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Foreboding

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Happy New Year!!! 2012

Happy New Year!!!  I can’t wait to see what new and exciting things 2012 will bring.  Don’t forget to make it your New Years resolution to check here everyday for the photo of the day and I will make it mine to keep the work coming.

Foreboding

Today’s Photo:  Foreboding

Our visit was cold, cloudy and altogether interesting.  The clouds during the drive to the battlefield were great and luckily for me, they remained fabulously photogenic.  When you explore Chickamauga National Battlefield, you see …Continue Reading Here…

The Plane and Rocket / Image Stabilization

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Image Stabilization

I shoot almost all my photos in bracketing mode.  Not always with the intention of making and HDR photo, but just because it is easier than changing settings between each photo.  This comes with the side effect that, I can make and HDR out of something I did not intend in the first place.  A good amount of my shots are taken “off hand”, so I use the Image Stabilization.  I use Photomatix during my HDR workflow and use the align images feature since I shoot off hand.  When I shot using a tripod, I would turn off the align images, but the images would still be blurry as if they were not aligned.  I began investigating and noticed that the first shot in my bracket was off just a little compared to the other two.  I turned off IS and this seems to fix the problem and increase the clarity and sharpness of the photos.

The Plane and Rocket

Today’s Photo:  The Plane and Rocket

Exploring the U.S. Space and Rocket Center was lots of fun.  I enjoyed seeing the progression of the space and rocketry program.  It is amazing to see how something conceived as a dream made it into …Continue Reading Here…

The SR-71 Blackbird

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The SR-71 Blackbird

Today’s Photo:  The SR-71 Blackbird

I had a little fun reprocessing some old images. I took this one of the SR-71 “Blackbird” at the Udvar-Hazy center of the Air and Space Museum. I published the first edition in May… The Blackbird. Pretty cool how a few months can change …Continue Reading Here…

Hunter Museum of American Art

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Hunter Museum of American Art

Today’s Photo:  Hunter Museum of American Art

Sitting atop the bluff’s overlooking the Tennessee River and the heart of Chattanooga sits the Hunter Museum of American Art.  I ran across this during the Worldwide Photo Walk in October …Continue Reading Here…

Enid A. Haupt Garden at the Castle

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Enid A. Haupt Garden at the Castle
One of the things I have found over the last few years traveling is the value of doing research on the area where you are going to go.  Not just a little bit of research, but in depth research.  I have been working on perfecting this.  Once I know where I will be, I begin to decide what time I will have to devote to taking photos.  This leads to where I want to take photos and then finally I go as far as planning the times and researching lighting angles.  I know this sounds like a lot, but in the end, I think it is well worth it.

Today’s Photo:  Enid A. Haupt Garden at the Castle

So, after all that, I had it easy in the District.  Instead of doing all the research, I had a guide.  I told them that I just wanted to drift around some of the museum buildings and take a few photos.  Well, okay, several hundred.  One of their most recommended places was the flower gardens behind The Castle. …Continue Reading Here…

National Museum of Natural History Dome

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National Museum of Natural History Dome

Today’s Photo:  National Museum of Natural History Dome

One of the coolest things about the Smithsonian museum system in Washington D.C. is that nearly all the buildings have at least one room with a gigantic dome.  Well, at least all the ones I saw.  The amount of work and …Continue Reading Here…

The Apollo Courtyard

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The Apollo Courtyard

Today’s Photo:  The Apollo Courtyard

For anyone who has had the childhood dream of becoming and astronaut and especially for those who held that dream longer, the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville Alabama is a must stop spot.  The first thing that is noticed …Continue Reading Here…

The Challenge

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The Challenge

I was thinking of doing a photo365 type thing.  I have not hammered all the details out in my head but just wanted to see if anyone wanted to join and maybe make it a collaborative theme based challenge?

Today’s Photo:  The Challenge

The daily photo for today comes from Old Car City USA.  Yeah, tell me…its not a car.  However, I think I did better with this, it is a gate.  I was working my way through the junk yard turned museum when I ran across this.  There was this gate saying …Continue Reading Here…

The Freer Window

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The Freer Window

Today’s Photo:  The Freer Window

This was just a parting shot as I left the Freer Gallery.  It was raining and I chickened out taking a shot from outside of the fountain.  However, I was able to capture the reflection of the ceiling in the entrance hall for this building which houses the Asian History Museum of the …Continue Reading Here…

The Small Elephant

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The Small Elephant

Today’s Photo:  The Small Elephant

I often wonder what it would have been like to live hundreds if not thousands of years ago.  What would the world have been like with out the convenience we enjoy today.  Instead of deciding what television …Continue Reading Here…

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