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The Rural America Series
Saturday, May 28, 2016
McHenry County, Illinois
Olympus E-P5
Lumix G Vario 12-32mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom
ISO 400 -- f/6.3 -- 1/80 -- 32mm
FB.2016.05.28
What do you think of when some one asks about San Francisco? I'll bet that the Golden Gate Bridge comes to mind. Every city seems to have a defining iconic symbol that somehow conveys what it is known for. For the city by the bay it is this bridge. The bridge is considered by many to be the most beautiful and most photographed bridge in the US, if not the world. Try finding a travel guide or website that doesn't have its image prominently displayed.
I traveled to San Francisco often during my working career. I think one year I was there ten times on business trips, and I would often head down to the bridge and hope the fog would roll in. It is an amazing experience to see the bridge clearly, and then within a few minutes, it would be gone. Unfortunately, those trips were before my passion for photography was reignited. How I wish that I had brought a camera with me. Of course, this was before the iPhone was invented. Whenever I now travel to San Fran, a camera and a stop near the bridge is mandatory. This photo was taken from the Sausalito side of the bridge from Fort Point State Park. It was taken toward the end of rush hour one evening a few years ago.
Some times you don't know what you are missing until you try something new. I have always been more of a wide-angle type of landscape photographer. I typically have shot anywhere from a 15mm - 200mm point of view. I have never owned a really long lens (>300mm) before because I didn't feel I had a need for it. That was until early this month. I will be heading to South Africa in October and I decided to buy Fuji's first foray into long lenses for their mirrorless cameras. The Fuji 100-400mm (150-600mm equivalent) arrived in mid-February and I took it to Moab with me to test it out. Turns out that I love this lens.
Not only do long lenses compress the photo (compresses the foreground and the background, making them appear closer together than in real life), they also allow a photographer to take photos of smaller portions of a expansive views. Take this location for instance. The landscape at Grand View Point in Canyonlands is as expansive as it gets. When taking wide-angle shots of it, smaller details get lost in the view. There are these massive cracks in the landscape that are quite amazing. With the long lens, I was able to zoom into one of the cracks to get this shot. Just to give you an idea of size, look at the dirt road leading to the point of the crack. A car would be a small speck on the road.
I know these concepts are not new to seasoned photographers (they were not new to me), but when you start shooting with a longer lens, you begin to realize how valuable they become (and worth carrying despite their size and weight).
Kaiser loves nothing better than lying in the sun catching the rays. Unfortunately after a sunny weekend we are now back to rain. This one is for you Agnes to show that a cat can be happy even if a big, ginger cat takes over the household.
Another reason for posting is that there is a programme on TV tonight all about cats. Horizon is a British scientific and philosophy documentary programme. They have featured animal programmes before but tonight they are investigating domestic cats. They have fitted 50 cats in a village in Surrey with GPS collars and 'cat cams' I can't wait to see the results. For those who have access it is on BBC2 tonight at 9.00pm.
On a tour of the island of Corsica, our tour guide asked if there were any French on the bus. When she found out that there were not any French, she exclaimed “good”. I thought it odd that she would ask that, as Corsica is part of France. After learning the history of the island, I knew why she asked.
Throughout history, Corsica has been invaded and occupied by more than ten other countries (Carthaginians, Greeks, Etruscans, Romans, Vandals, Visigoths, Saracens, Lombards, Genovese, French and English). All through this tumultuous history, the Corsicans have strived and fought for independence. Given its history, It is easier to understand their disdain for the country that currently controls them (France).
The island itself (the fourth largest in the Mediterranean) is almost as diverse of its occupiers. Its attractions include gorgeous bays, beaches and cities and towns along its coastline. Inland there are and sawtooth mountain peaks, valleys, lakes, dense forests and hilltop villages. Of course, I was drawn to the latter and travelled to Lake Tolla in the mountains. From this vantage point, the beauty of Corsica is on full display.
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On the way to see Glacier Bay National Park, one has to navigate through the Alexander Archipelago. The archipelago is 300 miles long and is made up of about 1,100 islands. The islands themselves are really the tops of submerged coastal mountains that rise from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Between the islands and the Alaska mainland there is a series of channels, fiords and straits that are collectively known as the Inside Passage. It was so cool to be standing on the deck of our cruise ship and realize that we were sailing between mountain tops. This particular stretch of water is known as the Icy Straits and is near the entrance to the National Park.
July 23, 2015 - South of Overton Nebraska
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Storms were already firing in in Gosper county, and they were moving slow... Really slow about 5-10mph to the south southeast. I had other familiar storm chasers down in the Cambridge area. They had some incredible streaming video with excellent rotation.
I wasn't feeling the best but anxious due to the storms. The feeling overtook me and I was off. Its about an hour drive to the southwest from Kearney. I was in for a treat. Storms were now forming in southern Dawson county and with the sunset, I got some incredible colors to pop!
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There is no better city to roam around in with no destination in mind than Venice, Italy. The history and age-old architecture is something to see. The city has such a romantic feel to it with all of it's canals and gondolas. What I really like is getting out from the main tourist areas to see what the real Venice is all about. There are gems found in almost every nook and cranny of the the city's back alleyways (canalways?).
For the photographer, compositions are found almost everywhere. The challenge in capturing some of these "backstreets" is balancing out the light and the shadows of the scenes. Cameras try to average out the light resulting in poor results (the human eye is much more effectively in this). The advances in editing software allow for easy fixing of the scene's highlights and shadows. This image, for example, was quite dark in the shadows, which hid the details and darkened the reflections. With a quick adjustment, the details and reflection just popped on out.