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#snowpocalypse time lapse video

Sherri had a great idea of setting up the tripod and snapping off photos of our back deck during the snowstorm.  We used one of our spare Powershot S5IS since we didn’t want to monopolize our main cameras.  She took photos over about a 30 hour period and I created a slideshow video in an old copy of Premier Elements.

She uploaded it to weather.com yesterday and we just received reports from friends that they saw it on the Weather Channel.  We’re thrilled.

Can you spot the falling tree?

Let us know what you think of it.

Tags: #snowpocalypse, reston, snow, time lapse, video, Virginia

Summertime Fun

Taken on a warm summer night at the Reston Town Center.

Camera specs; Canon EOS 40D fitted with a Canon EF-S 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens, f5.0 @ 1/5 a second, ISO 1600 at 65mm.

Tags: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS, Canon EOS 40D, children, fountain, kids, night, playing, reston, reston town center, summer, Virginia, water, wet

Seahawks On Ice

South Lakes High School in Reston, VA hit the ice this Sunday for the inagural Seahawks hockey season.  Their first game was against Stonebridge of Ashburn, VA and it was an exciting thing to watch.  The game ended 10-1 in Stonebridge’s favor but the score did not reflect the effort the Seahawks put into the it.

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Tags: hockey, reston, South Lakes High School

Happy Holidays in Reston

Tags: Christmas, Digital Photography, reston, reston town center

Pictures from Hunters Woods Woods

Today found me walking home from the Hunters Woods Exxon after dropping off the car to have the idle pulley and belt replaced.  Luckily it was a nice day to walk the trails that go along the Snakeden Branch stream network.  Here’s a few photos from today’s journey.

Tags: Digital Photography, hunters woods, reston, snakeden branch