Ry in the snow

By c :)

Welcome to my first blog appearance :). It snowed a few inches at our house this week! Ry was curious about the snow and had fun tromping around in it.

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walking

Recently, Ry and I have been walking down the road to explore all the nearby playgrounds. It takes a long time to get anywhere without a stroller, but I think it's much more fun. Charlie says the cuteness is going to cause traffic accidents.

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Ry, the Little Climber

Ry is now able to climb the stairs at the little playground. He makes some really cute faces with all that effort too...

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December 21 2010 Lunar Eclipse Naples FL

The weather in Naples, FL on December 21, 2010 was clear enough to allow me to get some lunar eclipse photos. I found the NYIP eclipse page very helpful for timing and exposure guidance.
I used a Canon 50D, EF 70-200 f/2.8 L IS and an EF 2x ii.
Exposing for 2 seconds or more was enough to for the moon's movement to blur the photo. With the EF-2x on, apertures wider than F/8 didn't seem sharp enough. ISOs above 800 seemed to lose too much detail to noise. I only used IS while focusing in live view. And a cable release and mirror lock up seemed to help.

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more maui

More from Maui...

Sunset at Kihei.

 Sandcastles and Ry at Makena.

 Self-soothing at Makena.

 Sunset at Kihei.

Ry, mama and plumerias at Maluaka.

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maui

Ry loves Maui... and so do we.

Ry tries to step into a pond at the Garden of Eden Arboretum on the road to Hana.

Ry reaches to pull down another flower. 

More things to grab. 

 Checking out the view from our porch in Hana.

Playing on the black sand beach near Hana. 

 Pool time for Ry.

 Resting on the green at #8.

 Climbing the chair by the pool.

Relaxing at the end of the day at Hana.

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Rylan's 1st birthday party

We celebrated Rylan's first birthday a little early. He loves ballons. Alejandro does not. Rylan also loves cake, handfuls at a time!

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