The Spur, originally uploaded by LeggNet.

This alleyway entrance to a bar in Park City proved interesting to me with the lighting transitioning from daylight near the street to incadescent at the rear. The lighting implies that the shot was made at night, even though it was captured mid-afternoon.

Hooked, originally uploaded by LeggNet.

The texture of this hook and chain caught my eye as I wandered around a recently deserted dairy farm near my office. The farm had been there since 1931 and moved away to make way for future development.

In the Belly, originally uploaded by LeggNet.

I had the opportunity to spend some time hiking and climbing in southern Utah this past weekend. It’s been a several years since I’ve spent time in this area, and I had nearly forgotten just how stunning the color and formation of the rock is.

This photo was captured during a break between two of the rappels our group made as we followed a creek winding down through the rock. It is just amazing to see, how given enough time, the creek will carve its way into the mountain.

Intersecting Intersections, originally uploaded by LeggNet.

Today’s featured capture was created on a recent evening while driving through Riverton, Utah. This 30 second exposure was made with the camera sitting on a tripod in the back seat of my wife’s car. Two of my favorite aspects of the shot are the glowing iPod near the bottom and the blue western sky in the distance.

Travis Barker 2, originally uploaded by LeggNet.

A couple of months ago I posted a capture I made of Travis Barker, the drummer for the band Blink-182. At the time I took the photo, I did not know who he was and had to ask (original post). Of all the photos posted on LeggNet’s Digital Capture, that image of the popular Mr. Barker is routinely among the most viewed.

Since he is such a popular guy, I decided to browse my archives and present another of his images on the blog. Today’s capture is one of Travis looking directly at the camera as I made the shot. He was extremely friendly and approachable to his fans that wanted to be photographed with him or get his autograph at the sports car event.

I just thought he was an interesting looking fellow.

Four of a Kind, originally uploaded by LeggNet.

Just a simple capture of four ice cubes melting away on the top of a cooler. Ahhh, summertime.

Field of Dreams, originally uploaded by LeggNet.

I paid a price in capturing this photograph of a wheat field.

I was bending down to compose this shot and thought that I could get a better angle on the wheat against the mountain in the background by sitting down. Without taking my eyes away from the camera’s viewfinder, I sat fully down on the ground. It was at this time that I became immediately aware (ouch!) that I had just sat on ground that was literally covered in thorns and those little spikey ball things. I quickly made the capture and then hopped up and spent the walk back to the car pulling thorns out of the seat of my pants. The ride home in the car allowed me a chance to experiment with creative ways to drive without fully sitting on the driver’s seat.

Lesson learned: Look down before sitting on the ground when photographing (or anything else for that matter).

July 9th, originally uploaded by LeggNet.

It’s been just over six months since I began LeggNet’s Digital Capture. After speaking with a friend yesterday (hi Sonja) about my blog and the visitors who frequent it, I took some time last night to dive into the site’s log files. Some of what I found was quite surprising to me.

In the first six months of 2006, LeggNet’s Digital Capture:

- Has had 23,052 unique visitors who have viewed 33,145 pages

- Has received visitors from 105 different countries (that’s over 1/2 the countries of the world)

- Saw the single busiest day on March 27th, with 669 unique visitors

- Found that Internet Explorer was the most popular browser with 46% of visitors using it. Firefox was close behind with 41% followed by Safari (Yay Macs!) with 6%

To put an image to these words, today’s capture is a screenshot of a map showing the past 100 visitors to the blog and where they came from. I am continually amazed at the truly international representation of the viewers of my photography.

I wish to pass along a sincere Thank You to everyone who views this little site. It is an honor to present these photos each day.

-Rich

A Spoonful of Orange, originally uploaded by LeggNet.

What better way to celebrate Friday then with a splash of orange soda?

Have a great weekend!

Locked and Loaded, originally uploaded by LeggNet.

Today’s capture of a roller coaster was made on the Fourth of July at a local carnival. In place of a typical roller coaster photograph, I opted for a more human touch. This is a capture of the ride attendant’s hand as he carefully secured each car before the ride began.