Space Shuttle Endeavor sitting within NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building. Note how her orbital maneuvering system has been removes (i.e. no engines in the back).
Below, you’ll see the mighty crawler that served as a launch pad transporter for the shuttle missions. It’s quite likely this transporter will be abandoned in place. Who knows though, perhaps it will roar once more.
A different interpretation of a sunset from Lake Apopka. The image was a broken into three components: the sky, the walkway, and the dock. Each was then edited in a separate group then the resultant layers were merged and desaturated and sharpened.
I am not sure which of the two alligator photos I prefer. I love the intense concentration on the face of this alligator here.
I almost did not post this as I felt there was quite a bit of cross over between the two images in terms of subject and mood. That said, I like this image the more I look at it.
This image was captured last week at the same time as the alligator shot “I See You”. I was focusing on photographing the individual panorama images and completely missed the child-like shape the clouds made in the center of the photo. Take a look at the center of the image and you’ll see a child with legs bent and one arm extended looking to the left.
I missed out enjoying the sunset as I was creating this image but I’m so grateful I made it to the lake that day. Would I have been able to appreciate this had I not had a camera? I don’t know. Perhaps, but I would not have been able to share the sunset with you had I not had my camera that day.
Missed the hangout last Monday night at 9pm? Here’s the video! It was a good time. We talked quite a bit about shooting for HDR and post-processing. We also showed off some of our HDR mistakes and talked about some of the pitfalls to avoid.
Hope to see you Monday for the next hangout.
I’ve been searching for geometry lately and working to see beauty and order in unexpected places. The image you see here is the underside of a lattice at a nursery that is home to millions of plants. This structure supports all the feeding and drainage tubes that serve to make the lives of the plants possible.
I was drawn initially by the tracks and when I looked in, I saw the lines leading everywhere. I knew this was a shot to be had.
By the way, I didn’t use a tripod here. My camera fit on the tracks but my lens kept pitching the body forward, so I simply held on to the strap, set the timer, and held on as the three exposures fired.
Here’s the 2nd Google+ Photo Hangout. The topic was Landscapes! Join us on Google+ Monday nights at 9pm EST for the live hangout. We just did episode 3 yesterday. The topic was HDR; I’ll post that video tomorrow.
So, normally, I don’t use a flash. I just find I don’t need one, or can’t use one, for most of what I shoot. Have you ever tried lighting an entire building or the interior of a convention center with a flash?
On a typical day, you’ll see me running around with a canon 17-40L mounted on my 50D, my 70-200 sitting in small lowpro bag, my tripod on my shoulder, and the flash at home. For some reason, however, I decided to bring my flash with me as I left the house in the am – which was, again, odd as I wasn’t shooting until the evening and my plan was to shoot the interior of a hotel (can’t say the name because I haven’t gotten the approval to go shoot there yet).
Since I didn’t get the go-ahead for the interior shoot, I decided to head to the lake near my home and see if I could see some gators. Even though I live in Florida, I’ve never seen one at this lake.
Look what I found! This little guy sat there for about an hour as I got shot after shot of him as the sun was setting down. In a full reversal of my typical pattern, I used my 70-200 with the flash and no tripod.
I used the flash to get a little more color than you typically since from a gator in the water. Glad I packed it! Sometimes it’s good to overpack 🙂
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