fake winter ok?

rd1 with zm 28...and ir filter...the rest finsished in elements.

pretty but...

enough already!
it should be starting to melt by now, even in the far north, but it just keeps snowing...tired of winter!

not shooting much lately...

it has been unseasonably cold here in northern alberta, so much so that there is little joy in heading out for a shoot.
i have been concentrating on the local farmer's market but that is becoming a bit of a bore now too...

Woman on Steps

This is part of the monumental facade of the main NYC post office, zip code 10001.

On the entablature resting atop the Corinthian colonnade is the famous inscription, "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."

Lyn & Steve's Excellent Adventure

My friend Lynford Morton and I made a photography day trip to NYC Tuesday. Lyn is also a photo tour leader (see his company, PhotoTourDC) and neither one of us has been out shooting just for our own pleasure lately. So I suggested a day-trip to NYC, to which Lyn readily agreed.

We drove to Hoboken to take some photos of the Manhattan skyline from the campus my alma mater, Stevens Institute of Technology. Before heading to Manhattan via the PATH train, we checked out the magnificent interior of the old train and ferry terminal.

Here, Lyn perched at the top of the staircase for a better view at the Erie-Lackawanna terminal in Hoboken.

After a pilgrimage to B&H Photo upon arrival in Manhattan, we went to Chinatown, Civic Center, walked across Brooklyn Bridge, and finally Empire-Fulton Park in Brooklyn as the sun sank over NY Harbor.

A great day!... more photos to come.

P.S. - if any FPCF-ers come this way, I'll be happy to serve as a photo tour guide to NYC if it's a weekend or a day that I can take off!

May 14, 2010 - Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis

Please excuse the low image quality. These are still images from video I shot at Kennedy Space Center. It was the only time I brought two cameras (video & 3D) on a trip. I am always afraid I would leave one behind and forget about it. The flame was so bright, my eyes hurted. I never heard anything as angry as the sound made by the rocket boosters. The launch pad was about 7 miles east from me and Atlantis was flying toward east. However, when Atlantis got so high up in the sky, it seemed right above me.

Stereograph/3D photo

Here are two more 3D photos. The life size space shuttle replica was taken at the Kennedy Space Center. The Paris look alike was taken at EPCOT.

Taking a Breather

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 45-200mm

They stopped to admire the coastal view at Pacifica.

--Warren

Coastal Hike, Pacifica

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 45-200mm

Stereograph/3D photo

Reading Moby Dick got me interested in stereo vision which Moby Dick lacked. I bought a LOREO 3D camera which has 2 lenses. Releasing the shutter results two images (1 frame) on the negative. If you manage to see the left image with your left eye and right image with your right eye; the image will appear to have depth. Special viewers make the task easier. Maker magazine pointed me to a free download (Anaglph Maker) which can convert stereographs to images viewable by more common red & blue viewer. Attached photo was taken in Disney World EPCOT last May. I have plenty of red & blue viewers. Just let me know how many you need, I'll pass them to Gail. \ (^0^) /

Howard Reads Yiddish

A portrait of my friend and distinguished colleague, Howard.

Among other things, he's distinguished because when he joined our little team at the University, he was issued an ID card that says "Faculty," instead of "Staff," as it was supposed to be. So since then, I've referred to him as "Professor."

One day last December, as Howard and I arrived at our Light Rail destination in the morning, we got an alert from work that our building had lost power, and that they didn't expect it to be restord until late afternoon... so they were telling everyone to go home for the day. Howard and I decided to stay on the Light Rail and ride it to the northern end of the line - a nice 45 minute journey northward.

One the way back, I remembered that I had with me a copy of the "Forwarts" ("Forward",) a Yiddish newspaper I had brought back from New York some months earlier. I bought it strictly for photographic purposes - I thought it would be humorous to take pictures of people who you wouldn't expect to be reading a Yiddish publication - and Howard fit the bill. I still have to arrange to take a picture of it with one of my Asian friends.

For a while, we had this photo posted in our office between our desks as a way of showing how learned Professor Howard really was!

Gail on New Year's Eve

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 45-200mm

We went for an afternoon walk at Pacifica on Dec. 31st.

We haven't seen "people" shots and portraits here lately, so here's one to get that ball rolling.

--Warren

Great Egret in Flight

Lumix DMC-GF1, Lumix 45-200mm

We went for a walk at Redwood Shores to take advantage of the summer-like weather last Sunday.

There were many shorebirds there including this Great Egret. I have some shots of this egret in a similar pose as the Great Blue Heron that I posted recently. Then the egret had enough of me stalking it and took off. I was not really prepared for its flight, but I was lucky to get this one shot of it in the air with its wings extended.

--Warren

Sunset and Fog

Pt. Reyes is purported to be one of the foggiest locations on earth. Out trying out the new GH2, I also had the Leica M9 and found the light and fog appealing.







Leica M9 28mm, f2.8


Dan





Dan

Chimney Rock

Working with the new Lumix GH2 and a 100-300 zoom, I captured these wildlife images. The elephant seals are in now with their pups and are quite entertaining. These guys are lazing about but the young bulls are quite active.

Lumix GH2 100-300 f4-5.6

Dan