Category: Blue (Tungsten)

Crescent City Florida at Crescent Lake

On the south end of Crescent City, Florida there are two places next to one another that I think make interesting subjects for photography.  Fletcher Park has a beautiful pier that is well known to the locals for fishing.  The pier has been recently renovated, with all the boards on the walkway replaced.  I went…


Night time at the Castillo de San Marcos

It has been several years since I had photographed the Castillo.  I began last week by photographing from inside the moat looking up at a tree over a couple of benches.  It hadn’t turned out as well as I had hoped at the time but over all it wasn’t a real bad image either.  Last…


Matanzas Inlet Night Photography

My first attempt at night photography was taken at Matanzas Inlet, Florida in 2006.  It was on a full moon, and I decided to experiment with tungsten slide film.  After doing some reading, estimating exposure and taking careful notes, I come out with these shots of the concrete pilings at the mouth of the Matanzas…


Matanzas River at Crescent Beach

Long Exposure at Matanzas River, Crescent Beach, Florida I wanted to get away to the beach tonight and experiment with my camera some. My wife and I were going to go to Matanzas Inlet when I saw the low tide in the Matanzas River as I was crossing the bridge. All the islands of oyster…


We have lift off!!!! NASA’s Parker Solar Probe

This morning we had lift off at Cape Canaveral of a Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying NASA’s Parker Solar Probe into space.  This image was captured on the beach at Marineland, Florida approximately 90 miles from the launch site. Taken on the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Rokinon 24mm lens, 218 seconds @ f/4  ISO…


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