A brief trip to Washington, DC, gave me a chance to see the famous Cherry Blossom Season:
Cherry Blossom Season 2 comments
Moonrise over Mt. Rainier Leave a comment
I was lucky to be flying to Seattle at the right time and sitting on the right side of the plane:
Incoming! 2 comments
Captured on Hammonasset Beach in Connecticut, as they fluttered around a gentleman passing out breadcrumbs.
Canon Powershot G12
ISO 100
f/4.5
1/200 sec
Adjusted with Nik Color Efex
Tiny Beach Treasures Leave a comment
Tiny shells (1 cm long) on our local beach, shot with my macro lens:
Canon EOS 7D, 100mm 1/2.8 macro lens
ISO 100
f/3.2
1/400 sec
Scenes at an Airport 2 comments
Found a few interesting shots even in such humdrum environment as a small regional airport. These were taken in Eugene, OR:
iphone Hipstamatic
Giant Winter Tree 1 comment
This tree has a commanding presence in our neighborhood. Can’t wait for the leaves to return this spring.
iphone Hipstamatic, adjusted with Snapseed
Winter Wonderland along the Highway 1 comment
Winter wonderland along I-89 in Vermont:
Canon EOS 7D, EF 24-70mm f/2.8L
ISO 100
F/14
1/60 sec
Last Rays of Sunshine on City Hall 5 comments
A lovely sunset lit up the newly restored cupola of Clinton City Hall last night. It finally feels like spring!!!
Canon Powershot G12
ISO 200
f/5.6
1/30 sec
Good Morning, Frost 3 comments
I can handle the cold when it’s nice and sunny (because you get nice pictures like these at sunrise):
Canon EOS 7D, EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro
ISO 100
f/3.2
1/400 sec
Magical Sunset Leave a comment
I love how the clouds disperse the sun’s rays late in the afternoon on overcast days:
Canon Powershot G12
ISO 100
f/8
Indoor Clouds 4 comments
10 gallon hat and a pint of beer 4 comments
Caught in Salt Lake City airport bar. Where true cowboys still roam (Utah, that is, NOT the airport).
Winter be damned! Leave a comment
After so many posts of frozen flowers, icy ponds, snowy trees and wind-swept beaches, I decided I HAD to post something sunny and warm. Here’s our beach in the summer – a far cry from the empty and icy beach it is now. Can’t wait for summer!
iphone
ISO 64
f/2.4
1/200 sec
Last Glimpse of a Beautiful Winter 6 comments
Goodbye, Lovely Vermont 1 comment
Tomorrow ends my last winter visit to Stowe, VT. Haven’t taken too many pictures lately because I feel like I’ve exhausted the possibilities, and because skiing has taken precedence. But here are a few that I liked from this week:
Rock Stars Leave a comment
I wanted to give these boulders the glamour treatment, using HDR and some filters. I shot these on an overcast day on Hammonasset Beach in Connecticut. (Maybe I should call them ‘Boulder Stars’…)
Canon Powershot G12, multiple exposures processed with Nik HDR Efex Pro and Color Efex Pro.
The Oldest Ski Patrol in the US Leave a comment
Is on Mt. Mansfield, near Stowe, VT. Here’s what it looked like on a recent winter day:
The Ghost of Parking Meters Leave a comment
Took this double exposure of my son and a parking meter in Missoula, MT:
Shot with iphone Hipstamatic, lens: John S, film: Ina’s 1969
Shells, Shells, Shells 1 comment
Hammonasset Beach in Connecticut is covered in these shells. Finding a spot where they take up the entire viewfinder wasn’t difficult. Deciding whether I like the color or b&w version better was tough.
Canon PowerShot G12
ISO 100
f.8
1/100 sec
Vintage Architecture in Butte, MT 7 comments
A quick drive-through of Butte, MT nevertheless yielded some good photo opportunities. This is the historic downtown district, dating back to the late 1800’s when Butte supplied most of the copper produced in the US:
Skylark and Nemo 1 comment
Our dog LOVED all the snow that came down as a result of storm Nemo:
San Francisco – not the usual tourist snapshots 3 comments
I was on just a quick visit to San Francisco last week, but it was still worthy of a few pictures. The first 3 are at the Wells Fargo Museum:
A promotion on Union Square, with lots of pretty girls handing out balloons. Caught them during their photo shoot:
Old-fashioned barber shop on Valencia Street:
All shot with iPhone, Hipstamatic app
Sunset in the Forest 3 comments
Fresh snow, a setting sun, plus some fiddling with various filters, and voila: a different take on the typical sunset.
Scenic Montana 6 comments
These were taken along the Pintler Veterans Memorial Scenic Highway in Montana, connecting Anaconda and Phillipsburg:
Canon Powershot G12
Montana Junk Yard 4 comments
On the way from Bozeman to Missoula, near Phillipsburg, I came across a junk yard full of cars and old mining machinery.
Canon PowerShot G12
Neon Signs of Bozeman, MT 1 comment
Shot these during a quick one-day visit to Bozeman yesterday and today:
This is obviously not a neon sign, but it was such a clear beautiful day that I HAD to include a picture of the panoramic view.
Canon PowerShot G12
Ghost Town in Montana 1 comment
I’m off to Montana, and thus took a look again at pictures that I took 2 years ago in Elkhorn, Montana, an abandoned mining town. I finally have the software (Nik Color Efex) to turn somewhat bland snapshots into much more interesting photographs.
Storm over Devils Tower 3 comments
I shot these pictures as a storm was developing near Devils Tower in Wyoming. I had to rush to get into a position where the storm clouds and the sunset converged, and made it just in the nick of time:
This is what you see when you approach the National Monument from the south:
Canon EOS 7D
Top: ISO 200, f/11, 1/125 sec, 21mm
Bottom: ISO 200, f/11, 1/80 sec, 90mm
Don Quijote’s Nightmare 4 comments
These windmills look pretty indestructible to me, and are about 20 times bigger than an old-fashioned windmill.
I’ve started using Nik Color Efex to enhance some of my photos. This is a good example what that software can do for a mediocre picture (original below):
Canon EOS 7D, EF-S 15-85mm
ISO 100
f/5.6
1/800 sec
Father and Son Lunch 1 comment
Caught these two having lunch at our local bookstore cafe:
iphone Hipstamatic
Winter Gazebo 2 comments
I pass this gazebo every time I walk our dog through the woods of Vermont. Finally I’ve taken a picture of it that I like:
Canon EOS 7D, EF 24-70mm
ISO 100
f/8
1/100 sec
Indian Chief 2 comments
Another shot from the pow wow I attended in Montana, near Little Bighorn Battleground:
Canon EOS 7D, EF 70-200mm
ISO 100
f/9
1/400 sec
B&W adjustment in Nik Silver Efex
New Snow in Vermont 1 comment
We didn’t get as much as snow as CT (32 inches/80cm!), but still got nice fluffy snow that blanketed everything:
Indian Head 2 comments
I photographed this gentleman at an Indian pow wow near Little Bighorn Battlefield in Montana:
Canon EOS 7D, EF 70-200mm
ISO 100
165mm
f/9
1/25 sec
B&W conversion in Nik Silver Efex
Cemeteries Worlds Apart 6 comments
Mt. Zion Cemetery in Long Island, New York, overlooked by an industrial plant and flanked by a highway overpass:
Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, shaded by giant chestnut trees:
Red Barns of Vermont 3 comments
This color is ubiquitous in Vermont and really stands out, especially in the snow.
iphone Hipstamatic
Hand Study 5 comments
Playing around with HDR and B&W effects:
Above the Clouds 1 comment
Summer storm, shot from above during a flight across the New Mexico desert.
iphone
ISO 64
f/2.4
1/24 sec
Ice Flowers Leave a comment
At -20 degrees at night in Vermont, the windows get nicely frosted. Brrrr! Ice flowers are less common these days, since everyone now has double-paned windows, where these formations rarely show up. These were on a single-paned garage window.
Canon EOS 7D, 100mm f/2.8 Macro Lens
ISO 200
f/2.8
1/125
Winter Beach Panoramas Leave a comment
It’s now so cold that the saltwater is freezing, leaving interesting ice formations on the beach at low tide.
Canon EOS 7D, 28-70mm
HDR
Winter Beachcombing 1 comment
With very little to see in winter, my attention turns to the really small things on the beach:
iphone Hipstamatic
lens: Americana
film: Pistil
Rushing to Work Leave a comment
Caught while walking through New York, where nobody walks slow enough to get a shot that’s sharply focused. That’s New York: you blink and you miss it.
iphone Hipstamatic
lens: John S.
film: Ina’s 1969
Winter Dreams 1 comment
Visions of Vermont snow are always on my mind these days:
iphone Hipstamatic
lens: Tinto 1884
film: Claunch 72 Monochrome
Evening Light Leave a comment
Caught this next to St. John’s Cathedral in New York.
iphone Hipstamatic
lens: John S
film: Ina’s 1969
Winter Forest Colors Leave a comment
Vermont forest in winter – even now there are lots of colors in the forest.
This one was a double exposure experiment:
iphone Hipstamatic
lens: Helga Viking
film: Kodot XGrizzled
Reflections on the Pavement 2 comments
Caught these while walking the dog one morning, and thus mostly looking down.
Snow Cone Leave a comment
I didn’t taste it, but it looked exquisite to me:
Canon EOS 7D, EF 24-70mm
ISO 100
50mm
f/2.8
1/800 sec
The Red House in the Snow 4 comments
Spotted this lovely barn on a walk through the snowy forest in Vermont:
Canon EOS 7D
ISO 200
f/7.1
HDR
Heading Home 3 comments
These geese were making a few passes over the field behind our house during sunrise, and then they disappeared beyond the horizon. Hope they found a warm place to set down.
iphone Hipstamatic, Jane lens, Ina’s 1969
Vermont Waterfall 2 comments
From an earlier vacation to Vermont – Glen Moss Falls near Stowe.
Canon Powershot G12
ISO 100
f/8
1.0 sec
