Wednesday, July 30, 2008

IR Tombstone


IR Tombstone, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

Tombstone infrared.

Love


Love, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

Isn't she beautiful? I love everything about my wife... even the icky parts. These are just a few of the images of my wife captured by the MRI machine.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Bad Moon Rising


Bad Moon Rising, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

This was shot with a beautiful 500mm zoom lens. I like this the most out of all of moon shots.

Solitary


Solitary, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

Selective coloring version of Solitary.

Ring Around The Sun


Ring Around The Sun, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

Another shot at an Icebow.

Selective Color - Flower BW


Selective Color - Flower BW, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

Selective color processing this time focusing the color to the background elements, rather than the flower.

What do you think?

Selective Color - Flower


Selective Color - Flower, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

Selective color processing focusing the color to the flower elements, rather than the background.

What do you think?

IR Touch The Sun


IR Touch The Sun, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

How close can you get to the sun before you burn up?

This was shot testing a new Infrared Filter I picked up last week. The filter is a Hoya R72 58mm Lens Filter. The cost was $45 dollars (which included shipping). Now I have to figure out how to use it properly.

The filter blocks out 99% of visible light. So unless your subject is extremely lit, like the sun, you will have to set your exposure to 15 seconds or more to get any detail. Because I was shooting directly at the sun the shutter fired at 1/320th of a second.

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Alive and Well


Alive and Well, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

For an update... My wife is still in the hospital tonight. She is doing much better. The spots on her brain, found yesterday via an MRI, turned out to be inflamation of an unknown origion.

She remains in the hospital for one more steriod treatment to reduce the inflamation. After her treatment tomorrow afternoon she will be released. IT will be good to have her home.

We appreciate all of the love, prayers and support from our family and friends, here in Flickr and abroad. This has meant so much to us.

This is photo of my hand holding my wife's wedding ring on my pinkie while she went through the MRI. Her ring size is 7 and when I gave the ring back to her after her MRI scan was done it left a mark.... if you look hard you can see it is between my first and middle knuckle. My wedding ring is a size 15 for comparison.

I love you sweetie and me and baby girl can't wait to have you home and feeling better.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Emotions


Emotions, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

I got these photos before we knew the seriousness of her condition... after that the camera was put away for good. All prayers are welcome.

Once the IV was in they took what seemed like a quart of blood from my wife.

MRI Prep


MRI Prep, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

I got these photos before we knew the seriousness of her condition... after that the camera was put away for good. All prayers are welcome.

Today was a rough day... After work I took my wife to the hospital. After describing her symptoms, the doctor prepped her for a trip to the MRI where they discovered two spots on her brain. They are unsure what the spots are, but they could be inflamation, infection or tumors... won't know more until tomorrow.

My wife is 25 years old.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Unreal


Unreal, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

The true test of color.

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Boom


Boom, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

My oldest daughter thought this firework on Independence Day looked like the sun exploding.

Palm Tree


Palm Tree, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

As my youngest daughter says, this firework look like a palm tree.

Friday, July 4, 2008

Full Moon


Full Moon, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

Coming home we ran into this beauty. So I pulled over, at the insistence of my wife, and took a few shots of the moon. I love the treeline silhouette.

Icebow


Icebow, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

An icebow is phenomenon similar to a rainbow except that it is formed by the refraction of sunlight through cloud suspended ice crystals as opposed to raindrops or other liquid water suspended in the air.

White Green and Yellow


White Green and Yellow, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

Just enough colors.

Focused


Focused, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

In the zone.

Anticipation


Anticipation, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

The warm up.

From The Garden Of Eden


From The Garden Of Eden, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

Use Caution

Numbing


Numbing, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

The subtle colors against the muted background. This is the way I see the world.

My Best Side


My Best Side, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

Unusually Cooperative

In Tune


In Tune, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

Hands working to entertain the world.

The Beat of a Different Drum


The Beat of a Different Drum, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

Hands at work entertaining the world. This is what I breathe.

Can you see and feel the music

I was able to... and I wanted to share.

Navajo


Navajo, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

Traditional garb... he was gracious enough to stand in the 100 degree sun for me to capture this amazing photo.

Around and Around


Around and Around, originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

Today I learned about an indoor carosel and had to head over to snap some pictures.

Love is...


Love is..., originally uploaded by MonkeyPaw2u.

Love is wanting to hold her hand after all these years.