Orange you glad I didnt say Yellow

50mm f/1.8 lens. I took this pic while walking, with my hand dangling by my hip carrying the camera.

I'm all ears

Fast O.F.s

Just some blurry O.F.s (Ole' Foggies) seemingly walking real fast. I wasnt aiming for them, I was just shooting from the hip, like AC DC tells me to. This is testing out my new Lensbaby (selective focus) lens.

Bent bowls

Nice colors. In an antique store.

Wire Bouquet

This was actually an uprooted lamp post. It is actually positioned in front of bleachers at a baseball field. Doesn't look safe to me, but I'm not an electrician.

Good for the Gander

@209mm @ Eisenhower Park @ a safe distance from the geese

What a Crack Pot

Taken at 'Planting Fields', the Coe Estate in Oyster Bay.

Beauty and the Beach

Long Beach, Long Island, New York around sunset time. 50mm f/1.8 lens.

Motown Philly and back again

I ventured off to Philly to see a concert this past weekend. The concert was actually just across the river, but I took in some sights while near Philadephia.



(The above all photographed from the Duck Tour Boat/Bus)

(Above photo is submission for shutterday.com 'kitsch')

Absolutely Gorges.

After the 2008 Fingerlakes Wine Festival, I stopped by at Watkins Glen State Park. If you're ever in upstate New York, particularly in the middle-of-nowhere stop by and check out the gorges. And if you're ever up there in July, you definitely must check out the Fingerlakes Wine Festival.

Here are some photos from the gorges.

Gorgeous (gorges) Shutter Speed

I took some photos at Watkins Glen Gorges in upstate New York. The area was beautiful, but it was an overcast day and kinda dim in the gorges. I'm still learning about exposure, and camera-shake, and all that. Thus... I did not get many photos that were crisp or blogworthy - but I wanted to post up some experimental photos to show what shutter-speed adjustments can do.
Camera's auto settings of 1/60sec at F/5.6

Shutter priority mode (tV) set at 1/4 sec and f/20.

I had an ND filter on standby, but this was a shady area and was unnecessary. I didn't have a tripod so this was just loosely propped on a wall. The second photo isnt as crisp but its not bad. I definitely like the whispy look of the water streaming, over the 'frozen-in-action' shot above it.

Auto-settings: 1/80sec F/7.1

Shutter priority: 1/5sec F/25

The difference is much more dramatic in the second set of photos.

Getting Fired and Worked up.

A rather impressive fireworks show outside of Nassau Coliseum. Most of these photos were taken with around 3 second exposure, on a tripod.




View these full screen and save one as your desktop background. After that, don't say I never gave you anything. (They look much better at full resolution, for real, try it out)