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52 Week Project: Week 34

Alan Olson — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:00:46 +0000

I found this cool old building (established in 1908) in Superior, WI last month and loved the orange color. I spent sometime walking around and never could quite get the composition that matched my vision of what I saw. In the end, I grabbed a few photographs of the door.

I would like to say I have some profound wisdom about entering doors or that this symbolizes something but in the end, I just really liked the orange color.

Exposure: 1/60 sec, Aperture: f/11.0, Focal Length: 28mm, ISO 200

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52 Week Project: Week 26

Alan Olson — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:04:11 +0000

Last week while out of town on visit, I drove through Hurley, WI. The weather was pretty miserable for a good part of the day and I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to shoot. The monsoon stopped and the clouds broke up a bit allowing for some nice lighting. This is a cannon that sits by the downtown area and is a memorial to Sgt. Felix Obertone.

Exposure: 1/60 sec, Aperture: f/11.0, Focal Length: 28mm, ISO 100

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52 Week Project: Week 25

Alan Olson — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:33:20 +0000

I took this picture out our bedroom window during sunset last week. Is it a remarkable picture? Not really. Technically brilliant? Nope (didn’t compose the shot to not include part of our house on the right nor did I crop it out). I do like the color and how it lights the bottom of the cloud though.

So what makes this picture part of the 52 Week Project? I just finished up Donald Miller’s book, A Million Miles in a Thousand Words and this quote from page 58 floored me:

“What I’m saying is I think life is so staggering and we’ve gotten used to it. We all are spoiled children no longer inspired with the gifts we’re given – it’s just another sunset, just another rainstorm moving in over the mountain, just another child being born, just another funeral.” (pg. 58)

How many shots have I passed up because it’s “just another sunset” or “just another sunrise” or “a nighttime picture of the moon and the stars over one of the lakes in BWCA last year because I was too lazy to get out the tripod I had dragged around with me for four days?”

I’m getting a headache thinking of the photographs I’ve passed up for pathetic excuses.

Exposure: 1/60 sec, Aperture: f/10.0, Focal Length: 28mm, ISO 200

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52 Week Project: Week 20

Alan Olson — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:07:50 +0000

During some downtime during my trip last year to the BWCA, I found this flower while watching some of the guys fish. A macro lens would have been nice but would have added yet one more thing to bring in and a) I don’t own one and b) My waterproof bag is only so large.

Exposure: 1/200 sec, Aperture: f/5.6, Focal Length: 135mm, ISO 200

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52 Week Project: Week 18

Alan Olson — Mon, 03 May 2010 14:00:17 +0000

Found this interesting looking iron fence in downtown Anoka the same day as this. I used the Antique present in Lightroom.

Exposure: 1/800 sec, Aperture: f/2.0, Focal Length: 50mm, ISO 200

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52 Week Project: Week 17

Alan Olson — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:00:37 +0000

Went out one day a few weeks ago to hang out in downtown Anoka, MN with a buddy to shoot whatever we could find. This tunnel/steps combination caught my eye and ended up as one of my favorites of the day. I originally was going to go B&W but ended up using the Punch preset in Lightroom 2 instead.

Exposure: 1/640 sec, Aperture: f/3.5, Focal Length: 28mm, ISO 200

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52 Week Project: Week 15

Alan Olson — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:00:34 +0000

This American flag is part of the Veterans Memorial Park located in Belle Plaine, MN. I really wanted a picture of the UH-1H Iroquois “Huey” helicopter but couldn’t get a good angle for the shot.

Not wanting to leave this hallowed place empty handed, I looked around and saw the wind whipping the flags around. I took a few shots, walked around and this happened.

Exposure: 1/4000 sec, Aperture: f/3.5, Focal Length: 28mm, ISO 200

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52 Week Project: Week 12

Alan Olson — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:49:18 +0000

Whenever I make it down to Omaha for work, I most always end my trip with dinner at Upstream Brewing. Besides very good beer, the food is not your typical bar spread but rather a vast range of comfort food (I recommend the pot roast). If you’re ever in Omaha, I highly recommend spending a night here.

Exposure: 1/60 sec, Aperture: f/2.8, Focal Length: 50mm, ISO 200

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52 Week Project: Week 8

Alan Olson — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:00:26 +0000

We had some nice ice forming on the trees around our house a couple of weekends ago that I was able to shoot before they melted. This was one of my favorites even though I think this is a weed. I included a black and white version as well, which I like a little more.

Exposure: 1/400 sec, Aperture: f/7.1, Focal Length: 112mm, ISO 100

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52 Week Project: Week 7

Alan Olson — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:15:24 +0000

Not sure why but I like this picture of a random field north of Bismarck, North Dakota.

Exposure: 1/320 sec, Aperture: f/11, Focal Length: 135mm, ISO 200

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