to my personal blog. Here I post examples of my photography and writing. I specialize in making unique and highly detailed photographs. Notice I said making and not taking. Yes I take photos but a lot of time and work is involved in pushing and punishing the pixels in my images to achieve the look I like.
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Can't we all just get along?
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at 1:00AM | in HDR, Travel, Washington DC The reflecting pool, world war II memorial, Washington monument, Smithsonian castle turret and the U.S. Capital building enhance this night shot taken from the base of the Lincoln memorial. Ten exposures were combined to create this image.
Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 7:15PM | in HDR, National Cathedral, Washington DC I was immediately struck by 2 things upon entering the National Cathedral in Washington D.C.
First it's a huge space, probably the largest space I have ever stood in. Second the colored light streaming through the large open space was strikingly beautiful and ethereal.
While framing up this shot I decided to tilt my ultra wide angle lens a little to add a bit of interest. Not sure how well that worked out.
Monday, November 30, 2009 at 7:14PM | in Aviation, HDR, National Air and Space Museum, Udvar Hazy Center, Washington DC Udvar Hazy Museum's SR-71 Blackbird spy plane.
Positioned front and center, this aircraft greets all visitors to the National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center located at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia.
No other aircraft in history operated globally in hostile airspace as successfully and for a longer period of time than the SR-71. No aircraft was ever lost to hostile fire.
On its last flight Lt. Col. Ed Yielding and Lt. Col. Joseph Vida set a speed record by flying from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., in 1 hour and 4 minutes averaging 2,124 miles per hour. Upon landing, the air force donated the aircraft to the Smithsonian.
Monday, November 23, 2009 at 10:11PM | in HDR, Museum, Travel, Washington DC This was the original Smithsonian museum building.
Monday, November 23, 2009 at 5:32AM | in HDR, National Air and Space Museum, Spacecraft, Travel, Washington DC If you want to get the attention of any Smithsonian Museum security guard, just lay down on the floor. This worked for me. Elapsed time about 10 seconds.
Monday, November 23, 2009 at 5:30AM | in HDR, Travel, Washington DC And it did rain on Kathy and I this night. We were on our way to the Lincoln and Korean War memorials.
Monday, November 23, 2009 at 5:28AM | in HDR, Travel, Washington DC Interesting architecture. This bike station was located between Union Station and the old Post Office building.
Monday, November 23, 2009 at 5:22AM | in HDR, National Cathedral, Travel, Washington DC The National Cathedral has lots and lots of little chapels and hallways. All of which were lighted beautifully by the abundance of stained glass windows.
Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 9:39AM | in HDR, National Air and Space Museum, Space, Spacecraft, Washington DC In July of 1969, Mike Collins, Edwin "Buzz Aldrin" and Neil Armstrong flew in this spacecraft and made history as part of the first manned space mission to land on another heavenly body.
This is the Apollo 11 Command Module which re-entered the earth's atmosphere at greater than 25,000 miles per hour and you can clearly see by it's burned and charred skin that it must have been a pure "E" ticket ride.
This photo was taken from the second floor of the National Air and Space Museum. Again they don't allow tripods so I used my trusty Gorillapod to steady my camera.
