Digging out

10-Blizzard-9400, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Definitely over 2 feet of snow, with drifts over 3....

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Christmas with Mom and Dad

10-Christmas-9277, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Sure there were presents a-plenty, but I was thankful just to be home and sharing the day with the folks. Especially with Mom as she gets ready for some health treatments. Please keep her in your thoughts, hoping she does well with them!

Full set -here-

DCGS-A Christmas party

10-Christmas-DCGSA-9223, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Had a blast and won a bottle of Jaegermeister =)

Sad to say final farewell to Ft. Monmouth tho....

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Christmas at Navesink Fire Co.

10-Christmas-NFC-9052, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Always a blast. Leslie told Santa what she wanted and it turns out he delivered it!

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Christmas at Chris and Brenda's

10-ChristmasFarrell-9272, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Had fun at their new place! Even played a little poker at the end...



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Marble

10-Marble-8976, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Taken with the 180 f2.8 that I just sold off..

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Festi's birthday

10-Festi-8938, originally uploaded by Kadath.

From a few weeks back.

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Conowingo Dam Bald Eagles

10-ConowingoBaldEagles-8739, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Cross it off the bucket list!

----See Bald Eagles in their native habitat, see em fish and fight! Get a killer pic or two.

Now I gotta say when I was taking these I was crying that I didn't have a 400mm or longer lens plus a D3s like everyone else there, but I think the 70-300 got me some nice shots too!



More below:


Juveniles:




The fisherman:









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Carrier Pigeon Release

10-FlagCasing-7254, originally uploaded by Kadath.

I thought this was one of the coolest things ever...

Eddie and Katie's Birthday

10-EddieKatieBDays-5320, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Full set -here-

10-AugustBeach-5878

10-AugustBeach-5878, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Finally got this set edited.

Full batch -here-

Football Lacey

10-EddieFootballSouthern-8400, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Think these guys were happy about this win?

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Jen turns 30 too!

10-JensBirthday-7984, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Happy birthday Jen!

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Neo turns 30

10-Neo30-7757, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Happy Birthday bud!

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101010 Football

10-EddieFootball101010-8142, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Full set -here-

October 3rd Football

10-EddieFootballOct3-7863, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Full set -here-

Sept. 11th Football

10-EddieFootballSept11-7484, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Full set -here-

Flag Casing

10-FlagCasing-7159, originally uploaded by Kadath.

As part of the BRAC they brought the fort's colors from Monmouth to APG. Here's some shots of the official Casing.

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End of the line

10-Halloween-8589, originally uploaded by Kadath.

I always like to see the end of the Halloween parade, and I think I caught the 'feel' of it just right here.

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Zombie Self Portrait 2010

10-ZombieWalk-8550, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Halloween always makes me remember we are all mortal here:
Enjoy and be thankful for what you have.
Make things better for those around you.
Don't put off those things you want to get done in life.

As my favorite restaurant says, 'Life is short, eat dessert first!'

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Mess with the bull...

10-Nemacolin-5591, originally uploaded by Kadath.

And you'll get the horns.

I think I rode for shorter than anyone else. The 6 year old got 10x longer a ride as I did. =)

The rest of the week was even more fantastic.

It's been a loooooong time since I've had this much fun with a new company. Thanks and a big /salute to all my new coworkers!

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Pappy's new boat has arrived

10-NewBoat-7046, originally uploaded by Kadath.

At the worst possible time, late at night on the windiest night of the year, but she is launched and tethered! Will she be christened "Whatever 2"? Only time will tell!

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1Football under the lights

10-FootballWall-6877, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Stinks. Was shooting at the fastest my camera and lens combo would go, a 'fake' ISO 6400 with the lens wide open at f4.5 and still couldn't get the shutter speed faster than 1/100th of a second... Oh well... Plenty of motion blur still in here, but at least Lightroom does an awesome job of pulling the noise and grain to rest.

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Messing around with the collage capability of Lightroom

EaglesFootballCollage1, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Not bad for a first attempt I guess, needs more randomization tho I guess.

What do you think?

Middletown Eagles vs. Shore Blue Devils - MiteyMites

10-FootballEddieShore-6599.jpg, originally uploaded by Kadath.

That right there is probably the best sports shot I have taken this year.

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Eddie got some good tackles too, but he always seems to be on the wrong side of the field for me.

2010 Fireman's Picnic

10-Picnic-6418, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Full set, including my sister getting hit with puppy lovin', -here-

10-YankeesVsDetroit-5716

10-YankeesVsDetroit-5716, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Got to see the yankees take on Detroit Tigers Tuesday night Tons of fun shooting them from the 2nd tier and the Yanks won! Sabathia threw really solid and we got to see Rivera close, totally awesome.

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Burn evac

10-BurnEvac-4658, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Had a call last week where we had to stand by for a heli landing while they evacced someone out. Always gets your blood pumping for a landing like this, hope the person was ok!

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The Spider's lunch!

10-SpiderLunch-4777, originally uploaded by Kadath.

My Orchard Spiders are back this year, they are hunting big game now, wasps and yellow jackets!

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World Wide Photo Walk 2010 - New Brunswick NJ

10-Photowalk-4949, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Today was Scott Kelby's 3rd Annual World Wide Photo Walk, I signed up last minute to get in the New Brunswick NJ crew and man am I glad I did. The guys leading it did a stellar job, the route was great, I took pictures of Dinosaurs and we had open bar at the end.

EPIC WIN!

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Different take on that pic:


More shots:






Lightroom Noise Reduction for the WIN!