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Beat the Crowds at Tourist Attractions

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Scott Thomas Photography

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 →

Posted in Photography, Travel | Tagged attraction, avoid, blue, building, capitol, dc", destination, golden hour, morning, nikon D700, shadow, sky, spring, sunrise, tokina 11-16mm, tourists, united states, us, uwa, washtington, wide angle | 4 Comments

Trick to Using a Graduated Neutral Density Filter

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Scott Thomas Photography

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 | 7 Comments

A Good Friday

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Scott Thomas Photography

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 →

Posted in Animals, Nature | Tagged 80-400mm, birds, canada geese, flying, great blue heron, harrier, hawk, marsh, montezuma national wildlife refuge, new york, nikon D70, nikon D700, nys thruway, pond, seneca falls, soaring, song sparrow, sunrise, tripod, vr, water, waterfowl, wildlife | 27 Comments

Too Much Blue

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Scott Thomas Photography

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 →

Posted in Photography | Tagged 28-300mm, abandoned, apple aperture 3, baldwinsville, blue, clouds, green, hdr, high dynamic range, morning, new york, nikon D700, old, overcast, photo editing, safari, shutter, software, sunrise, tripod, white balance | 13 Comments

View 137: Summer Knowledge

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Scott Thomas Photography

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 →

Posted in Weekly View | Tagged blue, brick, cement, crouse college, flowers, geraniums, grass, green, lampposts, light, morning, new york, Photography, red, season, sky, stairs, summer, sunrise, syracuse, syracuse university, tokina 11-16mm, tripod, ultra wide angle, uwa | 26 Comments

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