Author Archives: thedude

Funeral Mountain Trail Ride

Posted on March 6, 2012 by thedude

Kelly says no vacation is complete without a horsie ride.

Some of you will recognize this photo from Kellster’s Facebook page. The main difference between the Facebook version and what you see here is the resolution of the full-size image, which is simply impossible to achieve on FB. This one is big enough to become Kelly’s desktop wallpaper. :)

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How Low Can You Go?

Posted on March 5, 2012 by thedude

If you’re on land and in North America, 282 feet below sea level.


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Yeah, We Felt That One

Posted on March 5, 2012 by thedude

Definitely.

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Vdara Hotel, Las Vegas

Posted on March 4, 2012 by thedude

Kelly and I agree that this is the nicest Las Vegas hotel we’ve ever had the pleasure to visit. No casino, no smoking, free valet parking and a breathtaking view. Service was outstanding, and the price at the Vdara seemed reasonable! A rare combination, all but impossible to find anywhere else in Vegas.


If you get hungry while in Las Vegas, we don’t think you can do better than Sage. The tasting menu was one of the best dining experiences of our lives. We will definitely make more trips to both Vdara and Sage. Highly recommended.

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Kelly at Zabriskie Point

Posted on March 4, 2012 by thedude

Another look at this spectacular site.

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Zabriskie Point

Posted on March 4, 2012 by thedude

I’m working on the images from our recent trip to Las Vegas and Death Valley. It looks like I’ll have a few good ones to share. Here’s a teaser taken at Zabriskie Point. I’ll do my best to Geotag the images so you can find the exact spot that they were taken on Google Maps. (Chrome users should install the very cool EXIF Viewer Extension.)

On a side note, I’m increasing the size of the full-resolution images on this site to better fit my 30″ monitor. This will mean slightly slower downloads, but I think it’s worth it.

Posted in Death Valley 2012, Panoramic | 1 Comment

Snow Cat

Posted on February 28, 2012 by thedude

Shot on the same day as the previous entry, I’m about to take a noisy, bone-rattling ride across the frozen Baffin Bay in a Snow Cat.

If you look closely, you can see a bunch of sled dogs in the background resting after a 70-mile race held each year during the Julemand (Christmas) festivities. I’ll post a better picture of that as soon as I get back from a quick trip to Death Valley!

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Mt. Dundas, Thule Greenland

Posted on February 26, 2012 by thedude

So, I have been thinking about filling out my Facebook Timeline with images from my past. (I know – can you believe it? thedude wasting so much time on FB??) I’m not sure I’ll do that though. I’d rather post the pictures here, where I have more control over the design and resolution. (I like to post at resolutions MUCH higher than possible on Facebook.) Then, if I think I need to share a particular post with my Facebook friends, I’ll click the little “Like” button, and Boom! Link-O-Matic!

I have lots of cool pictures from my 17 months in Greenland, (pun intended) and was inspired to post this after looking at a Thule Alumni Page on Facebook. If you’re interested, I have another shot taken from the top of mount Dundas.

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Facebook Timeline Fun

Posted on February 25, 2012 by thedude

There are some very creative things being done with the new Facebook Timeline banner. I’m kinda fond of this one.

Look for the PhotoShop template on the page linked above, and create your own masterpiece! Oh – and check out mine.

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Life Show Logo

Posted on February 22, 2012 by thedude

Another super-fun project at work. This treatment is over the top again, but so much fun to create, AND it makes a wicked wallpaper for my iMac.

Regular readers may notice that the scene was borrowed from an earlier experiment.

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Latest Ad Mockup

Posted on February 10, 2012 by thedude

As is often the case, I have almost no idea what this product is or what it does, but I think I understand what the ad represents – the fact that something which used to require a whole bunch of time, effort and money just got a lot more accessible and way cheaper.

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Oh, Yes I Did

Posted on February 8, 2012 by thedude

I’ve really enjoyed my four-year-long love affair with the Nikon D3, and I have absolutely no regrets. She has served me well. I will always appreciate her superb build, her heft, her ability to see so much in so little light. I still love her and plan to keep her around – forever. But honestly, I’ve been waiting a long time for a chance to get my hands around something slimmer and slathered in hot pixel sauce. Meet my new mistress.

This beauty sports thirty-freakin’-six megapixels baby. Until today, I would have had to pay a lot more for this sort of resolution. Now, it’s available in the smallest, sexiest package ever.

Some of you will say that tossing 75 megapixels of RAW goodness into my workflow will be too much for my lowly quad-core pee see and that I’ll have to upgrade to a more respectable Mac Pro with a couple dozen smokin’ cores. To this I say, “It’s about time!”

I’m so excited! April can’t come soon enough.

Posted in Apple, Photography, Toys | 8 Comments