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Tag Archives: tripod
View 216: Moon Over the Dome
Got a message from a photography friend about a location to photograph the full Moon rising over the Syracuse University campus last Tuesday night. For most of the day it did not look good with a solid overcast sky. Late … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly View
Tagged 80-400mm, arena, blue hour, campus, carrier dome, church, full, lights, moon, most holy rosary, new york, night photography, nikon D700, syracuse, tripod, university, vr
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Photographing a Disney Monorail at Night
When I shared my Best Disney Photos of 2011 last November, I promised I would be telling you how I was able to light up the monorail. Today is the day! Enjoy! I have seen other photographers sharing photos of … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Travel
Tagged 28-300mm, blue, epcot, flash, florida, monorial, night, nikon D700, orlando, rear-sync, sb-600, spaceship earth, transportation, tripod, vr, walt disney world
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Fireworks Perspective
Back in October I showed you this photo of the HallowWishes fireworks show with perimeter bursts from inside the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. I used a wide angle lens here so the fireworks do not look as close … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged 28-300mm, filter, fireworks, florida, forced perspective, holiday wishes, long exposure, magic kingdom, neutral density, night, nikon D700, orlando, reflection, seven seas lagoon, tripod, vr, walt disney world, water
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Journey into Imagination
Putting my Blue Hour skills to work, I set up my tripod at Journey into Imagination pavilion in Epcot. I waited for the magic time between sunset and the end of twilight. The long exposures it took to capture the … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged blue hour, clouds, epcot, florida, fountain, future world, glass, journey into imagination, long exposure, nikon D700, orlando, sky, tokina 11-16mm, tripod, walt disney world, water
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Patriotic Clinton Square
For the week of 9/11/11, Syracuse, New York is lighting the fountains at Clinton Square in red, white and blue for the first time. I photographed this at twilight to get the deep blue in the sky and set my … Continue reading
