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Royal Air Maroc - RAM
Boeing 727-2B6/Adv
CN-RMR (cn 22377/1633)
Photographed at Glasgow - International (Abbotsinch) (GLA / EGPF)
UK - Scotland.
Center Stage Vintage Guitars in Noblesville, Indiana. People come from all over the country to have Kevin work on their guitars. That's Kevin's car in the foreground.
Just completed co-hosting with Jeff Clow on his inaugural Maine Photo Tour and things went extremely well. We couldn't have asked for a better group of photographers to join us. We photographed twelve different lighthouses, various quaint harbors, and ate a whole bunch of lobster rolls. I will be featuring some of the photos I shot there over the next couple of weeks.
For those who regularly follow me, it is no surprise that I would kick off the photos with my favorite lighthouse, Pemaquid Point Lighthouse. We had already shot it at sunset two days before and we decided to shoot it at sunrise on our last day. The weather forecast was not stellar, with rain in the forecast. On the way to Pemaquid, it began drizzling, and we were expecting to be shut out. The photography gods had better plans for us, granting us a brief period of time (20 minutes at the most), where the sun peeked above the horizon and lit up the overcast skies. I shot this at f/22 to get a sunburst and was happy to find a decent lens flare in the photo. I am not usually one for lens flares, but this one seem to fit the mood of the morning.
Facebook in trouble again:
Why is Facebook in trouble? (CNET News)
CNET Published on Mar 19, 2018
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHzUpedTiQM
A whistleblower at data analytics company Cambridge Analytica says the UK firm received more than 50 million Facebook user profiles without user consent and the data was later used for political gain. CNET's Ian Sherr explains.
Last fall, I captured my favorite photo of 2014 at Maroon Bells. That wonderful location just outside of Aspen had long been on my bucket list, especially during the foliage season. The scene was what you might expect at this photographic iconic location. Get there around 4am and wait in the dark and cold morning for the 7am sunrise. You need to get there that early to get a good spot. By the time that the light began to light up the sky, there was no space to be had. Tripod legs were interlocked with other photographers, some of whom were unknown. When the sun began to hit the peaks, it was almost impossible to vary the composition of the mountains and lake other than zooming in and out, changing from horizontal to portrait, or going for a higher or lower perspective.
After shooting more shots that I probably should have, I untangled my tripod legs from my neighbors and looked around for different subjects. Two of my habits are to look behind me and to look for water and both came into play on this shot. The mountain peaks behind me were lit up quite nicely, and there was standing water on the path from the previous nights downpour. Lesson to learn: get the iconic shots and then look for the unusual ones.
Earlier this week, I posted a photo of the Icefields Parkway, and I mentioned my visits to the Glacier Columbia Icefield and walks onto the Athabasca Glacier. I didn't mention the newest attraction there, which is the Glacier Skywalk. The reason that I didn't is that I am not sure how I feel about it.
The skywalk is almost a twin to the one that was built over the Grand Canyon by the Hualapai Indian tribe. While they are similar, they have a very different feel from one another. Previous to being built, the area of the Grand Canyon where it now located was seldom visited by tourists. It is quite a way from Grand Canyon National Park (about 4 hours) and, before it was built, there was no reason to go there. The Glacier Skywalk is a different story to me. Located right on the Icefields Parkway, the area the skywalk now takes up was once available to all who wanted to stop and take in the views. Now, you can't even stop there to enjoy the views. For that privilege, you need to park at the Glacier parking lot, pay $32 and be driven to the skywalk by a "free" shuttle (hard to believe they advertise this as free).
In my opinion, taking something that was free with access to all and turning it into a money grabbing initiative is a shame. Granted, the skywalk does give you some different views but it is the principle to me.
When we visited the spot a couple of years ago, the skywalk wasn't open and I took this photo from the northern end of the skywalk.
I am simply too excited. Progressive Insurance spotted my Custom Flo Minifigure and posted it to their Facebook and Twitter accounts. I grabbed a screenshot of the figure on their account. Glad they like the figure.
Whenever I visit national parks, all of the stresses of everyday life seem to disappear. I think that Mother Nature has created these oases of beauty to replenish the soul and wipe away all cares. There are some times when the weather, the company, and the scenery take it to the next level. Such was the situation when I took this shot in Arches National Park a couple of years ago.
As you can see, the weather was wonderful, there were great clouds in the sky, and the colors of blue and orange, which are dominant in the American Southwest, were on display. A number of us had just taken some shots of the Balanced Rock and ventured a couple of hundred yards out onto the ridge. Waiting for the sun to set, we just relaxed, shot the breeze and enjoyed a special moment.