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Paul Garland (hpgarland)
El Paso,
United States of America
Gigapans: 9
Snapshots: 68
Bookmarks: 2
Last Visited: October 23, 2009
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I went to Austin High in El Paso, Texas, & moved to California right after high school. Went to El Camino junior college, then later graduated from UTEP in 1971 with honors. Worked on a master's degree, then to avoid going to Vietnam I joined the U.S. Army to be at 3rd Armored Div Headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. I was there for almost 3 years. Bicycled and backpacked a lot in the Swiss Alps. Had some good times, saw some of the world, and grew up a little. After that I went to law school at U.T. Austin for a while, raised a family, got elected to a minor political position in El Paso, had 3 great wives, owned a Corvette then later a Prius, became a scuba diver, got my private pilot's license including multi-engine and instrument ratings, and lived in the Cajun country of Louisiana for a few years. For 15 years I worked as the general manager for an American food company in Europe where I met many close friends including "Mad Dog" Ed Gadet. I really enjoyed living in Europe. I'm now retired, and to quote from Martin Luther King, I'm finally "free at last, free at last." I've moved out to the wonderful high desert in the Southwestern city of El Paso, Texas USA.
http://www.paulgarland.net
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El Paso, Texas
Author: Paul Garland (hpgarland)
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bowie,
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rim,
road,
scenic,
juarez,
mexico,
mountains,
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epic,
franklin,
drive,
d40,
d40x
Size: 0.33 gigapixels
Added: April 23, 2009
Total Views: 3619
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Nikon D40X 10.2 mp on Gigapan Epic 100, 759 pictures, 69x11
Lens Nikon AF 70 - 300mm f/4-5.6G fully zoomed out to 300mm actual; i.e. 450mm in 35mm format, CPL, focus mode manual, noise reduction off, Epic 100 set to FOV 3.2 degrees
Manual exposure, aperture f/10, shutter speed 1/100 second, ISO Speed 100, fine, large, WB direct sunlight, image optimization more vivid, sharpness Hard, saturation High, Contrast High, color space sRGB
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Castle Rock in the Florida Mountains near Deming, New Mexico
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Famous for its ancient rock art and more recently as a really great place to boulder (rock climb).
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The Nikon D40X DSLR does not fit well on the EPIC. But with a little DIY you can build a bracket so that it does fit. This picture from my home office is just to see if the servos, etc. will handle it. The result seems positive. This is a 4 x 4 file.
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Taken with a Nikon P80 on 9 Febuary 2009 at 10:38 a.m.
f/6.5, 1/250 second, ISO 64, Focal length in 35mm eqivalents 486 mm, 6 wide x 4 deep, after processing and cropping final image is 12651 x 7170 pixels or 90.7 Megapixels, 101 mb TIFF file.
Paul Garland
http://www.paulgarland.net
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Painting by Hector Bernal called The Visionaries
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Come
Created: May 6, 2009
Taken From: El Paso, Texas
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I wonder what this is? It looks like a dome for a large telescope, but one certainly wouldn't want to put an observatory right in the middle of downtown El Paso.
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Texas Flag
Created: April 26, 2009
Taken From: El Paso, Texas
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Hopefully the weirdo Governor Perry will learn when to keep his mouth shut. Most Texans really like Obama, and they want Texas to remain a part of the USA.
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