Archives: 'miscellaneous'

Arjan — May 13, 2008, 8:09 pm

Lightning in Schaumburg

Just took this picture through my livingroom window, pretty cool lightning show this evening!
(10 sec exposure and aperture decreased by 5 F stops).

Arjan — January 1, 2008, 3:36 pm

New Years Day 2008

Happy New Year all! We got a bunch of snow overnight to wake up to on the first of January. So we went back to the Blackwell Forest Preserve and took some real wintery pictures, they are kind of dark but hey that’s the weather….. A great day for cross country skiing, ice […]

Arjan — December 25, 2007, 6:43 pm

Christmas day 2007

I took my mom and dad out to the Blackwell and McDowell Grove Forest Preserves out in the western suburbs, armed with my 300 mm lens (35 mm equivalent, 150 mm in Olympus 4/3 system) and an infrared remote control. After having a day with a realfeel of -25C the weather was gorgeous, just […]