I was here today…took some great pictures, CLICK on the pizza box to watch the movie!
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With the moon being so low and golden, I couldn’t resist. These are shot in raw and fine tuned a bit in photoshop…
Both shots were taken with my canon 60d – the one behind the trees was overexposed, so I changed my camera settings..
If you’re interested, I have included the camera settings.
behind the trees
behind the trees
Exposure Mode: Manual exposure
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure Time: 2 / 333
FNumber: 5.6
ISO Speed Ratings: 1600
Lens Model: EF-S18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
naked
naked
Exposure Mode: Manual exposure
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure Time: 1 / 125
FNumber: 8
ISO Speed Ratings: 400
Lens Model: EF-S18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
This year like every year we went to New York on Friday, the day AFTER Thanksgiving. This year was different. My son now goes to boarding school in New Hampshire, and brought his roommate with him. His roommate is from Turkey.
click on this picture to watch the movie (still my favorite building)
Bringing along an International visitor was great! We got to do things we normally don’t. Water Taxi to the Statue of Liberty, walk on the Brooklyn Bridge and take in the city from the Top of Rockefeller Center. My husband and the boys went on the Intrepid and to the museums, while my daughter and I went shopping! Who could ask for more?
Yesterday we had a wonderful time exploring the new Linde wing which houses the contemporary art collection of the MFA.
I realized I don’t understand contemporary art. A few words in NEON on the wall, a splash of paint on a canvas, voila ART.
You may like it, or maybe you don’t .. that’s the point. I think contemporary art is made to a be provocative.
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The renovation of the “old West” wing is beautiful. I loved being able to see the old buildings, through the new floor to ceiling windows.
They even took out the old escalator and replaced it with a staircase that matches the one in the new American Wing.
I remember when the new West wing opened in 1981. Riding up the escalator in awe at The Passage of the Delaware an extra large painting of George Washington (which is back on display in the new American wing).
We sat at the counter in the new cafe, had lunch and people watched.
Fun couple of hours!
watching the Emmy’s..
they are a bit boring…..
had some pictures
thought they would
make a fun movie…..
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Yesterday we went to Six Flags. Must have been the hottest day of the year, well it felt like it. No breeze and no shade in sight.
We got a “flashpass” which allowed us to go to the head of the line. No waiting, what could be better.
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We started off on Thunderbolt, an old wooden coaster. This is where I left my stomach, and anxiety at the top of the first drop. Onto Bizzaro, a bigger, faster modern coaster. By now I was ready to take on Batman, one of those corkscrew rides. You’re attached to the top and your feet dangle, lots of fun. Hot and sticky we sought solace in a Jonny Rockets and ate lunch. The kids went on Mind Eraser, and Cyclone, I sat out on these. Hot and sticky we were done…back walked back to the car and went home. A fun day had by all.
If you look closely at the Mind Eraser picture you can see my kids, they are in the second car from the bottom.
Today is the first day of my 365 day photo project.
This will be different than this blog.
Click on the picture to have a look…..at the first POST!
click this picture for 365 project link
I am still learning how to use my new macro lens.
These were taken today…..
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- one drop
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- 7 droplets
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- 6 droplets
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- 5 droplets
four blades of grass….
Last week we got a bird feeder. It was really fun watching the activity.
The movie was made with an iPhone app that has an intervalometer. It’s just a fancy remote with a timer for your camera. I connected my camera to my computer set the intervalometer to shoot a frame every 3 seconds and shoot 999 pictures. I now had 999 pictures and didn’t know what to do with them. Luckily I found some free time lapse software that compiled all the shots together at 30 frames per second. Wow, how easy is that! Now all I needed to do was import my movie into iMovie add some titles and music, and upload the final project to my mobileme gallery…Voila…a new movie! Click on the picture of the bluejays to watch the movie
click on me to watch "the birdfeeder" movie
This was a really fun project for me…Hope you enjoyed watching it!
Here are some more pictures of what was happening around the birdfeeder.
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Happy belated 4th of July….
This year we watched the fireworks from Larz Anderson Park which is about 6 miles west of the Esplanade.
I heard there was a clear view towards Boston and I thought I would be able to get some great shots.
Around 10:00, we (6 of us) pilled into our 5 seat sedan, and made our way over to Larz Anderson. The fireworks were scheduled to go off at 10:30. We got to Larz Anderson and they were not letting in any cars in. We were lucky to find a spot in front of the entrance on Avon St. We walked up the road to the top of the hill. I thought it best to set up my camera on the road, instead of the grass. I set my camera settings…iso 100, aperture f.8 and started with a shutter speed of 10 seconds, and settled in around 3 second.
You would think you would want a fast shutter speed, to capture the fireworks. Actually the best pictures are the ones that allow the trails and additional bursts. Theoretically this sounds great. In actuality it is hard to achieve. Most of the pictures I shot had camera, ground and general movement of some kind. This movement made my pictures look like my curly hair.
Stars & Stipes
Have a look at the slide show and see for yourself, just click on the flag!
