Mastodon State Park

I found this guy near Imperial, MO

a garden of pixels

garden of the gods

Today, I went to "Garden of the Gods" recreational area in southeastern Illinois. I was shocked to find topography unlike anywhere else in the entire state. These are a few day-of-the-shoot shots that I made with my camera phone. I becoming quite fond of what it does. It's not sharp. The color is wack. It's simultaneously under and over exposed. But it's fast and I can put it directly above my 4x5 lens. something happened to the last shot... looks like the photoshop monster is coming back...

near Herod and Equality, Illinois.

oops.

Madison

I went to UW Madison with Nate today to shoot some things that have been on my short list for a while. Nate re-shot a few things too. I've been taking cell phone pics straight from the top of my camera after I shoot the 4x5, thus these instant, day-of-the-shoot pics are on my blog tonight. This globe was a happy accident on the way to the bathroom in the geology building.

inside the geology building

the observatory

a medium sized radio telescope

Nate making his picture

enjoy now!

sketches from the trip

I'll be posting the digital shots from my trip out west over the coming weeks. Although all the sketch shots are digital and aren't 4x5, I'm really glad I was able to make these in between shooting with the 4x5. I haven't worked this quickly in quite some time.

2 megapixel vs 4x5

you be the judge... I'm really interested in hearing other people's thoughts on this. I just recently found out how to get images off my cell phone (I don't know what took me so long) and have retrieved the images from my Tennessee trip. Here's one that's from the exact same vantage point. I'm going to be doing more experiments with my 2 megapixer in my upcoming trips... I can't wait to see what happens.

2 megapixel from a samsung M610

kodak 160 nc 4x5 scanned at 16bit 2040 dpi (400 mb file).