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Tag Archives: museum
View 456: Erie Canal Park
On the first day of Spring for 2021, I visited the Erie Canal Park near Camillus, New York for the first time. While the sky was blue and the air unseasonably warm, Nature had yet to start blooming and the … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Weekly View
Tagged aqueduct, blue, camillus, erie canal park, history, houseboat, museum, new york, nine mile creek, towpath, water
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View 319: X-15 Spaceplane
The X-15 was a rocket-powered aircraft operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the early 1960’s. The X-15 set speed and altitude records reaching the edge of outer space and … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Weekly View
Tagged "washington, 28-300mm, dc", museum, national air and space, nikon D700, plane, space, spaceflight, vr, x-15
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Being Creative at Tourist Attractions
Here’s a fun way to approach photographing in busy tourist attractions. Be creative! Easier said than done I can hear you saying. Really, when confronted with people everywhere, start looking from different angles, get low, get high or just tilt … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged 18-200mm vr, blue, car, cinderella castle, creative, dearborn, florida, gt-40, henry ford, magic kingdom, michigan, museum, nikon D70, orlando, partners, race, red, sky, statue, tilt, walt disney world
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Using Color in Composition
I have showed you how to find color in your compositions. Today, I share three photos taken when I choose color as the main part of the composition. I know…you think I first spied the leading line and shapes in … Continue reading
Posted in Assignments, Photography
Tagged 28-300mm, bird, blue, boardwalk resort, color, composition, cool hand luke, disney's animal kingdom, entertainer, fill flash, george eastman, green, house, juggler, juggling, museum, new york, nikon D700, red, rochester, vr, walt disney world, yellow
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View 240: The Gateway Arch
Eero Saarinen, the architect of the Gateway Arch, wanted a simple design for a memorial to the westward expansion created by the Louisiana Purchase negotiated by President Thomas Jefferson. After studying other iconic memorials, Eero decided none really fit and … Continue reading
