Spaceship Earth is the centerpiece of Walt Disney World’s Epcot. All of the parks have something like this one, which means it’s often a perfect backdrop for people who want to take their snapshot to say “I was here.” In fact, just as soon as I setup for this shot and was about to press the…
Who can resist a path to a nice sunset under the palm trees? You can just imagine the ocean breeze and convenient cocktail service. There’s only one way to survive the Winter months, and that’s to avoid it. You can’t stop the snow, but you can leave town. Go someplace warm and learn a new…
If there’s no other life out there, it seems like an awful waste of space. Maybe that’s why we’re so fascinated with stories of adventure in space. It seems we dream about going to new places, encountering new species, pissing them off and having glorious battles that put our Mother Earth in danger until some…
Last night, I decided to try using my Nikon Coolpix P7000 to get some auto-exposure bracket shots for HDR images. Think of this as a Proof of Concept experiment. The P7000 is capable of shooting brackets of five exposures, which is generally sufficient for HDR. Since my Nikon D700 seems to attract unwanted attention at…
OK, this one is really stupid – even for me. This will either be a big hit or it will immediately crash & burn. I would bet on the latter, but you never know. The Birth of HDRCATS Wednesday afternoon, I was watching the live webcast of Kelby TV’s show called The Grid. It’s an…
