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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Men in Kilts
The Opening Ceremonies at the CNY Scottish Games featured the Massed Band where members of all the piping bands competing at the event come together and parade onto the band field. It was an amazing sight which gave me goose … Continue reading
Posted in Event, People
Tagged 70-200mm, bagpipes, cny scottish games, drums, kilts, marching, massed band, men, music, new york, nikon D700, Photography, pipe major, syracuse, tartans, tradition, vr
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View 138: Throwing Stones, Tossing Cabers
I attended the Central New York Scottish Games over the weekend and enjoyed a beautiful Summer’s day learning about Scottish heritage and celebrating their traditions. One of their traditions are the athletic competitions. The Stone Throwing is very similar to … Continue reading
Posted in People, Sports, Weekly View
Tagged 70-200mm, athletics, caber toss, cny scottish games, kilts, men, new york, nikon D700, Photography, stone throw, syracuse, vr
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It is time for an upgrade
I’ve talked about it enough around here so you’ll be relieved to know I took possession of a slightly used Nikon D700 digital SLR camera yesterday. I’ll be giving it a proper shake down later today. Look for the results … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged b&h photo, battery grip, collage, mb-d10, nikon D700, pioneer woman, upgrade
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7 Ways to Get Out of a Photographer’s Slump
Over the past year I have heard a few of my photographer friends say they had become uninspired. In sports, they would say the photographer is in a slump. A slump is a period of poor or losing play by … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged 18-200mm vr, baldwinsville, new york, nikon D70, plants, silhouette, slump, sunset
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Not to Disappoint…An HDR Castle
Hope you were not expecting another castle. 🙂 I did a few HDR exposure sets while I was doing the summer shoot of Crouse College at Syracuse University last weekend. These two came out particularly well. The Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged apple aperture 3, crouse college, hdr, high dynamic range, lampposts, new york, nikon D70, Photography, photomatix, plugin, syracuse, syracuse university, tokina 11-16mm
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