This film museum in Amsterdam opened in 2012, and is across the river from the Central Station. Great architecture!
Canon 7D
Google Location
Archive for the ‘Architecture’ Tag
The Eye 4 comments
Amsterdam at Night 9 comments
I had the pleasure of having a professional photographer named Tom show me around Amsterdam at night, and teach me about night photography. I arranged it through Photo tours of Amsterdam, and was extremely happy with the tour, which lasted from 10:15pm (when it was still light out) until 1:45am. I can highly recommend it. Here are some samples from that night’s work. Click on any one picture to see them in slideshow format.
Postcard from Bruges 2 comments
After a day of overcast skies, the sun finally managed to get through in the late afternoon, for a beautiful view of one of the many canals in this beautiful city.
Canon 7D
ISO 100
f/11
1/160 sec
Indoor Clouds, part 2 2 comments
A quick trip to Boston only provided one photo opportunity, of puffy clouds reflecting in the John Hancock Building. This is part 2 of a series, the first entry coming from Oregon and posted earlier here.
iphone, Hipstamatic
lens: Lucifer IV
film: Black Keys B+W
Summer time is Here! 3 comments
When the Clam Castle in Madison, CT is open, it must be summer time:
Canon 7D
ISO 200
f/4
1/1600 sec
Location (Google Maps)
New York Vertigo 4 comments
You don’t have to stand on top of a building to feel dizzy in New York — just looking at the angular and glass-clad office towers along 6th Avenue is enough:
Canon Powershot G12
ISO 200
f/5.6
1/320 sec
At the Right Angle 1 comment
Small detail of a wooden patio fence:
Canon EOS 7D, EF 70-200mm
ISO 100
115mm
f/5.6
1/250 sec
Mystic Seaport Interiors 5 comments
Mystic Seaport in Connecticut presented great opportunities to practice indoor photography using HDR to capture all details:
Rope making equipment
Signmaker’s Shop
Boat Skeleton
Winches
At the forge
Hammers
Winches
camera: Canon 7D
location in google maps: http://goo.gl/maps/IdxBg
Sleeping Beauty’s Window 1 comment
Found this on the Seaside Sanatorium grounds in Waterford, CT:
Canon EOS 7D, 70-200mm
ISO 100
75mm
f/5.6
1/50 sec
Hidden Places: Abandoned and Haunted Sanatorium 17 comments
Well, it’s creepy enough to be haunted, although I only saw signs of teenage transgressions (i.e. graffiti) when I visited the Seaside Sanatorium in Waterford, CT. It was built in the 1930s as a convalescent home for young children suffering from Tuberculosis, and shut down in the 1990s.
Abandoned Room
Here are a few more shots, in addition to the previous post. Click on any image to see them in slide show format.
Playground Slide
Hallway
Broken Glass
Hallway with Boots
Electric Plug
Dilapidated Cupboard
“You Will Die” 9 comments
That’s the eerie graffiti I found in an old abandoned sanatorium on the Connecticut seaside. Which one do you like better: color or black&white?
Canon EOS 7D, 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5
ISO 100
10mm
f/4.5
1/4 sec
DC Impressions Leave a comment
Covered a lot of territory in DC over the weekend, here are some miscellaneous impressions:
iphone & Hipstamatic app
Burned-out Factory 9 comments
I discovered an abandoned factory building in Bridgeport, CT, that offered some good opportunities for HDR photography and playing around with various filters.
Here are a few more shots – click on any one of them to see them in slideshow format.
Old Piano
Smoke stack
DC Monuments – Take Two Leave a comment
I enjoyed the challenge of taking pictures of the memorials on Washington, DC’s Mall that are different from the millions of pictures taken there every day.
Washington Monument, from Lincoln Memorial
Click on any picture to start the slide show.
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- Lincoln Memorial
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- Lincoln Memorial
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- Vietnam War Memorial
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- Korean War Memorial
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- Korean War Memorial
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- Korean War Memorial
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- FDR Memorial
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
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:
Scenic Montana 6 comments
These were taken along the Pintler Veterans Memorial Scenic Highway in Montana, connecting Anaconda and Phillipsburg:
Canon Powershot G12
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
Atlas Didn’t Shrug Leave a comment
…otherwise he would have dropped his universe right on top of me (I know, bad pun. And I haven’t even read the book). This is a sculpture in front of Rockefeller Center in New York City.
Canon EOS 7D, 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5
ISO 400
f/4.5
.3 sec
Georgia Country Roads 2 comments
On a drive through rural Georgia, I felt transported back to the 1950s.
I loved this old vault in a Wells Fargo Branch in Americus:
I only captured the service station part of this establishment. I’ll leave the grocery store to your imagination:
All shots taken with Canon PowerShot G12
Bridges of Brooklyn 7 comments
On a recent walk through Brooklyn’s DUMBO district (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass), I found lots of interesting views of both the Brooklyn Bridge as well as the Williamsburg Bridge. The district is New York’s 90th historic district.
All photos taken with Canon EOS 7D, 24-70mm EF
Jane’s Carousel 2 comments
This is Jane’s Carousel, an antique carousel (built in 1922) lovingly restored by Jane Walentas in her studio in Brooklyn. It now sits in a dedicated structure at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge, is open year-round, and enjoyed by kids of all ages.
Canon EOS 7D, 24-70mm
ISO 100
f/4
1/30 sec
New York’s most beautiful building Leave a comment
The Flatiron Building will always be my favorite building in New York:
Here are a few other views:
Fire Escapes Leave a comment
These escapes seem pretty useless when there’s no escape from the 105 degree heat in NY.
Canon Powershot G12
ISO 100
f/4.5
1/60 sec
Our buildings are real… Leave a comment
and they’re spectacular (probably not the best ad to endear itself to New Yorkers…)
Shot with iPhone, in NY.
New York Vertigo 2 comments
Looking up in New York never gets tiring, even though most New Yorkers don’t. That’s how you can tell who is a tourist and who is not. I still look up all the time.
All photos shot with Canon Powershot G12
The Billion Dollar View Leave a comment
Well, maybe not everyone at Goldman Sachs is a billionaire, but everyone there can enjoy this view from the 43rd floor of their Manhattan offices.
Canon PowerShot G12
ISO 100
f/5
1/250 sec
Checkmate in Bryant Park Leave a comment
As the evenings get warmer, Bryant Park, located behind the NY Public Library, becomes a gathering place for lovers, strollers, and chess players.
A fountain offers calming background sounds:
As the lawn slowly fills with people and people watchers:
All shots taken with Canon Powershot G12 and mini-tripod, multiple exposures
Gotham City Skyline 24 comments
Taken from the roof terrace of my building on 52nd Street and 10th Avenue.
Canon PowerShot G12
ISO 200
f/7.1
6pm
New England Antiques Leave a comment
A late afternoon drive around our town revealed you don’t have to go to an antique store to find antiques.
I’m sure this snow plow hasn’t seen any action for years.
And the antique store has turned into an antique….
All shot with Canon Powershot G10 and tripod, multiple exposures combined using HDR Efex Pro
Where cars go to party in New York City 2 comments
I took these shots while walking through my neighborhood in the evening, struck by the fact that these sights are pretty rare in Manhattan.
Shot with Canon Powershot G12
ISO 400
f/4.5
multiple exposures
Red Spring 1 comment
While not everything is blooming yet, the red barn and the red door on a cottage in our neighborhood are adding a nice splash of color to the surroundings. Soon they’ll have competition from the spring flowers.
Canon EOS 7D
ISO 320
f/7.1
Canon EOS 7D
ISO 320
f/3.2
1/250 sec
Fisherman’s Cottage Leave a comment
The colorful lobster trap buoys caught my eye on a stroll through the neighborhood on a rainy afternoon.
Canon EOS 7D, EF 24-70mm
ISO 160
57mm
f/9
1/25 sec
Americus, Georgia Leave a comment
Took a few shots on the main thoroughfare of Americus, GA, a small town 100 miles south of Atlanta, on a recent business trip there. Here’s the Windsor Hotel, a Victorian landmark:
The three-story lobby is gorgeous.
Old building along Lamar Street, the main street in town:
All shot with Canon Powershot G12, my compact camera I take along when I don’t want to carry my DSLR.
Light at the end of the tunnel 3 comments
Shot at New Haven train station on a recent trip to New York.
Canon PowerShot G12
ISO 160
f/4
1.0 sec
Bridge over calm waters 2 comments
I shot this while driving through Hartford, CT. More pictures of industrial structures I saw on this trip are here.
Canon Powershot G12
ISO 160
f/8
1/60 sec
My favorite Paris cafe 4 comments
Well, actually there are too many to list, but this one’s very nice: Au Rocher de Cancale in the Rue Montorgueil. Posted today because a new follower from Paris made me realize how much I miss it.
Canon Powershot G10
ISO 100
7mm
f/4
1/100 sec
Graffiti Extremis Leave a comment
Shot from the #7 subway while crossing Brooklyn.
Canon Powershot G12
NYC revolves around GCT Leave a comment
Life (at least commuter life) in NYC revolves around Grand Central Terminal, and life at GCT revolves around the clock in the center, one of the most frequently chosen meeting places.
Canon Powershot G12
ISO 200
f/3.2
1/4 sec
Snapshots For Sore Eyes 
