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Tag Archives: 18-200mm
Cloudscapes
I have admired many a photograph featuring beautiful cloud formations and colors. My attempts at trying to capture the beauty of clouds had been disappointing until last weekend. While attending a concert on Paper Mill Island in Baldwinsville, New York, … Continue reading
Posted in Nature
Tagged 18-200mm, baldwinsville, blue, bridge, clouds, cloudscape, dusk, evening, light, new york, nikon D70, Photography, river, sky, sunset, vapor, vr, water
31 Comments
Sidelighting a Ladybug
Sidelighting – light coming from the left or right of a subject. Because the light is scraping across from side to side, it catches every surface blip and imperfection, leaving a trail of large and small shadows and exaggerating surface … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged 18-200mm, baldwinsville, beaver lake nature center, bokeh, direction, green, insect, ladybug, leaf, new york, nikon D70, red, sidelighting, veins, vr
18 Comments
View 126: Blue Eyes
This little boy was at a family picnic I attended last week. When photographing children, putting them on a chair can help to keep them in one place for a few minutes. Long enough to get a portrait…sometimes. 🙂
Posted in People, Weekly View
Tagged 18-200mm, blue, blue eyed, boy, child, children, eyes, new york, nikon D70, Photography, portrait, vr
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Wishes II
The Magic Kingdom’s nightly fireworks show called, Wishes, is a beautiful display of choreographed pyrotechnics, character narration and music as only Disney can do. The show runs approximately 12 minutes, has 557 fireworks firing cues and 655 individual shells launched … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly View
Tagged 18-200mm, fireworks, florida, long exposure, magic kingdom, night, nikon D70, orlando, tripod, vr, walt disney world, wishes
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