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Pomegranate Sorbet

Avelino Maestas — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:51:02 +0000

Tidal

Avelino Maestas — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:20:31 +0000

Hey Taxi!

Avelino Maestas — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:37:48 +0000

Forever Westward

Avelino Maestas — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:17:30 +0000

Avalanche Falls

Avelino Maestas — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:42:38 +0000

Common Buckeye

Avelino Maestas — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:44:00 +0000

The Kiss

Avelino Maestas — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:41:27 +0000

Big Yawns

Avelino Maestas — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:33:59 +0000

And, to see my favorite photo of the year, see this picture of mother and daughter.

Rainy Morning

Avelino Maestas — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:44:08 +0000

So, trying out my new kit, the Canon Rebel T2i. It was raining this morning, which I thought was a good opportunity to play around with the video function. There’s a lot to like about it so far: being able to choose the maximum ISO when shooting in Auto ISO mode is a nice improvement over the XSi, as is the low-light performance. I’m shooting stuff at 1600 that I never would have tried with the XSi.

This is the fourth entry in the Canon Digital Rebel line I’ve used since I got started with this whole photography thing back in 2004. I began with the Digital Rebel, moved on up to the XTi, then to the XSi, and now the T2i. Each offering has brought improvements in image quality and usability, but thus far, this iteration has been the most profound.

I also used the excellent Adobe TV series on learning Premiere Pro. A bunch of quick episodes covering the basics, and I was up and running: moving clips around, doing a little contrast correction, inserting some transitions, etc.

Baby Doves

Avelino Maestas — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:15:38 +0000

For the past 40 days, at least, this momma dove has been sitting on her next in the dogwood in our front yard. I didn’t see any activity yesterday, but this afternoon I saw these:

Only two that I could spy, and it was a small nest, so I guess this is it. But they’re cute!