About norconkm

I'm a person. I live in Grand Rapids, MI and work as an Electrical Engineer. My hobbies at the time of this writing are kayaking, skiing, archery, photography and maybe biking. As this is my personal blog, my hobbies are likely the primary topics about which you will be reading.

Cinque Terre – Vernazza

[singlepic id=1910 w=480 float=left] Apparently I tagged a bunch of pictures form Cinque Terre for posting, but never post them… so we’re going to have a few more of those to round out the year. This is another of Vernazza from above as we were coming down into the town…. Continue reading

Cinque Terre – Manarola

[singlepic id=1909 w=480 float=left] There’s something about brightly colored buildings on cliffs over the sea that makes them fun to look at.  The second southernmost town in Cinque Terre, Manarola. Pictures taken with Canon 60D, EF-S 10-22mm lens @ 10mm, f/16, 1/20 sec, ISO 100

Hippopotamus

[singlepic id=1906 w=480 float=left] Duh… Dum… Duh… Dum… Hippo.  I wish the nearer eye was open, but it was not taking requests.  From Animal Kingdom back in 2006 when I first had a fancy camera and long lens. Picture taken with Canon Rebel XT, EF 70-300mm @ 300mm, 1/1000 sec… Continue reading

Albino Peacock

[singlepic id=1898 w=480 float=left] I was asked for a picture of a llama… I do not have any pictures of llamas.  This is an albino peacock, which is in now way even closely related to a llama. Picture taken with Olympus C2040z, lens @ 7.3 (40mm eq), 1/250 sec shutter, f/1.8,… Continue reading