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Tag Archives: sun
View 331: Summer Breeze
The first day of Summer for 2014 lasted 15 hours and 34 minutes at my latitude and ended in a beautiful sunset. I photographed the event from the eastern shore of Lake Ontario as a sailboat taking advantage of the summer breeze … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly View
Tagged 24-120mm, breeze, brennan's beach, clouds, horizon, Lake Ontario, new york, nikon D700, orange, pulaski, sailboat, seals and croft, silhouette, song, summer, sun, sunset, tripod, vr, water, yellow
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View 316: Visiting Cowsheds Falls
Do you remember your first time visiting a natural wonder? I am not talking about the Grand Canyon or Niagara Falls but your first lake, river, mountain or waterfall? My family camped when I was young and I remember lots … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Weekly View
Tagged 28-300mm, brother, children, family, fillmore glen, moravia, new york, nikon D700, rocks, shade, shadow, siblings, sister, state park, stone, stream, summer, sun, sunlight, vr, wall, water, waterfalls
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Seduced by the Fisheye
When I first told you I had gotten a Fisheye lens as a present, I mentioned when the subject called for it, I would use the Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX DG Fisheye Lens. Oh, but the Fisheye is a crafty seductress. … Continue reading
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Tagged arches national park, california, california screamin, canyonlands national park, disney's california adventure, disney's hollywood studios, fisheye, guests, landscape, mesa arch, moab, muppetvision 3-d, nikon D700, rock, roller coaster, sigma 15mm, sun, sunburst, theater, turret arch, utah, walt disney world
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View 265: Water and Ice
The transformation of Ithaca Falls in winter is an amazing sight. Where water flowed freely was now incased in icicles. Where the water still flows is now restricted and takes different paths down the rocky cascade. A close up view … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Weekly View
Tagged 28-300mm, cold, falls, flow, freeze, hdr, ice, icicles, ithaca, new york, nikon D700, photomatix pro, snow, sun, trees, tripod, vr, water, waterfalls, winter
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Trick to Using a Graduated Neutral Density Filter
A Graduated Neutral Density Filter are not like the Neutral Density filters I have talked about in the past. Those cut the light into the entire lens opening. A graduated ND filter, is dark on one side and gradually goes … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged 28-300mm, cokin, depth of field, graduated neutral denisty filter, horizon, kits, new york, nikon D700, oneida lake, preview button, steel pier, sun, sunrise, syracuse, vr, water
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