WNC Citizens Blog

The Balloon

7/05/2009 12:26:00 PM



I'm always on the lookout for an escaping balloon.
Read On 0 comments

Rosebud

7/05/2009 10:38:00 AM
Read On 0 comments

The Marines!!!

7/05/2009 08:45:00 AM



Taken at the July 4th Parade in Franklin, NC.
Read On 0 comments

Patriotic Family

7/05/2009 06:41:00 AM



Taken at the 4th of July parade in Franklin, NC.
Read On 0 comments

Girls Waiting on the Parade

7/05/2009 02:31:00 AM


These girls were on Main Street in Franklin, NC waiting on the 4th of july Parade to start.
Read On 0 comments

Vendors

6/21/2009 01:41:00 PM




Here are some of the vendors at the 13th Annual A Taste of Scotland. I meant to take more photos once people arrived, but forgot about it. Must be a symptom of old age...














































.
Read On 0 comments

Recycling at Public Events

6/21/2009 11:15:00 AM




It appears that the Town of Franklin is big on the recycling thing.


Read On 0 comments

The Marines Set Up Camp

6/21/2009 07:22:00 AM




Franklin is blessed with an active community of retired and discharged military people, and front and center at most public gatherings are the Marine Corps League Smoky Mountain Detachment 973 of Franklin, NC!


.
Read On 0 comments

2009 A Taste of Scotland Photos

6/21/2009 05:46:00 AM




I was at the 13th Annual A Taste of Scotland festival on Saturday, and I will be uploading my photos over the next couple of days, and will start editing video tomorrow, when I get my Movie Edit Pro 15 editing software to replace my MEP 12 that was lost when one of my portable hard drives quit on me.






.
Read On 0 comments

Sword Fighting Demonstration at "A Taste of Scotland"

6/20/2009 06:08:00 PM
An SCA group demonstrated sword fighting in this video to the crowd in Franklin, NC at the 13th Annual A Taste of Scotland festival...


Read On 0 comments

Chasing the Lightning Montage
06-17-2009

6/18/2009 09:42:00 AM



Here are a few photos and a little video montage of a thunderstorm that rolled over Franklin, NC last night. My portable hard drive has decided to quit working on me, so I used One True Media to edit the sequence together. I hope you enjoy it!

**12.00 pm** It should be noted that Lightning Safety Awareness Week is next week.







Some of the lightning was intense enough to make it seem like daylight outside



Some of the bolts spanned the entire sky, and could not be contained in a single frame



Most of them were hidden in the clouds themselves



or behind the nearby ridges



a few were out in the open and made the whole getting out of bed in the middle of the night thing seem worth it
Read On 0 comments

Dillsboro Dam

6/18/2009 08:48:00 AM




The Dillsboro Dam has been in the news a lot recently, and here is a video I shot as a keepsake to remind me what it looked like and sounded like if the people at Duke Power have their way, and the renewable energy source is removed:




Read On 0 comments

An Afternoon Thunderstorm

6/15/2009 03:52:00 PM
Time Lapse 06-11-2009 A Thunderstorm Arrives at WCU By Bobby Coggins
View in HD  Download 720p HD Version  Visit Bobby Coggins's ExposureRoom Videos Page


Here is a time lapse I did last Thursday of a thunderstorm arriving at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC.
Read On 0 comments

Morning Photos:
A Weird Fly, Fuzzy Goldfinches and a copper colored Spider

6/09/2009 11:21:00 AM




I went out this morning to stalk some Goldfinches that had been eluding me, and didn't quite get close enough to take a good photo of them, but did get some photos of a weird fly that had a translucent abdomen (first two photos), a copper-colored spider on a fence rail, and my American Goldfinches were very wary of me, so I was only able to get these two shots at extreme range (for my Kodak Z710, anyway) before calling it an expedition and heading back.



I plan on trying for some bees this afternoon...




Fly with a translucent abdomen




The Copper Spider





A male American Goldfinch





A female American Goldfinch


I had the flash on, and had to play with the brightness and contrast to get the last photo to come out close to right...

Read On 0 comments

The Moon, Antares and Clouds

6/07/2009 05:27:00 AM

I moved out into a field to get this one.





A steady stream of clouds and a thin layer that prevented me from even seeing Antares.




It tends to be a crapshoot as to whether I have good viewing weather for astronomical events, and this time...it was a bust.

I did manage to get some good B-Roll video of the moon with clouds moving in front of it, some stock photos, and a few other interesting opportunities that I'll be sharing soon.

I gotta start saving for either a real telescope or a real camera. Decisions, decisions.

Read On 2 comments

About

This used to be one of several political commentary blogs I ran until I got tired of updating several blogs, and consolidated them on Thunder Pig, and moved the group blogs to a Ning network.

These photos are a reflection of where I am throughout the day, and a celebration of life west of the Balsam mountain range in western North Carolina.

Followers

badges and other shiny stuff



BlogNetNews.com » North Carolina


Labels

Visits

NC News

Loading...

Recent Posts