Monday, May 12, 2008

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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Sunday, May 11, 2008

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

Light Trails 2


Light Trails 2, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

We were at DC last night and we saw several of the memorials. I was on my way back to the car and we came upon the cross walk. It was a really good area for doing this type of photography with the surrounding lighting and both directions of traffic. I used "Vivid Mode" for this shot.

Exposure: 20 sec (20)
Aperture: f/14
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Light Trails 1


Light Trails 1, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This was the first of the "Traffic Trails" set that i used to post. I used a long exposure time and it hight F/Stop. I love the tail lights that were going past where i was set up to shoot the photo. The lighting across the street as well as the traffic lights gives it an almost ethereal feel to the photograph. This series was taken between the FDR and the Korean Memorials.

Exposure: 20 sec (20)
Aperture: f/14
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 400

The Lincoln Memorial


The Lincoln Memorial, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I shot this in Black and White as well as 16:9 High Definition Aspect Ratio. It was not a long exposure. I did use low F/Stop. I think that the B/W shows off the contrast in the marble that it was built with. I used a flash for this photo.

Exposure: 0.1 sec (1/10)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 30 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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Saturday, May 10, 2008

Washington DC

Off to DC to take some photos and have some fun.   I hope to have bunches of Night and Day shots of DC when I get back!!  I will load lots of them tomorrow…

 

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God does not think, He Creates; God does not exist, He is eternal.
Man thinks and exists, and existence separates thought and being,
holding them apart from one another in succession...

Subjectivity is truth, subjectivity is reality.

Soren Kierkegaard 1846 "Postscript: The Subjective Thinker"

 

Friday, May 09, 2008

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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Thursday, May 08, 2008

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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Light Purple Rose...


I used a Black Flash mode with Apature Priority to take this photo. I turned out very clear and if you look, you will see a rain drop on one of the petals. I also used the Cloudy weather setting. The flash did not wash out the flower like happens a lot when you do a macro.


Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 60 mm
ISO Speed: 400



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Still Life Photography...





























I shot these photos of a candle holder set that we have on our TV Set. I lite the candles and let them burn and did a number of photos with and without flash.

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More Roses, Black and White.



These are to more roses that that i have in my back yard. They are also both B&W photos that i took on 5.6.2008 in the afternoon.


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More VA Beach Convention Center Pics...































I took these while just messing around in between our comp times. Just some neat architectural photos about light and dark.




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Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Sun rays...

Taken with my LGVX8600 phone.
From RMStringer

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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Big Dandelion...















I took this series on 5.5.2008 in the afternoon. If i had a better lens, i could get in tighter with better detail of the bloom. It all takes money to do this.




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Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Rose in B&W


Rose in B&W, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I thought that this was the best rose B&W shot for today. You can see the texture of the rose on the petals with everything else out of focus.

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 45 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Photography Stuff...

I just made a new set of photos on FlickR. It is called "Night Photography" This is my favorite type of photography. All of these photographs were taken on my adventures and trips.There are taken at night, most with no flash. These are shot with my 10.2Mp Sony a-200 DSLR, my 5.1Mp Sony DSC-H1 Cybershot, and my 1.3Mp LGVX8600 cell phone.


Please go and look at he set. Let me know what you think.

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