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Tag Archives: long exposure
Links of Passion
After announcing Assignment 25: Your Photography Passion, I thought I would share some helpful articles on the subject. Here are some reference links for looking more into this thing called passion. They all have a photography theme but the messages … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged blue, dusk, Lake Ontario, long exposure, new york, passion, sky, sunset, water, waves
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Play the Waiting Game at Busy Tourist Attractions
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. — Confucius Returning to Epcot at Walt Disney World for another tip on photographing in busy tourist attractions. This one can be tough if you are traveling with children but not … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged 18-200mm vr, blue hour, china, epcot, florida, hall of prayer for good harvest, lighting, lights, long exposure, nikon D70, orlando, pond, reflection, tripod, water
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View 275: Paint the Town Orange
With the Syracuse University Men’s Basketball team in Atlanta, Georgia for the NCAA Final Four Championship, upstate New York busted out in the team’s colors of orange and blue all last week. Onondaga County even lit up some of the … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly View
Tagged 24-85mm, basketball, blue hour, courthouse, everson museum, final four, lighting, long exposure, new york, night, nikon D700, onondaga county, orange, sculpture, street, syracuse, syracuse university, tripod, war memorial
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View 268: Syracuse from the 13th Floor
Spent the weekend at a hotel in Syracuse which I requested have a view of the city’s skyline. Setup up my Nikon D700 camera on a tripod with a Nikon 28-300VR lens (with VR turned off) in the room to … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly View
Tagged 28-300mm, blue hour, buildings, circular polarizer, city, filter, highway, interstate 81, light, long exposure, motion, movement, new york, night, nikon D700, sky, skyline, streaks, syracuse, tripod, vr
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View 264: Dancing Trees
Blustery days are the bane of Landscape photographers looking for static subjects in beautiful light and dramatic sky. Me, I like to take advantage of how the wind moves objects normally thought of as solid. Trees must sway and move when … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Weekly View
Tagged 28-300mm, blustery, dance, dancing, filters, long exposure, motion, movement, neutral density, nikon D700, trees, tripod, vr, wind, windy
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