A View From The Top..

9th floor observation deck photos i took. One is the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and the other one is looking in the distance to Washington DC.


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Gravestones in 16:9 Aspect.

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington Virginia: Saturday May 10, 2008

I took this photo and i wanted to see what it looks like in color and B/W. I use the B/W for my desktop. I shot it in an 16:9 HD Aspect Ratio so you can get the total effect of the sky and land. even though they are not exactly the same position i hope that you get the essence of the photograph. The color photo was shot in "Vivid Mode" for high contrast between the gravestone and the land & Sky. I think that it worked well.


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Arlington National Cemetery

This is a series of photographs i took in color and Black and White. This is an incredible large place to walk around it and a person could not see it all in a day. It has over 20 burials a day that happen there. If you ever get a chance to go there, I strongly recommend it. The feelings that it makes you have are strong.



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Back Stairwell...

Back Stairwell..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I took this at the National Museum of Natural History. It is part of the Smithsonian Institute that is located in Washington DC. I love the colors that it was painted. The Totem Poll is located in the center and it is over 35 feet tall. I thought that it was a hard photo to take because of the height of the structure and the lighting located around the walls.

Exposure: 0.4 sec (2/5)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Washington DC Photos...

I took these yesterday while we were walking in Arlington Cemetery. The photos are of the JFK grave site. JFK, Jacqueline Kennedy, and two children are buried at the memorial. I have more photos to fallow this week.





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Mother and the kids...

More Canadian Geese with babies. Taken at Waterford Business Park. There were several different groups with babies at this area.



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Reflection Picture...

This was taken off Old Hundred Road in the Waterford Business park in Midlothian VA. I thought that the reflection was amazing of the tree in the water.



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Same Rose...

Here are three photos of the same rose.This is the same rose that i took a Black and White of on 5-6-2008. Here it is in color and in B/W more open than it was on that day. I Think that it is a really neat idea for this situation. Two days make a lot of difference in the flower kingdom!


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Blue and Red...

I took these at the St Louis Science Center. This was the elevator shaft that was 4 stories high. It had several colors that changed to give it this effect. I thought that i was really cool. I shot this with a 1600 ISO speed so there is a little graininess to it.


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Our Cat in Black and White

This is just a little experiment that i was doing using Black and White setting on my camera. I choose our cat as the subject of the photos. I picked out the best of the batch or so i think to share with you.


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Rose 3 [Set 2]

Rose 3 [Set 2], originally uploaded by RMStringer.

New Rose Set Taken today.

I got the idea for this from a photo from a group that i belong to. I got down very low to shoot the sun going down behind the rose. I like the effect that it made.

Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 200

More Rain...

More Rain..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This was taken at 7.27pm and it is another installment of my "Rain Project" It was raining this evening and i used my camera to try to get individual drops of rain falling. I opened the door to our deck just big enough to get my lens out and keep it dry. I used the flash and it worked better. I tried many Exposure settings and 1/60 was the best for this instance.

Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Flash: Flash fired, red-eye reduction

Sitting Goose...

Sitting Goose..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Waterford Business Park

I was about 3 feet from the bird. If you blow up the size, you can see water drops on the front of the chest. It looked at me but never got really scared with me that close. I was able to shoot about 5 other pics of the goose.

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Warning Me...

Warning Me..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Waterford Business Park

You can see the goose opening its mouth telling me to stay away and not get to close to the babies. I was about 6 feet from them. It would look away and then i would move closer, it would turn and look at me and open its mouth again.

Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/9
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Clematis

Clematis, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Clematis I was fortunate enough that my neighbor let me take these photos of their flower. I saw it yesterday and i thought that it was fake so curiosity was killing me. This is what you get to see. I have several more of the flowers that i might post at a later date.

Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Clematis Macro

Clematis Macro, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Clematis, Taken in Apature Priority. As up close as i could get and still be a good photo.

Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Beach at Night...

Beach at Night..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I took this at Myrtle Beach while were down for cheer comp. I wanted to try Black and White at night so that is how it came out. It is a little grainy because of the high ISO speed. I had never shot a B&W photo at night so this is a first attempt. At the time this photo was taken, i had the camera for about 2 full weeks. It was really cold that night and the wind was really blowing. We stayed at the Embassy Suites @ Kingston Plantation.

Exposure: 30 sec (30)
Aperture: f/22
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 3200

Shooting Range...

Well as you might have looked at the last few pictures that were posted and saw that they were of guns. I went with a few friends of mine today to the range and i brought my camera (Sony a200)

They took a complete assortment of guns and pistols. We did not get to fire and of the big guns, only the pistols and that was fine. We do plan to go back at a latter date when the main firing range is open.

I learned that it is really hard to capture pictures like i did in the bright day and i got lucky on what i was able to capture. I have had no formal training with my camera and i love to try anything that i can with it, having said that i was really lucky! The milk carton exploding like it does on several photos is really cool and i see that the camera is fast enough to get it. The only thing was that it did not like the blast from the gun. I would be shooting and when the boom hit it would stop shooting. Very Strange!

I guess that you live and learn. It was really nice of my friends to take me and let me shoot pictures as well as their pistols. We had a good time!



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A Little Fire!!!

A Little Fire!!!, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I was standing near the shooter and i was able to get a little muzzle flash!!! 45Mag FMJ (Full Metal Jacket) bluets. This was pure luck to be able to capture this flash from the pistol. I am very greatful for my friends letting me go to the shooting range and do this with them.

Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 320

Boom!!!

Boom!!!, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This was a 45Mag with Hollow point bullets. We walked with 15 feet of the target on this shot. I was lucky to get this photo as it turned out to be very good. The hollow-points made more destruction than did the full metal jacketed bullets.

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/10
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 400