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The Santa Catalina mountains in the background give a wonderful backdrop to the ferocious lightning!

You can see the taillights of a car that passed during this 8 second exposure...

Mother nature gave us a great show tonight! We had some of the best lightning I've seen this season! I was only able to get about 5 shots off before it started to dump buckets of water on me (and my camera) but here's a small sampling...

Deep Thought
Union Square gentleman enjoying tunes and deep in thought.

Animated Chess
Friendly games of chess.

Meat anyone?
New Yorker's will recognize this meat house.

Looking up Madison Ave.
 

Lady on the water
A lovely statue in North Central Park

New York Castle -- Actually a fort

Urban Preacher
This gentleman spent his afternoon preaching from the steps of Union Square in New York, NY.  He was praising the efforts of Marx, the Buddha and Ra, the Egyptian sun god.

He was not happy about having his picture taken -- until I showed it to him.  He gave his approval.

 

The Making of Friends
Two 'pedes of some kind are making friends in Union Square under a tree.

These two started at opposite ends of a long fence and found their way to one another.

 

 

Nap Time
Union Square is a great place for an afternoon bench nap.  This fellow didn't even move during the brief (30 seconds) rain storm that interrupted most people in the grass.

 

 

Zen, and the art of the Bench
Enjoying tunes on the bench through my many rounds through the park.  In all actuality, I'm not sure if they were tunes, or some kind of self guided meditation.  I don't believe he moved once.

Photography interests me.  I can't explain what it is about capturing a moment in time that is so appealing, but alas, it is.  Lately, I've found myself interested in shooting still lifes.  This must be the post-panorama phase...  I am still working on about seven panoramics to post here as well.

For my most recent visit to still life photgraphy, I decided to shoot my wife's NYC ceramic deli mug, and an apple.  I couldn't quite get what I wanted out of the coffee cup, but the apple pictures turned out great.  I've included a couple of samples below -- both taken in candle light with my Nikon D80.

Selective Color - F16 - 30 second Exposure


High Contrast - f30 - 45 second exposure

Greetings,

I've just returned from a four day trip to Seattle, Washington and surrounding areas.  My wife and I spent our vacation time with my wonderful aunt and uncle and had a marvelous time.

I've posted trip pictures and details to my private family blog here:

Note: You will need to register and be approved by me before you can see it.

Thanks!

Seth

 

Currently I am studying panoramic photography.  I will continue these studies for about 2 months -- I hope to compile about 30 panoramics of increasing size.  My goal is to create a GigaPixel+ image.

Note: These images have been reduced in size for the web.

Main St. Near Congress - 32 Megapixel - 9792x3446 (50.9MB) - 03/26/2007

Gate's Pass - North - 52 Megapixel - 15516x3572 (157MB) - 03/26/2007

Tucson Mountains - Prince Rd - 27 Megapixel - 13342x2526 (20.2MB) - 03/26/2007