Tag Archives: sunrise

Beat the Crowds at Tourist Attractions

I recently read an excellent article on how to avoid crowds at popular tourist attractions.  I have a little experience in this area with all my visits to Walt Disney World and other places in the world. My best advice … Continue reading

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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

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A Good Friday

Each year on Good Friday, I get up in time to arrive at the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge to watch the Sun rise.  It was around the freezing mark in temperature and, while the morning looked promising, clouds soon took … Continue reading

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Too Much Blue

Last weekend I attempted to get the Moon set the morning after I took the Gibbous Moon.  Clouds came in which totally obscured the moon.  As long as I was up, I waited for the morning light near an old … Continue reading

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View 137: Summer Knowledge

Funny how you fall into a fun project.  First, there was the impromptu winter photo I grabbed before a Syracuse University basketball game which was followed up by a planned spring HDR photo.  Late Saturday night, I decided the summer … Continue reading

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