Monthly Archives: December 2024

 

A practice in bars across America is called the tab.  Owners of bars, for trusted customers, will sometimes allow them to set up a tab and charge drinks and food to that tab throughout the evening to be settled at the end of business, that day!

 

In the book of Romans in the scripture it is written that “all have fallen short of the glory of God”,  in other words everyone has sinned against God by not obeying His laws and His instructions for living.  It also says that death is the wages of sin.  That’s the bad news, we all are condemned since all of us. have sinned against God.  There is good news though, God loved us so much that He gave His only son to die on the cross to pay our sin debt. To receive that forgiveness we need to confess our sins, repent, (be genuinely sorry for our actions), and accept Christ as our Savior and ask for His forgiveness!

 

So keeping with my illustration at the start;  We have a a tab we can pay and God is the Bar owner and, living in perilous times, we don’t know when the bar is closing, so it might be the right time to settle our tab.  After all we can’t settle things after the doors are closed.  Are you willing to take that risk!?

 

Blessings,

 

the pilgrim

 

When in doubt, look up!  This morning I awoke to a very low blood pressure. Sherelene went on to Church as soon as the was sure I was ok and I sat on the couch feeling dizzy.  I leaned back and looked up through the skylight and saw this single Japanese maple leaf surrounded by rain drops!  My camera bag was close by so I grabbed it and with a 420mm lens and was able to capture close to what I wanted in the image!  Even at 300mm plus a 1.4 teleconverter (420mm equiv.) it still was not tight enough for my liking,  so I did a little cropping and this is the final result.  The image was processed with Topaz AI 3 and Photoshop.

 

Technical Notes:   Lumix G9, Olympus 40-150  f 2.8 Pro @ f 16, 1/5ooth of a second shutter speed, ISO 6400, hand held.  The Topaz sharpened the image and eliminated any noise present in the file, of which there was very little.

 

Blessings,

 

the pilgrim

 

Winter meets fall!  We got our second snow this morning.  My wife buys and plants flowers each late summer, early fall.  I love having the vibrant colors of spring and summer on our back deck!  Sitting on the couch in our great room I was enjoying watching the snow fall and loved the brilliant yellow flowers peaking out from under their new blanket of snow!

 

There is something more important going on here, it’s thankfulness.  I was warm and sheltered from. the cold late fall winds, I was comfortable watching Chester sleep on his bed and warmed by a nice fire in the fireplace!  I am a happy man to still be able to enjoy all these things at almost 79!  I hope you are just as content and thankful today!

 

Blessings,

 

the pilgrim

 

Technical Note:   Lumix G9. ISO 800, f 4,  n1/200th of a second.   Zuiko 40-150 f 2.8 Pro Lens with the 1.4 converter ( 420mm equiv.). Hand held

 

It is cold as well…….it’s really cold out there today, so I pulled a favorite image from the files!!!  Years ago when I was a Tech Rep for Nikon Professional Services I attended/covered the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta. What an amazing event!  If you are looking for a place to shoot color for color sake, this is the event!  Enjoy!

 

Blessings,

 

 

the pilgrim

 

Technical Notes:  Nikon D600, 70-300 lens.