Another remnant of air travel: My deodorant kind of exploded on the inside of the cap. But I thought it looked kind of interesting, so I took a number of shots of it, two of which are included here.
I'm not sure whether this makes me more of a photographer or more of a freak.
In terminal D of Dallas/Fort Worth airport is Christopher Janney's multi-media piece called Circling; this maze of glass has speakers in the floor that play tones.
Destination Game by Pamela Nelson, a "floor medallion" decorating terminal D of Dallas/Fort Worth airport.
The lower shot is a close-up of the maze design in the center.
Floor mosaic called Early Morning Flight by Billy Hassell.
A monstrous art piece in terminal D of the Dallas/Fort Worth airport called Crystal Mountain.
This first one has the spire technically out of focus, but upon closer inspection I discovered the reflection in the glass, which I kinda liked.
Shots taken during a flight from Raleigh to Dallas, where my seat was at the back of the plane, next to the engine. While that is generally regarded as a bad seat, it allowed for unique photographic opportunities.
The puppies, at a time when it was remaining still long enough for a clear picture.
3/2/08
A couple shots of one of my mom's new puppies--when she was sitting still long enough for the shot to be in focus.
(Taken March 2, 2008.)A couple more shots of items decorating the yard at my mom's house, and the shadow they cast.
During a visit to Durham, North Carolina, I took these shots of the jetstream of a plane taking off from the airport.
We start with the plane actively climbing into the sky, leaving the thin cloud running in a straight diagonal across the sky.
We look down to this pond and see that reflected on the water.
We back up a bit and see the dissipating jetstream in the sky and reflected in the pond.
And then we get closer to the trees and see the jetstream getting less distinct as the winds in the atmosphere blow it apart. (The lower left of the frame is where it's lower in the sky, getting higher as it moves to upper right.)
And finally we see as it has drifted overhead and is now in the western sky, along with earlier jetstreams that have ended up there.
These were taken out the window of a commercial airliner during the mid-morning hours. Obviously, not ideal light conditions. The terrain would be somewhere between eastern California and probably New Mexico.
The low clouds abut the mountains.
Shadows of the jagged rocks.
Veins of dry riverbeds on the desert floor.
A conical strip mine.
Lower clouds and their shadows on the ground. (I presume the lines are roads leading up to homes.)
Yes, this is how they turned out with some post tweaking.
This is the same fountain in the Bonaventure as with the last post, but this one's focus is more on the palm shadows cast on the curved wall.
More fun with varying exposure.
This time our subject is an illumnated fountain inside the Bonaventure Hotel, as shot from above.
We start with a 1/13 second exposure (F/4.5) , which gives little detail on the water burbling up (but does show some detail on the palm next to it):
Then we move to 1/40 second (and open the shutter a bit to F/3.5 to compensate) , and we start to make out the bubbles (the palm gets darker):
And finally to 1/160 second (still F/3.5) , where we can see the apex of the water shooting up and the distinct bubbles in the foam circling out (but the palm is almost completely lost):
Here's a close-crop on that last shot, which is really what speeding it up was going for:
(Apologies to real photographers, who wouldn't bother with this nonsense. I suppose it's only because I'm still learning that I find this remotely interesting.)
The Central Library in downtown L.A., as seen from across the street (and behind palm trees, yes). Notice the lines of light on its west-facing entrance, from morning sunlight reflected off other buildings.
The lower shot zooms in on the relief sculptures by the door, where the reflected light is cast upon the face of Wisdom.
A normal person would look at spilled water and grab a towel.
A useless person grabs a camera.
See proof above. I rest my case.
