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  • Dark Night Stars

    I had always loved seeing the milky way with my own eyes. I remember when I was working for the summer up in this valley on certain nights it was almost as if you could reach out and grab it with your hands. Fast forward quite a lot of years and I developed a healthy passion for photography. I had never taken any milky way photos before so I read up on the subject. What shutter speed is recommended? What iso is acceptable to not introduce a massive amount of noise to the picture? Are my lens fast enough to capture the galaxy? They are normal lenses so I was concerned I wouldn’t be able to capture anything when I made the trip to Jelm, Wyoming. I knew there was an observatory up there so if the scientists put a whole bubble with massive glass in that location it must be prime right? It was about an hour and a half drive from my house in Colorado but I googled when the best times were to see the milky way. Finding the new moon the best time for astrophotography I planned the trip a few days prior and said even if it’s cloudy I’m going to attempt to go capture some of the beauty. I don’t think my photos are stellar as I am just learning how to frame the picture with lakes or trees but I think they turned out okay enough for the first time. Some help if anyone is wondering how to capture the stars. Take the number 500 and divide it by the focal length of your lens. A 50mm lens should have no more than a 10 second exposure time or shutter speed. I tried so many lenses as this was the only day there would be a new moon for a while so I wanted to try to capture everything I could in one shot. I loaded up the dogs and started the trip north from Colorado. I wanted to get up there much earlier than I did to scout out the best location to capture some landscape and the stars but didn’t quite make it out of the house soon enough. I knew the area a little bit from working there so I figured I could find a spot easy enough. I bought a good tripod a few years back so I made sure to pack that. With longer exposure times stability of the camera is crucial to a good frame. I saw an old barn on the side of the road and had to stop at sunset to capture what I could. After all, I wasn’t planning on taking a lot of pictures on the way up if any and I was mostly making the trip to see / photograph the stars / milky way.

    I didn’t post this one but I still liked it. I didn’t like the tree in the right side of the picture for some reason. It took away from the fact that i wanted it to look like this old barn was out in the middle of the plains. The old cattle chute from what I would imagine is the 70’s or 80’s sitting there next to the barn. I would imagine thousands of cattle have been through this little corral / barn setup. Now that I have snapped a few pictures of something neat I needed to continue my trip up to the Laramie River Valley. The cell phone service drops off after about 10 minutes of driving west of where this little barn is. That was one interesting thing about the ranch I worked at in college. There was zero cell service the whole valley was on the party line system. If someone was using the phone in the valley you had to wait your turn to use it. It made for an interesting communication situation with back home but I wouldn’t trade that summer it was a once in a lifetime summer. The ranch owners were very kind and I loved all of my coworkers. Driving past Woods Landing to the Wyoming side of the valley a rush of memories came back to me.

    This spot is a very cool one if anyone gets to visit. I just captured the gas station but the cafe next door is log cabin style and is built on top of old railroad car box springs. This helps cushion the dance floor when there is a crowd in there. The term woods landing comes from I think back in the late 1800’s when they would cut the lodgepole pines and float them down the Laramie River and their main takeout was here. Hence the term Woods Landing. I took this photo on the way out of the valley as I was eager to get set up I didn’t want to miss the Milky Way. Once I got my position picked out I looked back at Jelm Mountain where the observatory was. I could see two or three sets of headlights up there. I imagine some others from the area had the same idea as I did for the new moon. I didn’t snap any pictures of the headlights on the mountain maybe I should have but it would have just been a couple bright spots on the side of a distant hill. I got the tripod set up in what I thought was a decent spot to get some of the valley and the galaxy. That first picture was taken with the Leica SL2S with a shutter speed of 15 seconds and a 35mm Voigtlander f1.2 lens and an iso setting of 800. Im not upset on how the picture came out but I would have liked to figure out how to make the ground more of part of the picture or the landscape. I think next time I will get closer to something on the ground like the river maybe. Now that I know I can be lower and not required to be on top of a hill I can get more creative.

    I thought I saw a shooting star during this frame but didn’t realize I would catch two. I’m sure thats quite commonplace with longer shutter speeds but I was excited to see it when I edited it nonetheless. This was taken on a Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 50mm f1.8 / 15 second shutter speed (I broke my rule here to see what happened) at an iso of 800. This was one of my favorite shots of the night. I proceeded through the bag of lenses I bought using a 28mm zeiss distagon / 40mm voigtlander f1.4 / 50mm voigtlander f1.0 / summitar 5cm f1.4. They all turned out alright i didn’t hate any of them but I learned a lot. I would move the camera direction around the sky and would miss the galaxy sometimes but that was okay. I released the shutter. One thing I did use that helped to stabilize the camera was a remote shutter release button. I found a deal on mine from one of the photography websites. It is a Leica RC-SCL6 model. They sell for $200 on various sites but I found mine for $40. It just helps to keep your hand off of the camera when it starts its process. Any bump when at that slow of a speed shutter wise can blur the image.

    These can be found for cheap anywhere you look for your specific camera.

    In editing photos the colors are there it’s just how you choose to express them. I mostly try to be subtle with my edits but this one looks nice. I wanted to show this one because you can see the moment the plane was in the frame. That is the valley I wanted to capture but I couldn’t get it as clean as I wanted.

    This snow fence was on the way out. I didn’t feel like I found anything to put in the picture besides the stars and muddled landscapes so I tried something different here. It didn’t turn out horrible but I think I will do much better next time with framing the shot. I still released the shutter. It’s digital its easy compared to the guys that use film.

    I stopped at woods landing and captured the above image on my way out of the valley after fighting a few moths out of the Land Rover on the way there. The drive to town is about 35 minutes and rife with deer and possibly moose so I took my time and watched out for furry buddies. I didn’t even have an idea where I would find stuff to shoot in Laramie even though I have spent my fair share of time in town. Night time photography is difficult in you have to have lights for the most part to capture something. I noticed this butcher block sign lit up an extraordinary amount on the way to the valley so I had planned on stopping back here on the way back through.

    This sign was almost too bright to capture anything. I had to reduce the highlights quite a bit to be able to read the sign and it not be just a big blare of light. I like how it turned out though there are some nice colors there. I think that sign is fairly new I don’t remember it being that nice the last time I came through town.

    If there was a setting I didn’t know what to do with this night it would be this one. There is so much going on. I feel like if the liquor / fly shop sign was a bit closer to the store it would be easier but it was difficult to figure out how to get all of the aspects into frame without including a lot of the street and the big void between the store and the sign. Maybe I will learn in the future not to do that to just pass on it or take them as two stand alone pictures. I still released the shutter.

    This was directly across the street from the fly shop I just didn’t think there was anything really interesting about the picture. That or I just didn’t know how to frame it. It doesn’t hurt my feelings to have a picture come out bad it’s going to happen. I can’t overthink it. I always did the best on tests when I just sped through and answered the questions and didn’t second guess them. I think I will stick with that mantra with my photography. It’s digital I can just delete it later. After spending a few minutes getting these in West Laramie I headed into town to the main drag. Once again I had no plan just cruised around a bit to let the dogs smell until I spotted something. I had been to the Ranger bar there in town a time or two but that was it. I noticed the hotel / bar sign lit up and figured I should take a stab at catching something there.

    Someone on the lightroom community edited out the left side of the frame which I completely understand why. I liked the glare of the neon on the second floor. This is one of the few times I photographed someone in a picture like this. Buddy was so buried in his phone that I’m not even sure he realized I was there. I don’t hate this picture its got some nice colors.

    This capture was just something I chose to post because it shows a tree that tried so hard to survive and it wasn’t able to overcome the odds. The construction sign isn’t directly responsible for its downfall but it is more of a metaphor than anything else. Trees rely on their roots for their life and this ones got strangled by compaction most likely. The buzz cut didn’t help it either.

    This was one of my favorite spots of the night. I don’t remember this spot exactly when I lived here but it was a nice surprise. I imagine the workings have been modernized but the overall look is super retro. As I got out of the car a fella rolled pretty close by with an e bike and noticed me taking pictures. I thought he may have had ill intentions but I think he realized I had a camera and he zoomed off like i was going to arrest him. I guess I’ll never know. This was a successful trip for finding cool stuff. I hope to get up to Estes Park this week to get some stuff taken. Stay tuned for more. Until next time friends, release the shutter.

    Kyle

  • Glassy Night

    What I have heard from others that take pictures and from various reddit threads is “marry lenses and date cameras”. After last night I may be engaged. I usually don’t pay much attention to brand names of stuff just do research on what is quality and make my decision after looking at image galleries. This new to me Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f1.0 lens is what some refer to as “superfast”. Some reading this may have heard this or know what it means but basically the lens is designed to let more light in than say a Voigtlander 50mm f1.5 or 2.0. I have found myself in the past few months wanting so bad to take a picture of something but the light just wasn’t there to allow it. There is always the option of using a flash but I prefer to be discrete and I can carry my camera in my hand and hide it quick enough if in an “interesting” area. One might say that no light at night is natural but I like to use lights that are provided by the surroundings. That may be a passing car or it could even be a stop light that’s nearby.

    This is the fastest lens I have ever owned. The comparable version in Leica would be upwards of $10,000 plus. I am not in my photography journey far enough to warrant that. Maybe I will get there one day. After reading a few reviews some professionals put this specific lens on top of the comparable Leica. I didn’t explore it’s full potential last night with the evening shots but it is said to have a really cool bokeh or blurred background when taking shots wide open or on f1.0. I couldn’t be happier with how it feels in the hand while walking. I have some other lenses that do a great job but they are very little. I feel like the added weight helps me to stabilize my shots and seeing how 99% of my shots are freehand without a tripod that makes a difference. I posted some of my favorite shots from last night so I will include some here that I didn’t post. I released the shutter hoping for magic. Sometimes it comes together through the sensor and sometimes it doesn’t.

    I did post this one it was one of my favorites of the night. The only reason I am reposting is just to show you what brought me to this spot. I saw this old broken down gas station I would assume and the old motel was across the street from it. I was making a trip for work to check on some things and happened upon it. I knew there wouldn’t be any artificial light to use so I had to get out there in the evening to use what was left of the sun. Part of what struck me in this picture was the dilapidated gas station but just to the left was the nice sunset. Its as if its saying no matter how bad it is in life there is always some color to be found. One can only imagine the stories that were told sitting on that porch there through the years. It’s sad to see on some occasions but I am glad the foundation is still holding strong.

    The liquor store I posted had this up in front of the store. The clerk of the store had his ford explorer parked directly beneath this sign so I couldn’t capture both the sign and the store in the picture. Maybe I’ll make a trip back one night to see if the vehicle isn’t there. I didn’t let that stop me from just shooting the store though. Neon is so much fun to photograph in the right setting. It seems to be a dying art with most signs getting replaced by LED’s. I used to live in this small town back when I first moved out to Colorado. It hasn’t changed much since I moved out of there about 8 years ago. I’m glad it didn’t.

    This was another one I didn’t post that I didn’t hate. I couldn’t seem to get it to frame for my liking. I have another front shot I’ll include below. These old brick buildings are so cool to see these days. Still standing fighting for their generation.

    This was the front of that same shop. I didn’t hate the shot but it seemed too one dimensional to me I guess. The part on the right bothered me that I didn’t have any more to walk back and include it fully and the light pole. I may could have moved to the right a bit but there was a policia trolling around and I didn’t want to get asked why I was nerding out over an old auto shop. The various signs on the front of the building tell it’s story and past. I believe I could make out glass shop / they may sell hay or stray / also do some welding?

    Sometimes the shots just don’t please the eye. I didn’t hate this one but I thought it took away from the setting sun shot and didn’t tell the story as good as it could be told. I still like this shot but I liked the front one with the graffiti and tires better. I imagine this building may have been here before the interstate was put in.

    This was a cool shot showing the bushes that were growing all around the Prairie Lodge. I didn’t hate this one but it was very busy to me and I was afraid people wouldn’t know what the subject was the bush or the sign. I kindof wanted both so I just released the shutter anyway. This lens I can’t say enough about. There is no autofocus or electronic aperture setting. It is all by hand and with the camera in manual mode it’s as close as I can get at the current moment to honing any photography skills I have. I also snapped some pictures of that old broken down gas station with the Ricoh 500 G film camera I take with me. I’ll try to get those posted when I finish the roll.

    This was my first rangefinder I have ever owned. I just got it a few months back. The unforgiving nature of shooting with film is both terrifying and exciting at the same time. I carry this one with me to get a couple shots a night. I have no idea how they will turn out.

    This was a shot I didn’t share anywhere. I was torn on whether to put the tree in it or not. I didn’t feel like it fit but the elevator was just out there surrounded by sky. There were some glowing green lights shooting down the cables for the surrounding structures. I wasn’t sure what they were I would imagine it would have something to do with grounding and static but I’m not one hundred percent sure. This wasn’t a bad picture but It didn’t tickle my fancy. I still released the shutter but that’s okay. Every picture isn’t going to be great. Most of them aren’t to be honest. Its just a process of sharing the things I see with friends / family / the world. I hope some of the pictures I share carry through to the viewer on why I shot what I shot. My next outing will most likely be next week due to work responsibilities. I am going to attempt to shoot some live action stuff in denver with people buzzing around. I have yet to be confronted by anyone asking what I am doing but I’m sure they will just be curious. Wish me luck.

    Until next time, Release the shutter

    Kyle

  • Farming Country

    This evening I headed out to the Prospect Valley, Colorado area. I had worked in this area in the past and hadn’t been back in a long while. The eastern side of Colorado is still mostly either large farms or ranches and I find myself being drawn to the more rural style of photography. Cities definitely are fun to shoot but I feel more comfortable in the more agricultural areas.

    This was one of my favorite spots of the night. I started with a 75mm fast prime and it didn’t catch what I was trying to capture so I switched to a 50mm prime. It still was too tight so I put on the 35mm voigtlander f1.2. I really love this lens. It’s so clean. Nighttime shooting is such a challenge when trying to find places that have sources of light but it is almost like a treasure hunt. I sometimes have to deal with the grainy nature of photos but thats okay I think.

    This was a really cool old building in the main street of Keenesburg, CO. I believe there is either an old dairy parlor or a sale barn attached that I tried to get a shot of but it was just too dark. I will try to come back during the daytime to get some more shots of this area.

    This cool old antique store was in a building that I imagine was from the turn of the 19th and 20th century. It was one of my most liked photos on Lightroom community. I even had a request to go in and get some shots during the daytime. I’ll bet they are really nice folks that run it. A bonus would be some vintage lenses or cameras possibly.

    One can only imagine the times that were had in this establishment. The whole town reeked of small town America that didn’t want to change. There are newer parts of town of course but the main street seemed to be a snapshot out of the past 40 years. Maybe I’ll come back to this spot and get the dogs on the bench for some photos. I need to get photos more often of the doggos. They ride along with me but the streets are sometimes busy so I can’t get them out as often as I would like. It’s also brutally hot here so I keep them in the air conditioned suv.

    I didn’t add this one anywhere but I liked the building a lot. The contrast in the grout in between the bricks was really cool. Imagine if this was once the town jail at some point. It was directly across from the Coors sign bar so that would be a short walk for the heathens.

    I didn’t add this one anywhere either but I have driven by this place at least a thousand times during the day throughout the years for work. The light seems to shine on top of the original church buildings steeple.

    This car wash reminded me of back home with every small town seeming to have one of these one bay washes for the whole area. I probably took 20 photos of this spot from different angles and in post processing tried out a lot of different stuff to make the blue pop. The lenses I use are german and do a fine job but they sometimes don’t have the glow of the really high dollar ones. I’ll try some more stuff out tomorrow up north of here towards the Greeley area.

    Until next time.

    Release the Shutter.

    Kyle

  • Elevators are still neat

    I decided to take a drive around northern colorado this evening to try to find some agricultural spots to shoot. What was once a thriving agricultural mecca and may still be considered one, is now slowly falling into the suburb capital that seems to plague other agricultural areas around the country. I can’t help but imagine what it would have been like in the 50’s or even the 60’s with fields as far as the eye can see.

    I would imagine thousands if not millions of tons have been loaded off of this worn down dock. The sign saying for lease / dry storage hurt to look at. This building was directly next to the elevator in the previous picture.

    This elevator was in the nearby town of LaSalle, Colorado. I would imagine the one in the first picture will see the same fate at some point. I know we have to adapt and get more efficient as a society but old structures like this hurt a little to see run down. A feral what looked to be mama cat scurried away from the unhung door as I was leaving and I snapped a horrible picture of it. Even feral animals need recognized for doing their job.

    Most of the time I wish things would just slow down. The replacement of farmland with cookie cutter houses I’m sure will hit a point where its break even but I’m not sure when that will be. Even if the picture was horrible and I didn’t have time to do any adjustments, I released the shutter. Cats that just want to hunt are still critters. Until next time…..

    Kyle

  • Sometimes you have to just enjoy the drive

    I hadn’t been to this area in a couple few years so I decided to load the dogs up and drive towards Red Feather Lakes, Colorado. I kindof figured the evening would be nice and I could stop along the way and find some pictures to take as the dogs soaked in the smells. This was the only one I shared on social media sites. That doesn’t mean I didn’t take any more I just didn’t really love any of the others as much as I did this one. Sometimes you just have to take in the drive.

    I noticed this spot on the right as I drove towards red feather. I will include another couple pictures I gathered of this spot but it was tough lighting for me with nothing accenting the beautiful arch and a massive fucking stadium light on the little shack.

    This area reminded me of a national park. I’m not sure if anyone has been to any of those but some of the entrances have these grand arches when you pass through the corridor. It almost looked to me like that was built here originally but then cars got bigger and it didn’t work anymore. I think the place is named Parvin Lake I will have to do some more research here and see what happened. I don’t hate this picture but the chain link fence takes away from what would be a nice shot.

    I tried so many different things to get a picture to work here but Im not upset about it. That’s part of the journey. I released the shutter.

    I think the combination of the rainy evening and there being low light added up to just be a tough picture taking evening. The scenery was fantastic and the dogs absolutely loved the new smells. Puck thinks she has to snap her jaws at every car that passes. She gets prepared sees them coming and then snaps. We had multiple talks this evening with me explaining to her she would never catch one. We also saw a k9 cop car driving in fort collins and I told them to never pick a fight with those dogs even if they think they can win. They cant.

    Until next time

    Kyle

  • Sugarbeet Town

    The town just 15 minutes down the road was once a western hub for sugarbeets. One sure wouldn’t know that if they passed through the town today if they didn’t know what to look for. Night photography has always been a fun challenge. Some of the images I will be showing here will hopefully represent that.

    This photograph is of the old sugar beet factory that’s evolved into a storage facility or campers and the like. This was after noise cleaning in photoshop. I loved this picture but I couldn’t post it anywhere due to the amount of ISO I had to add to make out any of the structures. It’s not the end of the world when a picture doesn’t turn out fantastic. What’s the worst that is going to happen? It gets deleted? Release the shutter.

    This was on the way to my nightly walk. In my settings I have the RAW files being saved as well as JPEG’s to allow for more creativity in post. The front range has always had some magical sunsets. This one was in theme with the former agricultural hub I was visiting for the night. The magical hour before sunset is always so warm and inviting. Try to get out and find anything to take a picture of. Release the Shutter.

    Biker Gang

    Seeing a trio of kids riding their e bikes on a somewhat busy city street was funny to me. This made me at ease with the surroundings a little more as it added a playful air to the mood. I just had to pull up my camera and snap as many photos I could of this gang without any adjustments. This one turned out alright I think. There is no filter on this lens yet so this lens from 1953 impressed me with how glowy the lights turned out to be.

    Photographers Portrait

    I don’t often do selfies but I managed this one on a clean’ish glass at what I think was a bakers shop on a back street. Don’t forget to record your journey. I someday hope to be able to capture another photographer in their element without them knowing it so I can gift it to them.

    This was one of my favorite shots of the night. This elevated veranda style patio for these three or four shops had these lights hung above the seating areas. They weren’t lit but the backlight from the nearby establiishments seemed to make them sparkle or glow. The multitude of shadows when taken in black and white turned out really nice.

    After parking and getting out with my gear took a gander up the street and saw this. How could one ask for a more vivid set of colors in one photograph.

    This was the main street side of the black and white photo I took earlier. I will have to visit this place during the day sometime to try out the restaurants. I am working towards being more comfortable taking pictures of people. I had an encounter with a lad walking his dog when I first started my walk but he didn’t seem to want to be photographed so politely said hello in passing. I will get there.

    I didn’t post this one anywhere even though I loved it. There was so much going on in this picture I didn’t feel there was a good focal point when I wanted to include both vintage and unique in the frame. I possibly could have repositioned but there was so much to see and the lady that owned the shop started placing stuff in the glass and I didn’t want to bother her. I still released the shutter.

    Until next time folks.

    Kyle

  • Rino Art District

    When in doubt. Release the shutter.

    Some of you may be thinking as reading the title, “That isn’t in Rino”. You would be 100% correct. This isn’t in the Rino art district in Denver. I had always seen this interesting building on social media and it would be for sale every few years and people seemed to make a big deal of it. Nothing seemed to survive here. The location is good being right off of an interstate on the frontage road. The structure was erected in 1964 and has seen the likes of nightclubs / restaurants and the latest a gas station. I sent this image to a friend after I took it and she said “gives me children of the corn vibes”. There is a possibility this area was once covered with corn fields but its long been gobbled up by what is the Denver megalopolis. I can imagine the nightclub vibes were outstanding here in the 80’s. Meeting your buddies at the A frame for a wild night of partying and chasing guys or gals. There has been talk of demolition but the locals want it preserved since it is such a unique landmark. I can’t say I blame them. I took several photos the 30-45 minutes before sundown are so magical when it comes to photography. It is almost as if you can’t do anything wrong. I am not insinuating that my picture is perfect, I just wanted to relate i probably took 10 photos of this spot to pick from the best one. I released the shutter.

    It was a 15 minute drive from Henderson where the A frame was to the Rino Art district in downtown Denver. It being so late at night on a Saturday I thought parking was going to be impossible but I found a spot on a backstreet next to the main drag. I had never been to this area before but upon arrival it was as if they sent out a memo for all street artists to rush to the scene and start covering things up. There were far fewer clean untouched walls than there were ones filled with an elegant style of graffiti. I had never been on such a busy street in my life I don’t think. I started out a little nervous just to be walking around a buzzing city street carrying a camera that I love dearly. That soon passed when I gathered this shot above. These hanging plants were in a shop on the main drag with a light shining and the street very dark. I was using my Leica SL2S with a voiglander 35Mm f1.2 lens. I will have to start being better at the other settings. After I snapped a few pics I found a bar named Pon Pon to go into. This bar is attached to an art gallery so I looked at that when I planned my trip. I thought it may be okay for someone to be doing street photography. Walking up the switchback ramp to the entrance, the bouncer stopped me and said “I am going to have to look inside that bag my man.” I smiled and said “Of course dude just a camera and some lenses.” He took a quick peek then checked my Id and let me in the place. I think I will make this my new ritual as far as when I go out on walks to find shots. If the bar is quiet enough then its a good spot to change lenses should you want to or just take a second and look through your pictures.

    After the thirst was quenched I parted ways with Pon Pon. The bar was starting to get busier with a younger crowd so I didn’t want to press my luck with the atmosphere getting any less mild than it was. I grabbed my trusty satchel and decided to venture down some side streets connecting the main drag. I spotted this long alley you see above with a restaurant somehow in the middle of it and a pool hall! How neat is that. Not to mention the artwork that lined both sides. I believe I had to have the 35mm f1.2 wide open here and add a little iso to get the lighting to work. I have been using a 1/4 Tiffen Pro black mist filter on all of my night lenses. That seems to make the lights pop a little more than they would if it was just glass. It also protects the lens which is most likely the most important function of a filter.

    Making my way back to the main drag, I was still feeling a little nervous with how many people were walking up and down the streets. No one was in any way hostile but I had never been on this busy of a street much less carrying a load of expensive camera gear. I am a bigger fella so I would imagine I wouldn’t be the main target of a robbery but should it happen I have my camera strapped to my wrist. Anyway, moving on. I spotted this garage door and container next to the building that was covered with flyers and all kinds of interesting colors. The reflection of the shake shack, which is a newer establishment, across the street in the older garage door seemed to show the difference in dynamics in the area. I liked this picture a lot.

    As I made my way down the street a little further I stopped to take a few pictures of a church. The courtyards were barred / gated. There was someone laying on the ground next to the church with their head covered and what looked to be asleep. The thought crossed my mind to take the picture as it did move me how the person decided to sleep in front of the church of all places. I didn’t out of respect but I hope that person gets the help they need. The picture above was on my way out back to the vehicle. I hated it didn’t turn out as good as I had wanted. There was expanded metal in front of the old gondola car and it turned up the noise on the photo. You know what I did though? I released the shutter. Until next time.

    Kyle