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Tag Archives: building
New York State Fair After Dark
The Sun goes below the horizon at the Great New York State Fair earlier this week. I grabbed my tripod and headed to the bright lights and rides of the James E. Strates Show Midway to enjoy some long exposure … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged 28-300mm, 4-h, blue hour, building, lights, long exposure, motion, movement, new york, New York State Fair, night, nikon D700, oddities, pyrke house, rides, show, syracuse, tripod, vr
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View 241: Human Interest
As I was reviewing the photos I choose to share last week, I realized something was missing. Technically they were good. They were informative but did not include a lot of storytelling. Take the Westcott Building I posted on Friday. … Continue reading
Posted in People, Travel, Weekly View
Tagged 28-300mm, building, daughter, family, flash, florida, florida state university, fountain, friend, fsu, gateway arch, graduates, human interest, missouri, nikon D700, nikon SB-600, pod, st. louis, tallahassee, tram, vr, water, westcott
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Florida State University
The historic collegiate gothic building was built in 1910 and served as then Florida State College’s administration building by which it was known until 1936. In that year the building was renamed the James D. Westcott, Jr. Memorial Building by then university president Edward … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged 28-300mm, bricks, building, doak campbell, florida, football, fountain, fsu, nikon D700, palm, red, seminole, stadium, state university, statue, tallahassee, trees, unconquered, vr, warrior, water, westcott
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Favorites Photo Hunt
While Karma said we could photograph any of our favorites, I choose to take a few of her suggestions for this month’s Photo Hunt. Food I am not a very adventuresome eater when it comes to Chinese food. If it … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Sports, Travel
Tagged "washington, 28-300mm, 70-200mm, building, capitol, chinatown, chinese, crunch, dc", flowers, food, ice hockey, metro, national zoo, nikon D700, smithsonian, spring, sumatran, syracuse, tiger, tulips, vacation, vr
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Washington, DC Favorites
Thought I would end this week with a few favorites from last week’s trip to Washington, DC. I will add shooting tips to the challenges I faced in hopes of helping other traveling photographers. I will start with the reason … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Travel
Tagged "washington, 28-300mm, aperture 3, building, capitol, daughter, dc", dome, flowering, fountain, great hall, hdr, high key, japanese wisteria, library of congress, mammal, memorial, national mall, national zoo, nikon D700, orangutan, photomatix, primate, purple, rotunda, smithsonian, thomas jeffereson, tokina 11-16mm, tree, united states, us, vr, water, woman, world war 2
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