Archive for October, 2010
Camouflage – Green Vine Snake
A green vine snake stalking prey at the Bronx Zoo
Photo Data:
- Aperture: f/2.5
- Camera: DSC-F828
- Taken: 10 April, 2004
- Focal length: 9.5 mm
- ISO: 80
- Shutter speed: 1/40 s
In: Fauna, Flora · Tagged with: Bronx, green, snake, vine, zoo
Blue Skies – Tall Buildings
Clear blue skies above office buildings in Los Angeles
Photo Data:
- Aperture: f/7.1
- Camera: Canon PowerShot S500
- Taken: 10 August, 2004
- Focal length: 7.40625 mm
- Shutter speed: 1/400 s
In: Buildings, Sky · Tagged with: Los Angeles, skyscrapers
Nature Patterns – Butterfly Wings
A butterfly at the butterfly farm in Aruba
Photo Data:
- Aperture: f/2.8
- Camera: DSC-P72
- Taken: 9 October, 2003
- Focal length: 6 mm
- ISO: 100
- Shutter speed: 1/250 s
In: Fauna, Patterns · Tagged with: Aruba, butterfly, spots
Pretty Light Blur – The California Christmas Express
Lights on the Christmas Express train in San Juan Capistrano
Photo Data:
- Aperture: f/2.8
- Camera: Canon PowerShot S500
- Taken: 19 December, 2004
- Focal length: 7.40625 mm
- Shutter speed: 1/4 s
In: City Streets, Holidays, Lighting, Long Exposure, Motion Blur, Night · Tagged with: Christmas, San Juan Capistrano, train
Fall Foliage – Tokyo Temple with HDR
Fall foliage on the grounds of the Meiji Temple in Tokyo (HDR)
At the suggestion of a friend in the 3D graphics business (thanks Neil!) I experiment with High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography a few years ago while shooting in Tokyo. For HDR, which is now a feature in the latest iPhone operating system, you take several identically positioned photos with different exposures to encompass detail in highlights, detail in shadows, and detail in midtones, and HDR software munges it all together for you to create a version of the image with greater dynamic range. Above is one of my first attempts at HDR, from the grounds of the Meiji Temple in Tokyo.
Photo Data:
In: Flora, HDR, Reflection, Water · Tagged with: color change, fall foliage, leaves, Meiji Temple, Tokyo
In Monet’s Garden – Smelling the Roses
Stop and smell the roses in Monet's Garden
When in Claude Monet’s garden in Giverny, France, you sometimes have to stop and smell the roses, like my daughter is doing here.
Photo Data:
- Aperture: f/10
- Camera: NIKON D300
- Taken: 16 May, 2008
- Focal length: 95 mm
- ISO: 400
- Shutter speed: 1/400 s
In: Children, Flora · Tagged with: Claude Monet, flowers, France, garden, Giverny, rose, smelling, sniffing
Man-Made Circles – The Bullfighting Ring at Ronda
The bullfighting arena in Ronda
Reportedly the oldest (or second oldest) operational bullfighting ring in the world, the one in Ronda, Spain has incredible form and the light color of the sand provides excellent contrast to the structure and darkness of the stands.
Photo Data:
- Aperture: f/14
- Camera: NIKON D300
- Taken: 25 April, 2008
- Focal length: 10.5 mm
- ISO: 400
- Shutter speed: 1/800 s
In: Buildings, Fisheye, Lighting, Sky · Tagged with: arena, bullfighting, ring, Ronda, Spain
Animal Agility – The Giraffe Tongue
What a tongue
A giraffe’s tongue is not only really long and prehensile, but also gooey and slimy. I speak from first hand experience of being slimed by one.
Photo Data:
- Aperture: f/10
- Camera: NIKON D80
- Taken: 8 July, 2007
- Focal length: 10.5 mm
- ISO: 400
- Shutter speed: 1/400 s
In: Fauna, Fisheye, Sky · Tagged with: giraffe, San Diego, tongue, Wild Animal Park
Patterns of Celebration – Chinese New Year’s Aftermath
The remains of Chinese New Year in New York City
The streets of New York City’s Chinatown are littered with confetti and fireworks refuse after Chinese New Year celebrations, creating colorful patterns. The scrap of a Chinese newspaper adds to the cultural aspect of the image, I think.
Photo Data:
- Aperture: f/2.8
- Camera: Canon PowerShot S500
- Taken: 29 January, 2006
- Focal length: 7.40625 mm
- Shutter speed: 1/80 s
In: City Streets, Event, Patterns, Texture, Tradition · Tagged with: Chinatown, Chinese New Year, confetti, fireworks, New York City, newspaper
Messages Above – Prayer Cards in Tokyo
Prayer cards at a Shinto shrine in Tokyo
People write their prayers and wish on these wooden cards at Shinto shrines and then the Shinto priests gather them up on special days, and burn them to carry their messages to the heavens.
Photo Data:
- Aperture: f/9
- Camera: NIKON D200
- Taken: 7 December, 2006
- Focal length: 32 mm
- ISO: 400
- Shutter speed: 1/50 s
