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This is one of my grandmother's dogs. I call her Yim Yim ("Smile smile").

Alaskan boat ride- Prince William Sound

Due to the horrible weather here I've been going back through and processing photos. If you'll recall back a few months ago while in Alaska we took a charter boat through the Prince William Sound for some photo sight seeing. An unfortunate turn of weather left the boat in some of the thickest fog I've ever seen for several hours. I decided to make the best of the situation and exploit my captive family and work with what I had at hand. The results are below. D300, 50mm f1.8

ProductSuperiorJenn, ZeroDaze and I made some time to ride our bikes out to Coney Island a month or two ago. While quite a departure from its former glory (Thanks Thor Equities! It's really great that instead of all the amusement rides at Coney Isle and the Revere Sugar refinery in Red Hook we get to look at a bunch of weed filled, empty, and patently undevelopable lots!) there were still more interesting things to look at than I had time to devote. It ranks as one of my favorite photo outings in the city and in general an amazing day. Shots with D300, 70-300VR and 50mm 1.8 lenses.

Texas.

For those of you not in the know ProductSuperiorJenn and I recently completed a move back to the great state of Texas. Things have changed quite a bit while we've been gone and while we haven't had much chance to explore much I did get to fire off a couple of shots. The last three were taken on, and enroute to Jenn's grandfather's farm with my D300 and the 70-200VR . The first was taken with a borrowed Canon G9 (which is awesome if you can't lug around the SLR).

Alaska-last post on location!

All good things come to an end and with that we depart Alaska tomorrow evening. Although this will be my last post from this great state both Jenn and I will have much more to share after we arrive back home. We've seen countless animals, seen amazing sights, and eaten more fish than the law should allow and can't wait to share the rest of our photos with all of our friends here on Le Clique. So for one last time from our current location in beautiful Homer, Alaska enjoy some random shots from the day.

Alaska- Fogged in

Great weather for two days, fog and drizzle for the next. Bad for people with curly hair. Good for landscapes. Shot on D3 with 70-200 f2.8VR and 24-70 f2.8. Details below each shot.

Fog covered beach in Prince William Sound.

Mountainside trees shrouded in fog above Seward.

Glacial runoff below Exit glacier outside Seward. Exit glacier deposits one inch of sediment yearly across the valley floor in the form of silt and rock.

Alaska- they love boats and fish. Really.

The first thing you'll notice upon arriving in Alaska is that they are equally serious about fishing and boats. It seems that every man, woman, and child can be found in waders or knee high rubber boots hitching a boat to a trailer and throwing fish into a plastic tupperware bin. Details below each shot.

Some guys very proud of the day's catch in Seward.

Boats outside of the fish processing plant in Seward.

House decorated with boat bumpers/floats in "downtown" Seward.

Fish awaiting an ice chest in Hope.

Small boat harbor in Whittier.

Boldt Castle

Just got back from a couple of days in Redwood, NY and the Thousand Islands (of salad dressing fame). We have loads of photos but I thought I'd quickly post one up from Boldt Castle which is one of the more notable landmarks in the area.

An added note: Productsuperiorjenn and I are departing on our first trip to Alaska later this afternoon. During our trip we hope to make frequent posts in the evening as availability of wifi allows. Hopefully, all will work out according to plan and we'll have some exciting photos to share! We wish you all could join us but at the very least maybe we'll help to make your work day a little bit more enjoyable.

Night and Day

Four photos of midtown Manhattan shot from the same balcony at different times: two photos during the day in a snowstorm, two photos about fifteen minutes after sunset.

I might add that at both times it was damn cold. The evening I took the night shots it was around fifteen degrees with at least a thirty mile an hour wind. Couple that with being on a forty fifth floor balcony in the tallest building in the near vicinity and you are guaranteed to be windburned and have snot frozen all over your face. Ah...good times!

All were shot hand held on my D300 with the 16-85 VR DX. I braced myself against the walls/ railings to steady the night shots.

A day on the hill

On Wednesday we went downhill mountain biking for the first time this year at Diablo Freeride Park in the picturesque hamlet of Vernon, NJ. Of Course we brought a camera and in the process of shooting lots of riding shots I squeezed in a few more artful ones. Shots were taken with my D300, SB-800 flash and either a 50mm 1.8 or 70-200 2.8.

For anyone interested you can see our riding pics (my screen name is nervous_john, photos on page 3) along with a few shots from our good friend Whoryder by browsing through the pages in the forum link below:
Ridemonkey: Wednesday Shred Pics!

Miniature printed landscapes

I decided to take some macro shots of the various cereal and granola bar boxes around the house. As I had hoped, the results came out looking very reminiscent of landscapes and without question quite strange. The second really has a bizarre Hokusai meets the digital age quality that I'm very happy about. Both were shot at f8 with a Nikon 60mm macro, hand held, in window light.

quest for light continued

Here is another naturally lit object that transforms itself through light. Albeit this one was designed to function this way in the 15/16th century. From the Cloisters

colander light