Posts under ‘Photo Essay’

It’s the new year and it’s Renaissance Festival time in South Florida! This year the Florida Renaissance Festival is taking place in two venues: first (and running through this weekend) is at Historic Virginia Key Park in Key Biscayne, FL and then next month at Quiet Waters Park in Deerfield Beach, FL.
The Renfest is great [...]

The National Association of Hispanic Public Administrators (NAHPA) is sponsoring an art exhibit in the lobby of the Stephen P. Clarke Center in downtown Miami. The gallery features the work of many local Hispanic artists as part Hispanic Heritage Month and runs through October 30th.
I have the following three photos on display there:

And here is [...]

This shot was taken from the balcony of my friend’s condo on the 29th floor. Shot handheld using my Nikon D700 and Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 zoom in 12-bit NEF and processed using Apple Aperture 2.1.3.
This condo happens to be the tallest building in Miami Beach with total of 48 stories right on the beach. Amazing [...]

With Olympus finally letting the micro four-thirds cat out of the bag, has the Next Digital Age finally dawned?
You’re probably thinking “What has Carlos been smoking and can he send me a couple of pounds?” All I ask is that you hear me out for a second. Let’s take a critical look at the technological [...]

OK, I’ve posted about my “Cool Rides” gallery on flickr before. Snazzy cars, bikes and other methods of transportation the strike my fancy (as my British friends would say) are the usual subjects. However, today I came across a press release of something so off-the-wall I had to add it.
The World’s Coolest Looking Riding Mower:

Behold [...]

Infrared Pine Originally uploaded by etrigan63
I think I finally nailed the B&W conversions for IR. Sky has the right level of darkness and the Australian Pine is giving off a fine IR reflection. Please comment if you wish.

Infrared Skies
Originally uploaded by etrigan63
Second in my IR attempts, this one came a little better as a B&W image. Photo was shot RAW and converted to grayscale using the channel controls in Lightroom. Something interesting to note is that light colored objects are reflecting IR light while dark objects are [...]

Infrared palms
Originally uploaded by etrigan63
When Leica designed the M8 they elected to install an extremely thin anti-aliasing (AA) filter over the sensor to increase the overall sharpness of the images captured by the camera. However, this had the side-effect of making the M8 sensitive to IR reflections. This manifested itself [...]

Indian Elephant
Originally uploaded by etrigan63
As I have two children (ages 10 & 7) our weekend social calendar is usually filled with birthdays. This weekend we attended one at the Miami Metrozoo. One of the other Dads was there with his Canon 5D + 500mm lens and I with my M8 [...]

Firmware 1.201 Test – Multiple Light sources
Originally uploaded by etrigan63
I went to a local mall today and looked for a shot that included multple light sources. I managed to find a fine example that combines daylight, fluorescent light and incandescent (halogen) light.
The image is unadjusted other than a conversion from DNG [...]