Archive for the ‘photography’ Category
Fells Point
Mar.10.2010
We had a chance to walk around Fells Point near the hotel in Baltimore. Neat place. Here are a few photos from the walk.
Baltimore
Mar.08.2010
I am attending a conference in Baltimore over the next few days and then off to the Great Smoky Mountains for a week’s vacation. First time ever in Baltimore. It took about 8 hours to make the drive down from Kingston. Beautiful day for driving although the tinnitus was really going full bore. Funny how certain environments magnify the effect of this ringing in the head. The condition has been gradually improving but not today. I arrived at the hotel feeling very unwell. Tinnitus can take its toll.
Getting out and walking around the hotel helped a lot. And it will be an early night for me tonight. The sessions start at 7am tomorrow and run to about 6pm. A good rest is definitely in order.
I had my point and shoot camera with me as I walked around the hotel. A few shots of the hotel and the harbor. Baltimore looks like a great city.
Ottawa
Jan.31.2010
I was out to Ottawa last week on business and I had a chance to walk around the downtown area in the early evening. I had my Canon G11 with me and I was able to capture a few frames. Not a bad little machine for a point and shoot camera.
The typical tourist shot:
Interesting reflections from a downtown office tower:
The Rideau Canal and the Chateau Laurier:
And the ByWard Market:
Flickr Landscape Gallery
Dec.29.2009
Nice looking landscape gallery. Even noticed a familiar shot — Killbear Provincial Park — number 5 in the series.
Death Valley
Nov.07.2009
A few more shots from Death Valley.
Death Valley
Nov.04.2009
Here are a few shots from my day hiking and shooting the dunes at Death Valley. What a stunning place.
Valley of Fire State Park
Nov.02.2009
Line up the tripod and shoot.
Set manual mode and keep the same exposure settings. Now move the tripod over a bit and shoot again.
Move the tripod over again.
Repeat the process another 10 times and you get this kind of result. Panoramic photography is so cool.
Death Valley Day 2
Nov.01.2009
After the conference ended, Lorraine and I had two open days. We used both days hiking in Death Valley, California.
The temperatures on day 2 were up in the low 90s. I cannot imagine hiking this area during the summer months when the temperatures exceed 120 degrees Fahrenheit.
I have some great images to share over the next week. I can’t do much with them here as I am running on a small netbook. However, I did take a jpeg shot of Lorraine and myself at Badwater Basin.
Badwater Basin is the lowest point in North America, with an elevation of 282 ft below sea level.
With repeated freeze-thaw and evaporation cycles the thin salt crust is gradually pushed into hexagonal honeycomb shapes.
We spent most of our time hiking the dunes. To give you some sense of scale, here is a shot from Lorraine’s camera. You can see a picture of me down in the dunes. Death Valley is a huge park and two days was not enough time to shoot.
Death Valley
Oct.30.2009
The conference ended in enough time for Lorraine and I to make the drive out to Death Valley and to shoot the dunes just as the sun was beginning the descent towards evening.
As I have a netbook on the trip, I do not have the ability to process any of my own images down here. Most of the images I shoot are in RAW format. I did shoot one jpeg of Lorraine and myself which is the first photo below. Lorraine shoots only jpegs on her camera and the next two photos show the camera geek hard at work. Amazing environment. Some great photos to share on the blog once I get home.
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