Category Archives: Journal

About Those Latest Snaps

Posted on November 21, 2013 by commart

I’ve a buddy who stops in now and then to escape another anchorage and trade it for a few hours touring and conversation. As we started this most recent hike on wheels, interest in photography was zero, and I almost … Continue reading →

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A Comment on Art, Blogs, Photography, Politics, and Social Life Online

Posted on November 21, 2013 by commart

This is an old theme carried forward from this arty peacock’s Oppenheim Arts & Letters. Basically, about ten years after the higher-bandwidth online journey began, we all had new gimmicks for taking our minds and spirits out into a new … Continue reading →

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Road Snaps, South-Central Pennsylvania, November 18, 2013

Posted on November 19, 2013 by commart

This gallery contains 27 photos.

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The Compadres, Benny’s Pub, Hagerstown, Maryland, November 15, 2013

Posted on November 16, 2013 by commart

* * * The really soulful pictures — musician portraits — are living at Communicating Arts–The Journal. As may be seen by the above, the Nikon D200’s own strobe — a snap shooter if ever was — handles a bit … Continue reading →

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On the Way to Winter . . . .

Posted on November 6, 2013 by commart

There once was a man who lived in a ‘hood And published as many blogs as he could One day he realized it was all too much too much And he returned to reading books And singing with his guitar … Continue reading →

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The Compadres, Cambridge Schooner Rendezvous, Cambridge, Maryland, October 26, 2013

Posted on October 27, 2013 by commart

Compadres

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Antietam in Color – Something To Do

Posted on October 22, 2013 by commart

& ______ I’m inclined to gather what I have of autumn at Antietam National Battlefield Park and fold them into one post as a gallery or slide show for placement on the “CA” blog, and that’s a small project larger … Continue reading →

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Tower, Bloody Lane, Obstructed, Autumn, Antietam National Battlefield Park, Sharpsburg, Maryland, October 23, 2013

Posted on October 22, 2013 by commart

I’m generally classical, rule-of-thirds, clear line to the subject, clean composition, all that, but I just liked the relationship between the tree and the tower at the end of the famed “Bloody Lane”. My issue at the moment: should I … Continue reading →

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One Thousand Percent Unadulterated Wow! A Different Sort of ‘Walk in the Park’ for This Old Cus

Posted on October 22, 2013 by commart

I guess it just doesn’t take much to make me happy. I hope they come out. 🙂 I’ll be back soon. * * * There is the possibility that the jog-and-shoot, more or less, just felt good. # # #

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It Is Killing Me – That Lonely Old Man Wandering in the Park

Posted on October 13, 2013 by commart

God bless this old cuss walkin’ around in the rain with a point-and-shoot (Panasonic Lumix Lx5).  Why he doesn’t take one of the Nikons, even the D70, I don’t know.  It’s just easier with the small camera and the “MAG” … Continue reading →

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So It Begins – Autumn 2013 – In Late Summer

Posted on September 7, 2013 by commart

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Turn Off! Tune Out! Drop Back In.

Posted on August 25, 2013 by commart

Reading: Richard Adams’ The Girl In A Swing. I should not have turned on the computer to share this. All weekend it has been off, and what a delicious experience of time has been encouraged by that alone. Time to breath. … Continue reading →

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