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Tag Archives: uwa
View 236: Scenes from a Beach
Spent the day enjoying summer at Brennan’s Beach RV Campground and Resort near Pulaski, New York. Walked the beach with the D70 using the Nifty Fifty (Nikon’s 50mm f/1.8 lens) which equates to 75mm with the 1.5x crop factor and came … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly View
Tagged 50mm f/1.8, brennan's beach, couple, eastern, evening, flip flops, hdr, horizon, Lake Ontario, new york, nifty fifty, nikon D70, photomatix pro, pulaski, resort, rocks, rv campground, sand, shore, summer, sunset, tokina 11-16mm, umbrellas, uwa, watching, water, waves, wide angle
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Disney Cruising
The Disney Cruise Line does cater to families. There are lots of activities and excursions during each cruise families can enjoy together. Disney knew they would also have to cater to adults. Not only adult singles and couples but parents … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged 28-300mm, adult, characters, decks, disney cruise line, disney dream, nikon D700, pool, ship, stacks, tokina 11-16mm, uwa, vr, wide angle
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No Tripods, No Monopods, No Problems
The Smithsonian’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia and next door to Dulles International Airport does not allow the use of monopods or tripods due to safety issues. I figured I would have to rely on my Nikon D700 … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Travel
Tagged "washington, 28-300mm, aircraft, airport, atomic bomb, blackbird, boeing b-29, chantilly, dc", dulles, enola gay, enterprise, history, lockheed, magic arm, manfrotto, museum, nikon D700, smithsonian, space shuttle, sr-71, steven f. udvar-hazy center, super clamp, superfortress, tokina 11-16mm, uwa, virginia, vr, wide angle
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Springtime in Washington
The unusually warm weather in March brought out the famous Washington, DC cherry blossoms much earlier than normal. I had hoped when I was visiting this week to be able to photograph them. Not to be deterred, I found lots … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged 28-300mm, blue, building, capitol, dogwoods, flowering, hdr, nikon D700, photomatix, sky, statues, supreme court, the white house, tokina 11-16mm, united states, uwa, vr, wide angle
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View 201: Beebe Lake at Cornell University
Beebe Lake on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, New York, was created back in 1828 to harness the hydro-power of Fall Creek. In 1898, the dam was raised another ten feet to bring the lake to the size it … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Weekly View
Tagged 28-300mm, autumn, beebe lake, campus, colors, cornell university, dam, fall foliage, hdr, ithaca, nature trail, new york, nikon D700, reflection, tokina 11-16mm, trees, uwa, vr, water, waterfall, wide angle
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