Took this picture last April, during a European excursion. Technically, I suppose it qualifies as a candid street shot - but you'd never know it based on the subject matter.
As always, you can click on the picture to go get a bigger version.
Yes, I do realize I'm running a bit heavy on pictures and a bit light on content right now, but we're in the middle of moving so time is a bit tight.
The picture below was taken somewhere and features a sculpture of a famous scientist. Who is it? For bonus points, identify the location where the photo was taken.
This one's a quiz. What's special about the airplane that has the NK on the tail?
1/750 sec @ f/9.8; 180mm focal length
A little late today.
Royal Observatory
Greenwich, England
12 January 2007
1/180 sec @ f/8; 55mm focal length
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There's no such thing as an ugly ecosystem.
Salt marsh.
Near Big Lagoon, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL
1 May 2009
1/160 sec @ f/8.0; Canon EOS Xsi; 20mm focal length
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I don't know why, but this just feels like a Monday picture.
A cold gargoyle
Basillique du Sacre Coeur, Montmartre, Paris, France
27 December 2010
1/45 sec @ f/5.6; Pentax *ist DS; 300 mm focal length
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CH-47D Chinook in flight.
Oahu, Hawaii
24 February 2007
1/750 sec @ f/8.0; Pentax *ist DS; 300mm focal length
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Dragon Boat Race
Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii
Unknown Date, ~2002
HP Camera
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Actually, we've got two pictures for today - it's a before and after shot. Here's the before:
People standing way, way too close to a Hawaiian Monk Seal.
Oahu, Hawaii
29 January 2006, 12:05:58
1/350 sec @ f/11; Pentax *ist DS; 70mm focal length
Here's the "after":
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