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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat. (Part 2)

Cont...

While most shot the light with the Temple in the background I decided on the path less taken and shot with my back to the structure.


The was a "Life Size Naivety" With an ever popular with the kids. Camel.

Most of the shots were taken on a tripod, ISO 800, manual exposure set around F22/ 15 sec.


We had a wonderful time shooting the light and then came the really important question. "Where are we going to eat?" Which turned out to be a "5 Guys" in nearby Bethesda. Last but not least. we visited the Apple store to say bid a Good Yule to the big guy himself.

Merry Christmas to all and to all Good Night!


Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat.


Kind of a slow start to this years Yuletide Photo collection. Hopefully those activities will accelerate in this final weekend before the holiday. Tonight's trip was to Jeff Revell photowalk at The "Festival of Lights" at the Washington DC Mormon Temple, where 1/2 million colored light decorate the grounds and buildings. First Stop was the Visitor's Center to meet the other walker. The night was rain/snow free but seasonally cold. Perfect for the lights/


While there lots of other visiting for the exact same reason as us, local church members make a point of greeting all who came.

The lights were nothing short of amazing. Have to end this post right now, can't drop any more images in the blog, have to find out why.


Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Fly Like an Eagle, Thunder round the track (Part 1)

Last Saturday (12/11/10) was a day of extremes to say the least. A pre sunrise departure found me heading northbound to Conowingo Dam to join with other from the Central Maryland Photographers Guild for what has turned into an annual visit to photograph the migrating Bald Eagle(s) at the dam. We were greeted by cold, damp, weakly lit conditions, that while not ideal, for some in out party, were evidently tolerable to the Eagles, as they were plentiful and flying and feeding frequently.

And it's time to head home for part 2 of the adventure. Stay tuned.

As Photographing migrating Eagles is to me very similar to "Ice Fishing" (Cold/Long periods of inactivity broken by much shorter spells of frenzied activity. and little-to-no worthwhile results) This year trip was no exception, & I joined the "When's Lunch Time? discussion very early-on in the outing. Which turned out out to be Woody's Crab House in North East Md. which, while not providing a magician, did serve up a mean "Fish&Chips"..
But I digress a bit. As luck would have it, the best images of the day was two eagles fighting over a fish no more then 20 feet in front of us. I raised my second camera with the 28mm - 90mm knowing I could best those "big lens boys" who were struggling to find the birds in their 800mm viewfinders. As I raised the camera expecting to see a viewfinder filled with eagles I was rudely reminded that I had just put the lens cap back on only seconds ago anticipating the group leaving for lunch. Skunked again! Eagle shooting Ice Fishing samo samo.
Oh well lunch done, and a quick visit down to street to St. Mary Anne's Episcopal Church established in 1709.

And now it's time to head home for part 2 of the adventure. Stay tuned.