Saturday, September 29, 2012

Clifton Slalom

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Clifton Slalom

A second shot of the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol last week, this time taken looking between the towers and with a long exposure to capture the traffic trails.

Sony A77 / Minolta 28-105mm



Gece ışıkları

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Gece ışıkları

Ankara Fotoğraflarım için tıklayınız ...

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Puddle of NYC

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Puddle of NYC



Milky Way over Donner

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Milky Way over Donner

When its 100 degrees in Sacramento is the perfect time to head to Donner Lake for the evening. The temperature is perfect, no wind, and the stars are rather bright. Some of them reflect in the lake. The darkness along with the quiet, still air makes for a special time.



Rescue ship, Copenhagen Harbour.

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Rescue ship, Copenhagen Harbour.

September 2012.



Graceful Presence

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Graceful Presence

Some friends and I got together to do some light painting photography at night. I was skeptical of the outcome, as I try to make my photos tell a story, and not just be "oh, look at the pretty lights." I was really pleased with the outcome here. I feel like I've created an old time story here. We've got what used to be a grand (relatively speaking) house, with a great staircase going up to the porch, that has long been abandoned. I've set up these led votive candles to create somewhat of a warm/romantic feeling. Then I used my EL wire to create movement coming down the staircase. This was my favorite of my shots, and to me it looks like a woman coming down the stairs. Perhaps a woman in her wedding dress whose life was shortened tragically, keeping her from moving on from this eternal plain.



Outside

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Outside

Pentax K-5 • 160 ISO • Pentax DA 15mm F4 ED AL Limited

Fx: TopazLabs Adjust 5 Long exposure 30"

Philharmonie • Kirchberg • Luxembourg



Beach Rider!!!

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Beach Rider!!!

Besides the actual beach my favorite spot in MB is Broadway at the Beach. It is a large "outlet mall" like place with beachy type stores and not generic clothing stores, like Polo, Nike ect. They also have a bunch of attractions there. The Beach Rider is a powerful boat that speeds through the lake in the middle and makes really sharp turns. I would love to do it one day as it looks like a ton of fun. Seems as if this boat load is having a blast!

Beach Rider
Broadway at the Beach
Myrtle Beach
South Carolina



Appley Tower

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Appley Tower

Appley Tower is a Victorian mock castle tower on the esplanade overlooking the beach at Ryde on the Isle of Wight. I visited here last night with my camera club and although I took plenty of shots there were none that I was *that* happy with. This is probably my favourite from the evening.

A long exposure, 30 seconds at f/7.1, ISO 640. Whilst the shot was being taken I used my little maglite to 'paint' the brickwork with light to help illuminate it in the dark, although the effect of a lamp post can be seen to the left hand side of it.

I like that the steps and railings start in the lower-right corner and lead your eye up to the main subject itself, and also that I captured the movement of the clouds in the sky and the stars too. This is also razor sharp at 100% and I just love that the focussing of the 5D Mark III is so good in low-light like this.



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Budapest by Night

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Budapest by Night



Luna di notte

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Luna di notte



Quebec City

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Quebec City

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"Quebec Lights"

The Shot
It's absolutely amazing how many shots I found, whilst cleaning up my Lightroom after the switch from Aperture. This one is from Dec. 2010, my last business trip to Quebec City so far. A beautiful city in Canada and for sure the most beautiful in Quebec. We stayed somewhere downtown. I guess, this was taken from inside the Hilton hotel, but I can't acutally quite confirm that for sure. Tripod setup in the room (it was -40C outside) with the lens directly at the window to avoid any reflections (even with the lights completely turned off, there can be reflections. I hope to be able to go back soon and once again photograph this amazing city. I think this shot was actually taken with the old Nikon D60 :). Sold it long time ago, but it got me into photography and was a neat little camera to take with you while traveling.


News
A big thank you for all my new G+ and Flickr followers. The numbers have increased significantly over the past few weeks and part of it, is simply that I am a lot more active. Thanks for your inspiration and wonderful words.

I will probably getting the 17-55 f/2.8 for my D7000. I am currently using for about 50% my shots the 28-70 f/2.8 but find the focal range quite useless in most cases. This will make a good combo with the Tokina 11-16 f/2.8. I am desperately waiting for a Nikon 70-200 f/4!!! There is no way I lug around the 70-200 f/2.8 on my international travels or for street photography. Way too big, I find.


Others
- Still working on a re-design of the blog page only on my website www.andredistel.com. The rest is pretty much finished for now, with new shots being added on a regular basis. I am thankful and open for any ideas that you might have.

- I invested quite some time in G+ recently and don't regret it. It also caused me to spend less time on Flickr. To all my #flickr friends - sorry, I will post there as well, but probably not as regular as here. Same goes for my FB account and profile. I have opened it to subscribers recently but it is not my main focus.

- If you have any questions, please feel free ask

Cheers,
André



Light Streaks

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Light Streaks



Evil Banks

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Evil Banks



ロビーから From the hotel lobby

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ロビーから From the hotel lobby

品川の港。
Shinagawa bay side, Tokyo.



Greenland Aurora

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Greenland Aurora

This image was taken several hours after sunset in a isolated town called Kuummiut in the East of Greenland. This inunit community consists of around 400 people. The local church provides fore ground for this image with the northern lights on display over this Inuit home. The band of the milkyway can be seen above the mountains in the distance



Shooter

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Shooter



Hamarikyu evening

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Hamarikyu evening

A rare opportunity at Hamarikyu gardens this evening as they had extended opening hours until 9pm instead of the normal 5pm.



Nighttime at the cruise-in

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Nighttime at the cruise-in

The September 28, 2012 downtown cruise-in at Jackson, Michigan. This was the last cruise-in of the 2012 season, and probably was the biggest one. This was the last shot I took before leaving the show
to return home.

As you see, far too many car owners like to show off their engines!



O.K. Cigars

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O.K. Cigars

To view in stereo, sit 2-3 feet from the monitor and gently cross your eyes so that the two images become three. The one in the middle will be in 3d. If you are finding this difficult, you may be trying too hard. Viewing the original size is best.



20120826

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20120826



Hide and Seek

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Hide and Seek

12th century priory meets LEDs.
Lihou Island.

These ruins are situated on the tiny island of Lihou right next to Guernsey. It is only accessible at the lowest of tides and so last night was a real opportunity to go across as the moon was also out to play and low tide was around midnight.

Light Painting / Single Long Exposure

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September Moon

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September Moon



Traveling lights

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Traveling lights



Fori Imperiali - Colosseo

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Fori Imperiali - Colosseo



Lichterfest 2012

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Lichterfest 2012

Dortmund Westfalenpark



Firenze di notte

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Firenze di notte



Yellow

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Yellow



Aurora over Tromsø

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Aurora over Tromsø



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From the Old to the New

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From the Old to the New

From the old gas station Lucille's to the newer Rt 66 gas station Pops along Route 66 in Arcadia, Oklahoma.



Fetes de Geneve 2012 Fireworks 14

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Fetes de Geneve 2012 Fireworks 14



A Little Milky Way

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A Little Milky Way

Some galaxy for your thoughts?



Sydney Opera House

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Sydney Opera House



Mercury

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Mercury

Bench Monday ~ Jazz Edition

Shmobist info: Mercury vapor streetlight and incadescent light.

View Large and on Black



STEPPING UP

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STEPPING UP

Taken on a specific walk around the city looking for empty chairs.



Esther's Follies

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Esther's Follies

or is it a Fellini film?



Galp gas

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Galp gas



Level 10 aurora

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Level 10 aurora

Just as I was taking this shot the aurora forecast app on my phone beeped to tell my there was a level 10 aurora in the northern hemisphere. There sure was. Shame about the cloud.



Skylights

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Skylights



月を包む光の輪

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月を包む光の輪

月暈 -lunar halo-



By night!

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By night!

Zadar , Croatia by night!



river. fire.

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river. fire.

first of a few I'll post - but that can wait 'till the morrow, as it's late now :)



MosAika Sound & Light Show On Parliament Hill in Ottawa

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MosAika Sound & Light Show On Parliament Hill in Ottawa

Taken on our trip to the USA and Canada July 2012



Tokyo Tower

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Tokyo Tower

301 Minato Tokyo
Japan 2012



Place de la Libération (Night)

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Place de la Libération (Night)

A walk through Dijon



Friday, September 28, 2012

Happy Friday...

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Happy Friday...

Feel awesome night that without facing the rain in Bangkok... Take my lumix to go to Millennium Hilton Hotel. This shot was created without tripod using, but I put my small camera on the border of wall. :)

Pls feel free to comment and thanks for your fav.

Happy Friday guys...



Hong Kong Mid-Autumn Festival

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Hong Kong Mid-Autumn Festival



Hong Kong's skyline

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Hong Kong's skyline

A Symphony of Lights is a synchronised building exterior decorative light and laser multimedia display, featuring 44 buildings on both sides of the Victoria Harbour of Hong Kong accompanied by music. The technology was developed by Australian firm Laservision and cost approximately 44 million HK dollars. It has attracted over 4 million visitors and locals so far, and is held every night for ten minutes.