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Tag Archives: museum
Being Creative at Tourist Attractions
Here’s a fun way to approach photographing in busy tourist attractions. Be creative! Easier said than done I can hear you saying. Really, when confronted with people everywhere, start looking from different angles, get low, get high or just tilt … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged 18-200mm vr, blue, car, cinderella castle, creative, dearborn, florida, gt-40, henry ford, magic kingdom, michigan, museum, nikon D70, orlando, partners, race, red, sky, statue, tilt, walt disney world
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Using Color in Composition
I have showed you how to find color in your compositions. Today, I share three photos taken when I choose color as the main part of the composition. I know…you think I first spied the leading line and shapes in … Continue reading
Posted in Assignments, Photography
Tagged 28-300mm, bird, blue, boardwalk resort, color, composition, cool hand luke, disney's animal kingdom, entertainer, fill flash, george eastman, green, house, juggler, juggling, museum, new york, nikon D700, red, rochester, vr, walt disney world, yellow
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View 240: The Gateway Arch
Eero Saarinen, the architect of the Gateway Arch, wanted a simple design for a memorial to the westward expansion created by the Louisiana Purchase negotiated by President Thomas Jefferson. After studying other iconic memorials, Eero decided none really fit and … Continue reading
No Tripods, No Monopods, No Problems
The Smithsonian’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia and next door to Dulles International Airport does not allow the use of monopods or tripods due to safety issues. I figured I would have to rely on my Nikon D700 … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Travel
Tagged "washington, 28-300mm, aircraft, airport, atomic bomb, blackbird, boeing b-29, chantilly, dc", dulles, enola gay, enterprise, history, lockheed, magic arm, manfrotto, museum, nikon D700, smithsonian, space shuttle, sr-71, steven f. udvar-hazy center, super clamp, superfortress, tokina 11-16mm, uwa, virginia, vr, wide angle
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View 223: Manned Spaceflight
Visited the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport which is the companion facility to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum on the National Mall. It houses one of the largest collections of historic air and space craft … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Weekly View
Tagged "washington, 28-300mm, air and space, dc", enterprise, hanger, hdr, high dynamic range, james s. mcdonnell, museum, nikon D700, photomatix, space shuttle, steven f. udvar-hazy center, vr
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