Sea cucumber for sale at the Tsukiji Fish Market in Japan. Some time later in my WPC related travels, I had an ‘opportunity’ to try sea cucumber… I don’t recommend it. Picture taken with Canon Rebel 350D, EF-S 17-85mm lens @ 50mm, 1/50 sec shutter, f/5.6, ISO 800
This is a winglet on some variety of airliner. Did you know that winglets can decrease the drag of a jet 3.5% to 4.5%? Now you do. Fun story, I’ve been sitting in the airport waiting for a delayed flight and looking out the window at a plane that we “could”… Continue reading
I told you this was coming, back in January… This is from the version of Austin trip where Steve came over and played tour guide. This is the Pennybacker Bridge going over Lake Austin. The road is the Loop 360 highway an according to Wikipedia is “one of the most… Continue reading
This one’s an obvious HDR – but in defense of unnatural post-processing, it looks better than any of the individual shots, regardless of how much processing is done to them. I’ve shared the picture before, here & here because apparently when we’ve stayed in Eindhoven, Netherlands for work, we always… Continue reading
I would refer to this as a poor picture of Chicago’s Hancock Building taken from a cool looking vantage point. This structure is just South of the Lincoln Park Zoo. I suppose it’s something of a shelter and you could have a picnic in there or whatnot (there are no… Continue reading
From the same 2007 airshow – I caught a series of shots of this plane doing a loop and then decided to mess with combining them into a multiple-shot series. It was more just a curiosity of mine than any real attempt to make a convincing picture. If I were… Continue reading
I had a minor issue tonight while sorting out some more recent pictures, causing the loss of good amount of sorting work. Also, I haven’t had a chance to double check the pictures I was looking through to make sure I hadn’t posted them before – because that violates the… Continue reading
From my first trip to Asia – a picture of the tuned mass damper at the top of Taipei 101. This is a 728 ton ‘ball’ of steel suspended near the top of a 101 story building so that the building doesn’t sway too much in the wind and earthquakes… Continue reading
From the same airshow as the previous Blue Angels shot, this one is of one of my favorite aircraft as a kid, the A10. The fun facts that I remember, or as the case may be, misremember (see previous Wikipedia link if you want real information): The A10’s the cockpit,… Continue reading
I’m not sure if I like airshows more than average, or if I’ve just been to more airshows than average, but I’m quite certain one of the two is true. Of course, airshows + any lens longer than 200mm = time to practice photography. With that in mind, don’t be… Continue reading