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Tag Archives: blue hour
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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Best of 2011
Previously I have shared with you my Best Sports and Disney photos for 2011. Now, it is time to present my top ten photos of 2011. It was not easy to whittle it down to 10. I started with over … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged 2011, 5K, 9/11, architecture, baldwinsville, best of, birds, blue hour, hdr, horse, ice, ithaca, Lake Ontario, new jersey, new york, New York State Fair, nikon D700, running, sunset, syracuse, water, waterfall, wildlife, winter
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Characters in Flight
The Characters in Flight tethered balloon ride at Downtown Disney in Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida takes guests 300 feet (92m) in the air. The red and yellow balloon is 72 feet in diameter (22m) and is adorned with Disney … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged 28-300mm, balloon, blue hour, characters in flight, downtown disney, dusk, florida, hotels, night, nikon D700, orlando, resort, restaurants, saratoga springs, shops, stores, tethered, vr, walt disney world, westside
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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








