Old Faithful

Although Old Faithful is pretty reliable the lighting is not always what you are hoping for.  I sat with my daughter and waited for Old Faithful to erupt with the sky completely clouded over threatening to rain and totally flat light.  I decided to put on a neutral density filter to allow for a longer exposure time to see if the water would look cooler “in motion”.  Then to my surprise a beam of light shone through the clouds onto the geyser and lighted it just at the right time.

F-18 with Vapor Forming on Wings

I’ve lived fairly close to Abottsford, BC for about 10 years and I have never attended the annual airshow.  I finally made it this past summer with my son and got a couple of great airplane shots.  This is one of my favorites from that day.   Although it was cloudy for the whole day and we even got a bit of rain it made it possible to get a shot like this without losing the details in the shadows.

Yellowstone Bus Handle

While I was waiting for my wife and daughter to look through the gift shops at Yellowstone park I noticed this odd shadow cast by the door handle of one of the antique Yellowstone buses.  Sometimes I like to take photographs that you cannot immediately tell what the subject is but if you look closely enough you can figure it out.

Yellowstone Bus Handle

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Sacre Coeur

This is a photo I took a very long time ago when the medium of choice was film.  Thankfully there are scanners to allow these old film shots to be transferred to digital format.  I like the monochromatic color scheme of this one and the way the horizon fades to white.  If you look very closely you can just make out the Eiffel Tower on the horizon.

Sacre Coeur

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Montgomery Park Atrium – Portland Oregon

I was down to Portland, Oregon for a class a couple of years ago that took place in the old Montgomery Park building near the downtown.  During my lunch hours I spent a fair bit of time taking pictures around the building.  This one is from the atrium looking up towards the south tower through the rain drenched windows.  It seems like a really depressing picture but I really like it.

Montgomery Park

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