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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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