Coney Island Amusement Park has three memorial days each season. Opening day, The Mermaid Parade and Closing Night. This year, Closing Night, Astroland may be closing for the last time and there were many photographers there capturing the historical moment in time.I took a walk on the fishing pier and went wide!
Coney Island Amusement Park - Closing Night - Astroland Closing 2007
Haven't been shooting much the last few days been doing a lot of chores that fell behind while I was down in the back. Chores that needed to get done before we leave on vacation. Did manage to stop by the river this morning after I took Barb to work. The river was very calm with a little morning fog beginning to lift. All alone and, except for a family of ducks, very quiet. A very sleepy and peaceful morning. I could have stayed all day but I had chores to do and am thankful for the minutes I did have.
I work at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital. If you walk out the back door of my department you are literally less then a hundred yards from the water looking at the Norfolk water front. Walk down to the water look right to left
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Hazey morning fishing
We all knew it (the sun) wasn't going to last long here....this is Washington for goodness sake!
Greetings Earthlings,Just returned from hiding in the woods for five days. Did you miss me while I was gone? Been looking over the posts for the last week and there are some really nice shots that have been posted.
I've got a bunch of sorting and tossing to do from the week but I'll toss this one of the lake into the "Go Wide" challenge for now. More to come.
Mike (back out of the woods and back to work)
for the beautiful feeling of autumn's cool air and vivid colors. Lake Winfield Scott
Decided to stick with just the wide angle part. We spend a lot of time zooming in to focus on details. Now it's time to step back and give the big picture.
Here are some samples, all taken with an infrared filter, in black and white, in the rain.
Stormy Day, Empty Beach 1
Stormy Day, Empty Beach 2
Stormy Day, Empty Beach 3
Stormy Day, Empty Beach 4
Watching
I look forward to seeing what you come up with.
Candice, thanks for the Simplicity challenge and the opportunity to host.
Bill
I'd like to give an interim thanks to the many of you who have already participated in the "Go Wide" challenge; I like what I see and I'm looking forward to what you come up with this week.
Coming Up 09/22/07 -- Tom North's Challenge.
Then a close up buffalo calf
This one made my daughter a little nervous, he came running right up to the car, next thing we knew we were totally surrounded by the herd. I think they were saying Did you bring breakfast
Have a great weekend! Thanks for looking. :o)
I present two color shots and three black and white. All were shot using aperture priority with a focal length of 14mm (28mm equivalent) from a tripod. Although I thought the camera was level, I discovered after uploading that they were tipped about 1.5 degrees causing me to have to straighten and crop. (Darn 3 martini lunches.)
Muted Color F8 @ 1/160 second
Vivid Color F8 @ 1/200 second
The Black and Whites were shot with the contrast set at +1.
The internal Red filter provides the darkest sky tones and brightest clouds.
The internal Yellow filter is useful for clear contrast between blue sky with clouds.
B&W with No Filter F8 @ 1/160 second
B&W with Internal Yellow Filter F8 @ 1/160 second
B&W with Internal Red Filter F8 @ 1/160 second
Suggestions, comments and criticisms served with a smile are always welcome.
And one for the challenge....
Thanks for looking!
Taken about 13 miles North of Aberdeen, looking across the river Ythan.
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