Archive for September, 2010
Aerial Views – New York City
Bird's eye view of New York City
You don’t have to be in a plane to get aerial views. A skyscraper like the Empire State Building will do just as well. Look how tiny the yellow taxis look on the streets far below.
Photo Data:
- Aperture: f/2
- Camera: DSC-F828
- Taken: 6 April, 2004
- Focal length: 7.1 mm
- ISO: 100
- Shutter speed: 1/30 s
In: Aerial, City Streets · Tagged with: Empire State Building, New York City, taxi cabs
The Grass is Greener – When You’re Laying Down
Sometimes you just have to take a break
My kids, enjoying green grass (something we do not have here on Bonaire) outside of the El Morro fortress, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Photo Data:
- Aperture: f/5.6
- Camera: DSC-F828
- Taken: 5 April, 2004
- Focal length: 11.4 mm
- ISO: 64
- Shutter speed: 1/250 s
In: Children, Flora, Texture · Tagged with: El Morro, grass, kids, Puerto Rico, San Juan
Long Exposure Light Play – Las Vegas at Night
Long exposure while riding the Las Vegas monorail
You can get some interesting results when you take long exposures of a place with lots of light from the inside of a moving vehicle, like here when I was in Las Vegas in the monorail along the strip, at night.
Photo Data:
- Aperture: f/16
- Camera: NIKON D200
- Taken: 9 September, 2007
- Focal length: 22 mm
- ISO: 100
- Shutter speed: 30 s
In: City Streets, Long Exposure · Tagged with: Las Vegas, lights, monorail, streaming
When Color Won’t Do – Eagle Ray on Bonaire
An eagle ray in Bonaire's waters
The original version of this image was a study in cyan. As a black and white it looks so much better.
Photo Data:
- Aperture: f/2.3
- Camera: C5050Z
- Focal length: 13.2 mm
- ISO: 64
- Shutter speed: 1/250 s
In: Black & White, Fauna, Monochrome, Underwater · Tagged with: bonaire, eagle ray
When The Real Looks Fake – Birds At A Zoo
Birds at the Bronx Zoo
There’s no question that zoos and animal parks are the easiest place to get pictures of exotic animals. The trick is to always look at the background and make sure you don’t get any of the fencing or man made walls in your shots. However, sometimes the man made environment can create a whole different feel as is shown here. These birds, because of the sparse vegetation and the unusual poses, combined with a stark, monotone background, look like they are stuffed birds on display. But they are in fact live birds, staring towards the heavens in what turns out to be a boringly outfitted environment at the Bronx Zoo, New York.
Photo Data:
- Aperture: f/3.2
- Camera: DSC-F828
- Taken: 10 April, 2004
- Focal length: 51 mm
- ISO: 64
- Shutter speed: 1/80 s
In: Fauna, Lighting, Odd Background · Tagged with: birds, Bronx Zoo, captive, New York City
Water Textures – Rain Drops on Glass
Rain is on the outside while we're dry on the inside
More rain shots from Bonaire, outside the window in our kitchen door. Each drop is like a tiny warped lens, creating all sorts of cool visual effects.
Photo Data:
- Aperture: f/4.9
- Camera: Canon PowerShot S90
- Taken: 13 August, 2010
- Focal length: 22.5 mm
- ISO: 1000
- Shutter speed: 1/200 s
In: Patterns, Reflection, Texture, Water · Tagged with: bonaire, drops, glass, rain, window
Man Made Works – Oriental Demon Figurines
Humorous carved figurines at the Met
I love taking pictures in museums without any flash (and flash photography is often forbidden anyhow). I will press my camera up against a clean part of the glass of a display case that has objects of interest to me, line things up as best I can, and take my picture. Using the glass as a stable platform allows for long exposures, like this one at one second. Shot in the oriental wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Photo Data:
- Aperture: f/5
- Camera: DSC-F828
- Taken: 13 April, 2004
- Focal length: 14.9 mm
- ISO: 100
- Shutter speed: 1 s
In: Lighting, Long Exposure, Museum · Tagged with: comical, figurine, humorous, Met, Metropolitan Museum of Art, oriental
Underwater Textures and Patterns – Sponge, Anemone, and Coral
Underwater Invertebrates - sponge, anemone, and coral
One of the pleasures I find in scuba diving is observing nature’s patterns. Here is an image I shot some time ago of a blend of three different textures coexisting under the waters of Bonaire, where I live. The orange is a sponge, the frilly thing is an anemone, and the lower part of the image is occupied by a healthy brain coral (so called because its pattern is reminiscent of that of a brain).
Photo Data:
- Aperture: f/8
- Camera: C5050Z
- Taken: 29 November, 2003
- Focal length: 11.9 mm
- ISO: 100
- Shutter speed: 1/250 s
In: Fauna, Patterns, Texture, Underwater, Water · Tagged with: anemone, bonaire, coral, diving, sponge, underwater
Floral Textures – A Flower Puffball
Prickly Flower
While in Fiji a few years ago, we got to visit the Garden of the Sleeping Giant (started by television’s Raymond Burr of Perry Mason and Ironside fame), a huge natural repository for an incredibly diverse range of orchids and other flowering plants. I have no idea what type of flower is in the image above, but I love its texture.
Photo Data:
- Aperture: f/4.8
- Camera: NIKON D200
- Taken: 25 November, 2007
- Focal length: 52 mm
- ISO: 800
- Shutter speed: 1/60 s
In: Flora, Macro, Texture · Tagged with: blossom, Fiji, flower, Garden of the Sleeping Giant, pink, red
Larger Than Life – Giant Rat in New York City
Giant Rat in New York City
New York City has a reputation for huge rats, but this one was the biggest I’ve ever seen. Fortunately it was stuffed (and probably fake).
Photo Data:
- Aperture: f/2.8
- Camera: DSC-F828
- Taken: 12 April, 2004
- Focal length: 13.7 mm
- ISO: 64
- Shutter speed: 1/60 s
In: City Streets, Fauna · Tagged with: New York City, rat
