old vs. new

I was using my 2 year old digital camera as an exposure meter for my grandpa's 50 year old Rolleiflex. It is pretty cool how well that old camera works. . . .

Home on the range

See it down there?




Some pics of an old house outside of Three forks near Lewis and Clark Caverns. There are a few for sale on my website too.

Mining

We did some exploring in the Tobacco roots last weekend in search of good bike trails. We found some good ones and bad ones, but the most interesting things up there where the old mine ruins. Here are a few pics from one of them.

Cats and Grassy Mountains

Grassy Mountain, and Ernesto

Flowers (mostly)

The late evening light gets better this time of year. These are with the new lens to, a sigma 17-70 2.8-4 macro. I like it a lot so far, it's very versatile and sharper than the old canon 17-85 I've been using for years.

Barrel opening

The opening went great, thanks to everyone for the nice comments and support!

The pictures will be up till the end of the month so come on down to Barrel and check them out if you missed it.

Art Walk opening

Come see some panoramic bike and snowboard mountaineering pictures at Barrel Mountaineering this Friday the thirteenth!

Magpie

I've got some more pics in the Bozeman Magpie in an article about the alleycat races. It was a pretty fun gig chasing bikers around with a camera for a few hours. Check it out:

recent pics

I'm not very good about updating this when it's light out till nine. Here's some pics from the last couple weeks.

Some dam photos

And one non dam photo



Canyon Ferry Dam at night. 15-30 second exposures make the water in the river and the spillway look really smooth.

Night poppies

fresh shots

From the last week or so. It's summer in Montana for the most part, although there is a little bit more afternoon rain than I would prefer.

More Gallery pics

New photo site

I just signed up for Zenfolio, check out the site. www.johnparkerphoto.com

Here's a pic from the Emerson Show. It will be up till the 6th of July, so stop by and check it out if you haven't.

Emerson Show Tomorrow!

I am proud to be the opening act for the new [Art Project] Gallery in the Emerson Cultural Center. The reception is tomorrow June 11th during the art walk 5-8pm. Hope to see you there!

Lens Repair

I had a surprisingly painless lens repair experience last night (so far). My canon EF-S 17-85 zoom was sticking halfway through the zoom range. It turned out it was due to a loose screw inside the lens that was catching. I tightened it up and put it back together. Seems to work so far. There was two tricky parts- there is a sliding brush inside the lens that must be there to communicate the zoom position through the rest of the lens and the to the camera that is easy to bend. The other tricky thing was the front optic is mounted on a sliding mount that adjusts focus (I assume). I marked this with a knife scratch before disassembling and put it back together the same way.

The brushes that are easy to bend

The brushes slide on the contacts on the lower left when the zoom is changed
The loose screw

Birds!

Lots of birds in Florence this trip too!