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Autumn Highlights

When I looked back over the last ten weeks, I got the feeling of how incredible it has been.  It started with a trip to North and South Dakota to visit my daughter and photograph the landscape and wildlife of … Continue reading

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View 152: Reflections of China

The three-tiered, circular Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest in China’s pavilion at Walt Disney World is a one-half scale reproduction of its counterpart inside the Temple of Heaven complex near Beijing.  Many of its architectural details, both inside and … Continue reading

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Sunset with Character

Someday I am going to enjoy the Characters in Flight attraction at Downtown Disney.  For now, I will have to settle with photographing this unique hot air balloon as it floated in a pastel sky minutes before the Sun went … Continue reading

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View 151: Late Autumn

The local weather guy had to go back 51 years to find another November which had 4 warm and sunny days in a row.  Incidentally, that was the year I was born. 🙂  I sure could not let such a … Continue reading

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Introducing the Neutral Density Filter

Last week I talked about how I photograph fireworks at Walt Disney World.  This week I will use the same technique of a tripod, cable shutter release and setting the shutter speed to Bulb in Manual exposure mode.  This allows … Continue reading

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