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June 12, 2010
Drops of Jupiter
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Here's a brief slideshow of some photos I shot this month (June 2010). Most of the photos are of Jennifer's graduation from the 6th grade and subsequent visit to see her cousins before Hannah departs on a year long tour of the planet.
The images were all captured on one of the following:
- Canon EOS 50D with a Canon L-series image-stabilized, ultra-sonic telescopic zoom lens (EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS USM) with ET-83C hood.
- Canon EOS 40D with an image-stabilized, ultra-sonic telescopic zoom lens (EF-S 17-85mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM).
The images are compiled into a 16 Meg (4:20 Adobe Flash slideshow(2010_ms.swf) that you should be able to open and view with any browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, etc.). To view the slideshow, just click on the photo above. If you want to view the slideshow as a Windows executable, you can play this version (2010_ms.exe), and it allows you to play, pause, skip forward, backwards, etc.
Image post-processing was done in Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended. The slideshow was created using Imagematics Stillmotion Pro.
The soundtrack is "Drops of Jupiter" by Train. On the trip back, Jennifer said that "Train" sang this song. I explained to her that it was an Elton John song. Of course, I found out later she was right and I had to call her and eat some crow. Lyrics in the extended entry.
Click here to view the other slideshows.
Song: Drops of Jupiter Lyrics
Artist: Train
Now that she's back in the atmosphere
With drops of Jupiter in her hair, hey, hey, hey, hey
She acts like summer and walks like rain
Reminds me that there's time to change, hey, hey, hey, hey
Since the return from her stay on the moon
She listens like spring and she talks like June, hey, hey, hey, hey
hey, hey, hey, hey
Tell me did you sail across the sun
Did you make it to the milky way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated
Tell me, did you fall for a shooting star
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there
Now that she's back from that soul vacation
Tracing her way through the constellation, hey, hey, hey
mmmm.....
She checks out Mozart while she does tae-bo
Reminds me that there's room to grow, hey, hey, hey, hey
yea...
Now that she's back in the atmosphere
I'm afraid that she might think of me as plain ol jane
Told a story about a man who is too afraid to fly so he never did land
Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back to the milky way
And tell me, did Venus blow your mind
Was it everything you wanted to find
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there
Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken
Your best friend always sticking up for you, even when I know you're wrong
Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance five-hour phone
Conversation
The best soy latte that you ever had . . . and me
Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back toward the milky way
Tell me did you sail across the sun
Did you make it to the milky way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated
Tell me, did you fall for a shooting star
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself
nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
And did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
nah nah nah nah nah nah
nah nah nah nah nah nah
And did you fall for a shooting star
Fall for a shooting star
nah nah nah nah nah nah
nah nah nah nah nah nah
Are you loney looking for yourself out there
Posted by Rob Kiser on June 12, 2010 at 2:22 PM
Comments
One year tour of the planet?? Wow!!!!! where is she going? Can I join?
Posted by: Enrico on June 15, 2010 at 9:12 AM
They're hitting a lot of countries. I'm not sure where all. South America first...Argentina I think.
Posted by: Rob Kiser 
on June 15, 2010 at 11:56 PM
ROB,
REALLY ENJOYED YOUR SLIDE SHOWS THIS YEAR. I MAY TRY TO PAINT FROM THEM IF YOU SAY YES
REGARDS,
DR CHARLIE
Posted by: DR CHARLIE on June 24, 2010 at 10:35 PM
Certainly you have my permission to use them for painting. I'll send you the individual high-resolution versions of the images if you tell me which ones you like.
Posted by: Rob Kiser on June 25, 2010 at 12:06 AM
THANKS ROB,
IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO SEND THE HIGH VERSIONS, AS I AM USING THEM AS A VISUAL REFERANCE , AND THE VERSIONS I CAN GET ARE FINE FOR PAINTING IN AN OLD STYLE ( WITH LIQUID ACRYLIC OR , WITH OIL OR PASTEL OR WATERCOLOR). SHOULD I USE COMPUTER GRAPHICS, INSTEAD, I MIGHT NEED SOME MORE PIXELS.
REGARDS,
DR CHARLIE
Posted by: DR CHARLIE on June 25, 2010 at 6:00 AM