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For my late summer vacation my girlfriend and I spent some time in Utah in the National Parks - such extraordinary things to see. Here a few photos from the week. Enjoy!
Here is the entrance of the Arch's Devil's Garden - a museum full of fins and arches.
Arches National Park
Utah, USA
Waterfall #3 on Sulphur Springs with a nice little swirl as a bonus, The swirl and lower right frame were shot at F/16, 30 seconds. Rest of image F/8, 1 second.
I can’t say enough good things about the group of guys with whom I spent the last few days in Baja. Our host, Erwan, has a little Airstream on a cliff above a pristine beach, right next to some of the best wind surfing and kite boarding water on the Sea of Cortez. I had met Erwan once before at one of James and Ashley’s famous pizza parties up in Saint Francisville. But, only after I went on some rant about economics did Erwan recall that we had sat by the pizza oven and shared a few beers. What can I say? I guess I am most memorable when I am rambling about some subject that I probably have no business speaking on.
The tip of the Baja peninsula was socked in with the same cold front that had Dallas and the rest of the south in its teeth when we landed in San Jose de Cabo at around 10:30PM on Thursday. We rented two small cars to accommodate all of the kite boarding gear and then set out for a two hour drive, late-night drive through the Mexican desert. Only when the sun rose on our frosty sleeping bags the next morning did I get a full picture of what the fuss was about. The landscape and sea were stunning. The water varied from deep turquoise to the faintest blue-green. The saguaro needled desert ran straight down to the water, sometimes in dramatic cliffs and sometimes along the bed on dry arroyos. Erwan had found himself an acre or two of paradise. The area is unspoiled, largely owing to its isolation. A good, paved road had just been put in a few year back. So, the little bungalows and palapa toped cabanas there had been constructed by folks who truly wanted to be in that spot. One did not accidentally find themselves in La Ventana. A person had to make a point of seeking out this windy bay near the point where the Sea of Cortez flows into the Pacific.
Those that had found these beaches and waves just a few miles north of the Tropic of Cancer had come for the wind. Being a rather poor swimmer, I am not a kite boarder or wind surfer or much of one for water sports in general, but those who apparently know say the conditions around La Ventana are ideal. You can find a spotty internet connection, there are few roadside, fish taco stands and the occasional tiendita selling Pacifico beer in large, bomb-like brown bottles. But, this area is most certainly not geared toward the idle tourist. I could not even locate any postcards to send to the friends who are accustomed to my regular mailings. It just isn’t that sort of spot. And so much the better.
Down the road a bit, some enterprising soul has but in a high-end cabana hotel where the little outbuildings rent for around $400 a day but the folks you see flying along the water, attached to the lunatic combination of a parachute and a surfboard, are more likely to be living out of a camper or renting a bit of thatch for $45. The slow-growing saguaro cactus, a visual icon of the American southwest but now largely gone because of development, abound here. The salty flat between Los Barilles and La Ventana is a forest of these alien looking monoliths. Raptors and vultures rides the thermal winds cooked up by the combination of sand and sun. Laughing gulls and pelicans bob on the cresting waves. In short, its is about as un-spoiled an area as you can find that also provides running water. The throbbing clubs and all-inclusive resorts of Cabo san Lucas feel about a million miles away.
I could go on about how precious this spot seemed to me or about how much I enjoyed sharing coffee with Bob, Erwan and James as the sun rose, orange and purple, over these little fingers of the Sierra de la Laguna Mountains. But, I think you get the idea. I’ll just close by thanking Erwan for his hospitality and for putting it all together, Bob for his endlessly positive embrace of life and its questions and to James for introducing me to these fine folks and this lovely part of the world. It was a trip I won’t forget.
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this is a sunset shot with my camera set on monochrome mode and on high ISO for that grainy effect...
The United by Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church has been closed for a few years now. Seen here in 2015
A developer has purchased the property with the intentions of building 16 to 20 houses.
The church, Activity Center and old Bethel Lutheran School would all be torn down. The Church was built in 1950-60 and I assume the other buildings are just as old.
3220 W. 98th Street
Evergreen Park, Illinois
Cook County, USA.
Update: At a June 6th village board meeting the housing development was approved despite objections from near by residents. The project is expected to take three years to complete.
Did a random shoot with Dave Shepherd today. After we finally figured out all our light problems, I got some decent shots.
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Strobist:
B1600 + Beauty Dish above to right.
B800 + Large softbox & grid to left behind fence.
B800 + Large softbox & grid to left in front of fence.
Powered by two Vagabond II.
Triggered using CyberSyncs.
A view across Carton Estae with Tyrconnell Tower in the foreground on a glorious autumn morning. You can see St. Patrick's College Maynooth (SPCM) silhouetted on the horizon.
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Fireweed beside the Nenana River (another glacial-fed river). This was taken at the McKinley Chalet in Denali.
A view over part of Long Lake, or "Little Long Lake", as we used to call it.
This photo was shot using the Olympus OM-D E-M1 and M.Zuiko 12-40 f/2.8 with a Nisi Circular Polarizing filter attached. I shot hand held, and then processed the image from raw in Adobe Lightroom.
The Howell train depot was built in 1886 to serve what was then the Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern Railroad. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and currently serves as the headquarters of the Howell Area Historical Society, as well as a museum.
i wanted to post an image of the Chicago Skyline for my 1,000th upload so here it is, a long exposure 16x9 crop with fast moving clouds over the city and some blurred out geese in the lake...have a good one friends...pls. View On Black
Featured in chicagoist.com's Extra Extra on 11/08/2012...
Surprise! Another bridge shot!
EF-S17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
0.005 sec (1/200) @ f/5.0
FL 28 mm, ISO 100
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Many of the same vehicles from the Greenwood car show made the short trip down to Middleton the following day. For whatever reason, the Heart of the Valley Days show in Middleton was much smaller this year--no big rigs, no military vehicles, etc.--and I didn't shoot a lot, but it's always nice to have some space to move, and for there to be some visual space for vehicles to breathe. I was quite happy with how these first two shots turned out.
The cage in the background is one of the town baseball fields - the show takes place in the local rotary park.
- www.kevin-palmer.com - The air was very clear at 9,000 feet above sea level. This view is looking north towards the Mojave desert.
After some serious butt scooting, root grabbing and rock hopping, I finally made it down to steam level at the second waterfall on Sulfur Springs. I stood atop the cliff overlooking this waterfall a few minutes earlier and watched two teenaged boys build this little mini waterfall in the foreground. I thought I might as well put it to good use.
The waterfall is exposed at F/16 @ 3/4 seconds and the splash pool at F/22 @ 4 seconds. Circular polarizer and a 3 stop neutral density filter.
The sun had just crept over the mountain and its rays were running parallel down the slope exaggerating even more, the colors of the grape vines. The Douro Valley is quite the sight during mid day, but at sun up/down, it is really spectacular!
October is wild aster season in mid-Michigan where they are widely found along roadsides. These are on Winn Road in Isabella County.
an early morning shot captured around Navy Pier, Chicago...exposed this one darker to get that nice silhouette of the ferris wheel and enhance the golden glow of this beautiful sunrise...
Nikkor 105mm F/2.8 Micro VR, 72mm of extension tubes, circular polarizer, Lumiquest softbox on a Nikon SB600 external flash.
I used a polarizing filter to reduce some of the glare from the rocks. I don't know whether it worked, but I'm fairly sure it's helped to take the glare off the clouds.
ISO 100 - 17mm - f/4.5 - .3 Sec - Canon 7D - Tamron 17-50mm
Another shot from Poipu Beach on the Hawaiian island of Kauai! This shot was edited in Lightroom 3. I added a burning gradient over the sky and burned about 2/3 of a stop. Then I dodged with a brush in the lower right corner to bring out the water reflections. This was dodged at about 2 1/2 stops. Then I added a vignette. I also added a little black and increased the contrast.
probably the most expansive art cars at burning man! a brand new mercedes that owner had just sprayed with paint. most expansive and probably one of the lamest!
just another sunset frame from when i went over to a thawing Lily Lake and ventured onto the icy lake to capture some nice sunset shots...have a good one friends...pls. View On Black and enjoy the view...
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Perfectly calm water in front of Kimogenor Point last week made for perfect reflections at sunset.
A commuter train consisting of a pair of Irish Rail Class 29000 four-car DMUs rounds one of the sharp corners in the Royal Canal just west of Louisa Bridge in Leixlip Ireland. The beautiful flowers in the foreground are Yellow Flag Irises (Iris pseudacorus).
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How deep blue, that English sky, made richer by a polarizing filter and a custom setting on the EOS 5D.
Castle Howard - North Yorks
The view east towards Dublin along the banks of the Royal Canal between Kilcock and Maynooth on a glorious summer evening. In the distance you can see a hint of the 14th lock and Jackson's Bridge.
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