Found this fortune-telling machine (and scale) in Selma, NC:
Canon 5D Mark II, 16-35mm
ISO 125
f/7.1
1/320
Archive for the ‘HDR’ Tag
“Your wate and your fate” Leave a comment
Abandoned gas station 6 comments
Found this abandoned gas station in Enfield, NC. Click on any picture to see them in slideshow format.
Canon 5D Mark II, 16-35mm
Fresh produce? Leave a comment
Found this abandoned produce stand near Enfield, NC:
Canon 5D Mark II, 16-35mm
ISO 125
f/7.1
1/800 sec
Big Sky Sunset Leave a comment
Caught this on the one sunny day that we were here, viewed from our living room window. What a gorgeous part of the country!
Canon 7D, EF24-70mm
ISO 200
f/8
1/400 sec
HDR, black&white conversion in Lightroom
Outdoor painting 2 comments
Our little harbor often attracts landscape painters – and I enjoy including them in my landscape photography:
Canon 7D, EF-S 10-22mm
ISO 100
f/8
1/100 sec
3 exposure HDR
The Commute from Hell 2 comments
Well, maybe it’s the commute TO hell, given that this is a shot of the platform going from Long Island TO New York.
Chicago Skyline 1 comment
Shot during a visit to Chicago a while back:
Canon 7D, EF 12-22mm
ISO 100
f/5.6
1/100 sec
Storm Brewing 1 comment
I loved this ominous sky. It never did rain:
Hartford Factory Leave a comment
This one is located just south of downtown Hartford:
Vermont Barn 2 comments
Spotted near Stowe, VT:
Canon 5D Mark II, EFL 24-70mm f/2.8
ISO 200
f/4.5
1/640 sec
Sunset Reflections 5 comments
Clinton Harbor on a fall evening:
Summer Cottage in Evening Light 3 comments
This cottage is on the beach in Clinton and a party was just getting started after the sun had set.
Beautiful Debris 3 comments
Shot these pictures at the edge of town. What exactly was torn down I don’t know, but the big mountains of debris attracted my attention.
Godzilla may have stopped by 3 comments
Something was torn down near our town, and the mountain of steel girders caught my eye. Didn’t see any evidence of monsters, though.
Canon 7D, EFS 10-22mm
various exposures, edited with HDR Efex Pro 2
Tree Reflections 7 comments
The river near our house always offers some great vistas when the water is calm. These 2 shots were from last week. I hope we’ll see some leaves on these trees soon…
Factory Windows 3 comments
I attended a photo shoot in an old factory – here are two shots I liked, featuring the windows.
Tractor for Sale 2 comments
You never know what the Clinton Antique Center has to offer. Today, it has 2 vintage farm tractors for sale. Here’s one of them:
Canon 7D, EFS 10-22mm
ISO 100
f/5.6
1/60 sec
Nik Efex Pro HDR
First Touch of Color 1 comment
Spring is coming…slowly.
Canon 7D, EF-S 10-22mm
ISO 100
f/5.6
1/13 sec
Color adjusted in Nik Efex HDR
Winter Dusk 9 comments
Yesterday’s view while walking the dog:
Canon G12 Powershot
CT Tobacco Farm 4 comments
I had no idea that tobacco was grown this far north. Shot these tobacco barns this fall, but only now got around to editing the pictures.
Canon 7D, EF 24-70mm f/2.8L
ISO 500
f/20
HDR picture modified with Silver Efex Pro
The Tiny Streets of Bruges 7 comments
Bruges is full of small streets, unexpected views, and gorgeous canal scenes. It’s definitely my favorite small city in Europe. Plus, the chocolate and fries are to die for.
Victorian Villa 3 comments
I drive by this house every day in our neighborhood – and I finally decided to take a shot of it while still decorated for the holidays.
Canon 7D, EF 24-70mm
HDR: f/2.8, ISO 640
Badlands Drive 12 comments
From a trip across the country, after a storm in Badlands National Park, South Dakota.
Georgia Country Roads Leave a comment
Just a few sights I captured while driving through the Georgia countryside:
Canon Powershot G12
Vintage Car for Sale 2 comments
This one was standing outside of our local antique store – I wasn’t sure if it was for sale or whether its owner was shopping there.
Canon 7D, EFS10-22mm
ISO 1oo
f/5
1/320 sec
Fall Sunrise Panoramas 5 comments
Frost is starting to appear in the morning, making for some gorgeous sunrises over the field behind our house. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Morning in St. Charles 4 comments
On a recent business trip to St. Louis I took advantage of sunrise to take some pictures on historic St. Charles’ Main Street. Click on any picture to see them in slideshow format.
Virginia City, Montana 11 comments
My son and I visited this old mining town recently. Founded in 1863, it was the capital of the Territory of Montana for 10 years. During that time, miners extracted over $90M ($40B in today’s dollars) of gold in the area, and the city housed about 10,000 people. Now its population is down to 132.
Vintage Montana Combine Harvester 2 comments
Found this ‘little’ abandoned machine in a field by the side of the road near Bozeman, Montana. Click on any picture to see them in large slideshow format.
Montana Fall Vistas 3 comments
I spent a day last weekend in Montana with my son and we spent the entire day taking pictures. Here’s the first batch, of the scenery while driving from Bozeman to Virginia City.
Canon 7D, 12-20mm lens, adjusted with Nik HDR Efex Pro
World Wide Photo Walk – Guilford, CT 4 comments
On Saturday I participated in Scott Kelby’s World Wide Photo Walk by joining one of thousands of group, this one located in Guilford, CT. We spent a couple hours on the shore taking pictures and exchanging photo tips, and enjoyed ourselves despite the overcast weather. Which means it’s a good time for black&white pictures. Click on any picture to see them as a full-screen slide show.
Late Night Snack 1 comment
Found this Dunkin Donuts totally deserted at night, but still open. Seemed like a good location for a horror movie scene.
Canon 7D, EF 24-70mm
ISO 800
f/2.8
HDR
Best Antique Store in my World 4 comments
I’ve seen my share of antique stores in the US and Europe, and the Clinton Antique Center is at the top of MY list. Every time I walk in I lose myself for hours. The selection is excellent and changes quite frequently, so there are always new discoveries.
Click on any of these to see them in slide show view:
Canon 7D, 10-22mm lens
Edited with HDR Efex Pro
78 E. Main Street, Clinton, CT 06413
Google maps location
Contemplating the Sunset 3 comments
Overlooking Hammonasset Beach, CT:
Canon Powershot G12
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
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
Vintage Steam Train Details 21 comments
A visit to the Essex Steam Train depot yielded some interesting photo opportunities.
Here are a few more. Click on any picture to see them in slideshow format:
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
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
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
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:
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:
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
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:
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:
Hand Study 5 comments
Playing around with HDR and B&W effects:
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
Snapshots For Sore Eyes 