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Space Shuttle Discovery, mission STS-119 on March 15 2009, taken from my driveway in Melbourne, FL.

Photography, random

First successful 360 degree panorama, made with Hugin Panorama Photo Stitcher (totally free program for Mac OSX, Windows, or Linux).   Taken halfway through an 11-mile bike ride to Melbourne Beach and back.  Picture(s) were taken on the Melbourne Causeway, 28.084149° N, 80.590953° W.

Click for more detail ... Original picture is 16MB, 5242x800 pixels.

Detail shot, extreme-right...

Photography causeway, melbourne, panorama, Photography, road bike

Some pictures from Lake Eola this weekend…

More pictures here: [Flickr feed]

Why can't my tax dollars go to more parks like this?

Anser geese

Trumpeter Swans

Ducks?

Taken from the swan boat

hdr #2

My favorite HDR shot of the day

Photography hdr, Lake Eola, orlando, park, Photography

I usually hate looking at christmas lights.. But I figured it would give me a good opportunity to practice long-exposure shots on my new Canon SLR camera.

More night photography to come in the next few months…

HDR shot taken at f5.0, ISO 100, exposure bracketd at 1, 2, and 4 seconds

f5.0, ISO 100, 4 sec. exposure

f5.0, ISO 100, 2 sec exposure

HDR shot taken at f5.0 ISO 100, exposure bracketed at 1, 2, and 4 seconds

Photography 2008, christmas, hdr, lights, night photography, slr

Backdated pics from my trip to Jamaica back in late October / Early November.  My friend Phil was getting married in Montego Bay, and who can pass up a chance to get loaded up on Appleton Rum and Red Stripe Lager ?

Some interesting notes from the trip:

• We only saw two American cars on the entire time… And we spent a lot of time looking.  Toyota has the largest market share by far.
• Speed limits are taken as recommendations.  Most people go much faster.
• The stereotype of most Jamaicans being Rastafarian isn’t very accurate.  The majority of Jamaicans are Christian and don’t smoke [marijuana].
• Jamaican food is the shit.  Jerk pork, plaintains, ackee and saltfish, rice and beans, escoveitched fish, etc.  The best place for Jerk port in Montego bay is Scotchies on A1, just west of the Holiday Inn.

Protip: Air Jamaica flies directly over Cuba. Other airlines have to go around.

Taken from the hotel room

First successful long exposure taken with my new Canon SLR

Taken from the mini-island in front of the Holiday Inn Sunspree

Montego Bay

Jerk Chicken at the Port Pit, on Gloucester Avenue

Red Stripe, Hooray beer!

More pictures on my Flickr page: [link]

Photography, Places jamaica, montego bay