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Tag Archives: reflection
Finding Color in Your Compositions
As I mentioned when introducing this month’s assignment on Color Composition, I was surprised how little I used color that way even though I shoot it exclusively. Upon perusing my photo library, I found the following photographs I remembered taking … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged 1000 islands, 18-200mm vr, 28-300mm, atlantic, beach, bokeh, bridge, color, composition, covered, lake george, marker, new jersey, new york, nikon D70, nikon D700, ocean city, pier, prospect mountain, red, reflection, trail, vr, water, wooden, yellow
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Layers in Aperture and Lightroom
Last year, OnOne Software introduced a new product to bring layer processing to both Apple Aperture 3 and Adobe Lightroom called Perfect Layers. While using layers is a staple of Photoshop processing, it is not available in either Aperture or … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged 28-300mm, action, adobe, apple aperture 3, car, composite, disney's hollywood studios, falling, florida, free, glass, lightroom, lights, man, motors, nikon D700, OnOne software, orlando, perfect layers 2, perfect photo suite 6, photoshop, red, reflection, show, stunt, vr, walt disney world
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View 224: Vietnam Veterans Memorial
In the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, I watched the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite after supper. Cronkite would introduce stories and maps of this area half way around the world called Southeast Asia where the Vietnam War was … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Weekly View
Tagged "washington, 28-300mm, bokeh, charity, dc", flower, hope, national mall, nikon D700, red, reflection, statue, three soldiers, vietnam veterans memorial, vr, wall, women
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Blue Hour on the Mall
Last week I discussed how I was going to re-shot a photo I took from the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC back in 2008. Turns out the fence was still there as the reflection pool is currently drained … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Travel
Tagged "washington, 28-300mm, blue hour, dc", district of columbia, fountain, lincoln, memorial, night, nikon D700, reflection, stars, tripod, vr, wall, water, world war 2
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Photo Bookmarking
Bookmarks for browsers is a wonderful concept. If you are like me you have hundreds of bookmarks in different categories and sub-categories. When I am out photographing, I come across many good opportunities at the wrong time. The lighting might … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Travel
Tagged "washington, 18-200mm vr, capital, dc", fountain, lincoln, long exposure, memorial, monument, night, nikon D70, pool, reflecting, reflection, trees, tripod, united states, water, world war 2, ww2, wwii
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