, but not much…unless I have missed something. That happens.

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01.14.14 – Those Doors Have Eyes

Image January 14, 2014 Dan Traun 8 Comments

Those Doors Have Eyes

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01.12.14 – Solar Mannequin

Image January 12, 2014 Dan Traun 11 Comments

Here is something you don’t see everyday. A mannequin standing out in the yard with a solar charger strapped to its waste to power a rope light that runs through the yard. There were two mannequins total. I need one!

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01.08.14 – Here Comes The Sun

Image January 8, 2014 Dan Traun 6 Comments

Here Comes The Sun. The all-to-familiar lyrics were what first came to mind as I peered into my side mirror traveling across Hwy 60 this a.m. marveling at the colors of the sun about to rise. Here comes the sun, here comes the sun. And I say it’s all right.

George Harrison wrote this in Eric Clapton’s garden using one of Clapton’s acoustic guitars. When the Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein died in 1967, the band had to handle more of their accounting and business affairs, which Harrison hated. He wrote this after attending a round of business meetings. This song was inspired by the long winters in England which Harrison thought went on forever.

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it’s all right

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it’s been clear

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In the documentary The Material World, Eric Clapton talked about writing this song with Harrison: “It was one of those beautiful spring mornings. I think it was April, we were just walking around the garden with our guitars. I don’t do that, you know? This is what George brought to the situation. He was just a magical guy… we sat down at the bottom of the garden, looking gout, and the sun was shining; it was a beautiful morning, and he began to sing the opening lines (to “Here Comes the Sun”) and I just watched this thing come to life.
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01.07.14 – PIZZAS

Image January 7, 2014 Dan Traun 6 Comments

PIZZAS. Another one to add to my #On The Road collection.

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Broken Bubble Blobs – A Pinterest Fail

Image January 6, 2014 Dan Traun 6 Comments

I find the Pinterest Fails website rather entertaining. I can relate. I’ve recently experienced a “nailed it” moment myself. These frozen bubbles are harder than it sounds or looks. Yesterday’s attempt was met with some limited success. The only small win was finding an acceptable mix so the bubbles would hold together and not break instantly when they landed on even the smoothest of surfaces.

I made another attempt this afternoon. The wind was a factor for me again. I ended up with more broken bubble blobs. My results did not turn out anything like what I was shooting for. So, yes, I “nailed it.”

This was an interesting experience. It may very well be too cold for this. I don’t know. I’ll have to research this more. I will have to try again perhaps in more calm and less cold conditions and other combinations thereof. I have plenty of bubble solution on my hands for a couple hundred more attempts.