Score another V for the US Ski Team! Ted Ligety wins the Men’s GS competition in Sölden Austria. What a way to start off the World Cup season!
Lindsey Vonn starts off the World Cup season with a GS win at Sölden Austria. How cool is that, I got to watch her winning run and it wasn’t perfect but it was the next thing to perfect and she finished with a one second lead with three skiers to go. As we know, that [...]
Saw the following come through today on my Twitter feed: Ski Brule Job Fair Oct 8 8am-noon & Oct 10 5p-7p at Ski Brule Main Lodge fb.me/1aArd00sw Follow the link and view the type of help they are looking for. I have a month off this winter and was tempted, but I have to stay [...]
Since the map is a fairly popular item here at The Wisconsin Skier I wanted to post you on the progress I am making on it. I have created the database for the application and I just completed compiling the data I need for the first release which will be basic resort location information. So [...]
I had my first BLT of the 2011 BLT season. Yes, I view the eating of BLTs as a seasonal thing. Why is that you may ask? What you do not see is two slices of bacon busted up into four pieces, they are covered by tomato slices and the lettuce. You see, I only [...]
Editor’s Note: This article is contributed by Noah Greenberg, I have reviewed the site and my quick review shows it to be a very worthwhile visit when planning a ski trip. With hundreds of options to consider, choosing the right ski resort for your next snow season getaway can be a daunting process. Fortunately, this [...]
Do not get me wrong, when the snow is here I will be a fully enthused skier wishing for more snow and more time on the slopes. However, there is plenty of things I want to do yet this summer.
Many of you may have noticed The Wisconsin Skier was off line, in fact it was suspended by its web hosting company. Trust me, The Wisconsin Skier is NOT a deadbeat. The problem was due to database performance. You see, The Wisconsin Skier resides on a single server with other websites and due to a [...]
Base Exposure The two photos in this post illustrate are different by one F-Stop. This is a freshly germinated lupine flower shot by our Sony A55 camera. The lens I used was my old 50 mm macro lens and is effectively a 75 mm macro lens. The exposure used is: ISO: 100 Aperture: F/22 Shutter [...]
I have had the XM-Sirius radio service for a number of years now. In this review I want to share with you all, what I like and dislike about the service; and what I view as the strengths and weaknesses of XM-Sirius. I hope this will enable you to make a decision on whether or [...]
One recurring item of discussion you see me engaging in is the music of the Grateful Dead. I think anyone who has been around a bit knows the Grateful Dead are not on the top of too many people’s playlists. I can only think of few people outside the circle of my family and close [...]
Last night from roughly 10:00 pm through 11:00 pm, at the international headquarters of The Wisconsin Skier we experienced a thunderstorm. Being that I was in and out of serious sleep I did not know of the severity of that storm, but reports throughout the day indicated the storm was a nasty one. That storm [...]
Not all that long ago I noticed a visitor landing here due to a Google search looking for advice on selecting lenses for ski photography. I will be open with you, this is not something I have thought a lot about. Most of the photography you see here is taken with a fixed lens Lumix [...]
Somewhere and sometime in the distant past I recall reading a skier talking about how he thought the improvement in ski technology would make better skiers of many people. He confessed that he was wrong on that count. Same too with photography. I find it hard to believe that with modern cameras people do not [...]
In this post I register a criticism of the Sony A55 camera. I say: That problem is in the middle of the sweep the camera decided to change the exposure and that exposure shows up as the line visible in the tree. The line is even more obvious in the full photo This elicited a [...]
I rarely and explicitly copyright any of my works here. Nor do I put up notices of other copyrights here. Most of the work here is owned by myself through Snowflake MSM LLC but I do borrow works from others from time to time. Mostly in the form of YouTube videos and there are some [...]
You are starting to see more activity at this site. That is a good thing too. Right now, the activity is mostly on the new camera the wife and I purchased. I am reviewing the camera and letting you know what I like and dislike about the camera. However, you may have also noted fiction [...]
It was incredibly hot and muggy out. To make things worse, Jim was making regular contributions to the survival of the mosquito species, but he was at that secret hole and the heat and mosquitoes barely registered as he fought what appeared to be an incredibly large brook trout. The odd thing was across his [...]
The Sony A55 Sweep Defect The image to the right is a snippet from a full sized panorama image taken from my Sony A55, notice a problem? In an earlier post I described the Sony A55′s sweep mode. That is the the ability of the Sony A55 to stitch together one panoramic image from a [...]
No pictures this time nor have I tried my hand at audio recording yet. So, I will have words only. I have written about the sounds of the season before, but want to do so again. Summer has its own phases, even though it isn’t officially summer, I think it safe to say most of [...]
