Adam Gurno's blog

So I lamented my lack of panoramas/panograms a few posts back. This had the positive effect of goosing me to do more. So here are two for you...

The Fire

Scene: Evening during the recent family reunion. Most of the family is sitting around the fire, talking about nothing in particular. So I pull out the camera phone and take this:

Ding dong I checked the little clock on the computer. 2:32 p.m. I did a quick mental run-down of who might be ringing my doorbell. Mail? Nope, already picked it up. Groceries? Nope, not until tomorrow. Delivery of some sort? I racked my brain for any evidence of orders placed. Nothing, unless Sara placed some. I double-timed it to the door and opened it to find two little girls, probably around five years old, bike helmets still firmly attached to their heads. I figured they were here to see if Linnea wanted to come out to play. "Hi guys!", I said. I've perfected a false cheerfulness that can slip under a child's radar. I'm currently knee-deep in kids, I've got game. "What's going on?" "Do you want to buy some lemonade?" Well, no, not really.

I used to post panoramas all the time - it was a great hobby.  I don't know why I haven't made any recently.  Time, I suppose. 

I was in Detroit Lakes over the weekend helping my aunt stain her house.  While I break, I took some time to enjoy the view from her back deck.  A little lightbulb came on in my head and I thought 'Hey, this would make a great panorama!'.

Unfortunately, I only had my iphone with me.  The 1st and 2nd generation's iPhone camera is fairly lousy.  Getting a good picture is tricky and there's no way to correct for color changes - if the sun goes behind a cloud, for instance.  But, the scene was too pretty to miss, so I started shooting as quickly as I could.

The finaly product came out pretty nicely, I think.  You can see blurry bits and odd coloring though.  This won't be hanging in any museum, but it's still a nice scene.

So there was a 'Non-competitive' gymnastics meet at Linnea's club. It was meant to be a 'gentle' introduction to the world of competitive gymnastics.

I know, I know.

So Ben can crawl now, which means that we can no longer plunk him down in the middle of our knife and broken glass collection, secure in the knowledge that he's stuck there.