Lyon is one of those wonderful European cities where things look romantic and timeless from either side of the river that inevitably flows down the center.
Here is a view from one side looking across and up the hill to where the Notre Dame de Lyon resides. I’m glad they take the trouble to light it up… it gives the city a lot of character at night I think!
Filed under the categories: France, Lyon, Nikon D2XS, Travel
When I was in Iceland, I made a visit to the dock area. The edges of the dock were just beginning to freeze and occasional snow would blow in and pile up. All the ships were giant, metallic, and cold. I thought about what a hard life it would be to work on one of these ships. I don’t really like being too cold and I’m not sure if the old “dress in layers” trick would work so well when out on one of these ships in the north Atlantic. Those guys that do that every day are tough!
On this one, I kept the aperture pretty wide open to minimize ship movement on the rolling water. I don’t normally tell the software to automatically align images (mentioned in the HDR tutorial), but this time I did.
Filed under the categories: Iceland, Nikon D2XS, Reykjavik, Travel
I’ve had a wonderful week here in Montana. I’ve been lucky enough to be invited to this private conference here in Yellowstone. We get together and talk about science, art, and Libertarianism… It’s a very cool and interesting collection of people!
A few nights ago, I took a dusk walk around the main cabin. The horses come graze all around the meadow in the evening… I finally convinced one of them to stand still for a bit.
Filed under the categories: Montana, Nikon D3X, Travel, Wyoming, Yellowstone
This classic Texas roadhouse sits about two hours outside of Austin. It’s not even really in a town, but one of those places that is somewhere between. I happened to catch a cowboy just popping in at the last possible second.
Tomorrow night we have a most excellent horse on the ranch picture that I am working on for all you animal lovers… (and ranch lovers!)
Filed under the categories: Brenham, Nikon D3X, Texas, Travel
I made a video! When I took this shot a few days ago in Yellowstone, I had a little video camera to record the process. It’s not the highest quality thing in the world, but at least you guys and gals will be able to see a little bit about how I took the shot in the field. I’ll probably include the video in the next newsletter, which is free and I invite you to subscribe.
This place is called the Ice Lake. I saw it on the map and it sounded like a cool hiking destination. I didn’t expect it to be icy, so I wasn’t disappointed.
Filed under the categories: Montana, Nikon D3X, Travel, Wyoming, Yellowstone
Disneyworld is the perfect place for 7-year-olds and the 7-year-old in me. We had a great time there and I can’t wait to get back again. Tina took this shot for us one afternoon in the Animal Kingdom.
This picture reminds me of how nice it is to be a hero to someone. It’s kind of one of those things that I’ve always wanted to be. I’m afraid some day I will lose this “hero” status. I don’t want to think about that right now!
Filed under the categories: Disney World, Florida, Orlando, Travel
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