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Showing posts with label clouds. Show all posts

Saturday, June 22, 2024

Saturday View - 22 June 2024 Edition

So I set out early today to grab this morning's sunrise. I got to the park around 5:30 am and was all set. The forecast was for mostly sunny skies, with the keyword being mostly. There was exactly one heavy patch of clouds and of course it was right in front of the sun. But not ready to give up I headed to another part of the park where I could wait it out so to speak and perhaps see the sun rise above the clouds. I knew it would be a lot brighter than I usually shoot but I came prepared. I was using a new variable neutral density filter that tames the light and also has the added benefit of protecting my eye when I look through the viewfinder. Well the sun finally did show itself and it was very much worth the wait. For today's view I would like to share a few of my shots with you.



Until next time...


Thursday, March 28, 2019

Throwback Thursday View - 28 March 2019 Edition

Welcome To The Exploration Photography Daily View

Today's throwback takes us to March 28, 2015 in Ocean City Maryland. My original post, which you can see by Clicking Here, has several photos however I am featuring one that I am really fond of. The Sun, sky and clouds are among my favorite subjects and this shot covers them all with a touch of Moon for good measure. Though the Moon part can be labeled as "sort of". Take a look and you'll see what I mean.



I know this looks like the Moon but it's really the Sun. I shot this with no filters. Only clouds. The clouds made it possible to aim at the Sun. With that being said I would like to remind you that shooting the Sun can be dangerous and you probably shouldn't take the risk unless you protect your eyes. And your camera's sensor may not like it either so if you go for it be quick.

That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...



Sunday, June 3, 2018

Sunday View - 3 June 2018 Edition

Welcome to The Exploration Photography Daily View

Well Kim and I are back from yet another rainy weekend at the shore. But at least it didn't rain the whole time. We were able to get some outdoor activities in and we were even able to have a nice campfire last night. This morning the rain held off long enough for us to run a few errands. And I was able to do a little bit of shooting.

Many dozens of times as we have traveled up and down RT 9 in Cape May Courthouse I have noticed a really nice little lake at the entrance of the Cape May County Zoo and Park. So today I finally decided to stop by and shoot some photos. Being a dreary and did I mention very windy day there was no one else there but me. Even Kim waited in my truck. But I wasn't all alone. I had the company of a few flocks of geese. There was several adults and a lot of young ones. And for  today's photo I would like to share some of them with you.

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Just a family out for a swim.

Here is the EXIF data.


And here is Yesterday's View...

Saturday June 2, 2018

Today's Link

Today I am sharing an informative link for something I want to try. It's a tour that I have not yet been on but would like to go. So I thought I'd share it with you. And of course when I do I'll be sure to share my experience here at the blog. Click Here to check it out.

And that will do it for today. Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Monday, May 28, 2018

Monday View - 28 May 2018 Edition

Welcome To The Exploration Photography Daily View

It seems so far that this might be one of those rainy weekend Summers. Since so far we have had a good amount of rain just about every weekend. And rain doesn't go too well with the shore. But Kim and I are making the best of it and still manage to find pockets of dry weather and head to the beach. Like yesterday when we visited Avalon beach. There was a good number of people there but considering it was a holiday weekend it wasn't all that crowded. As with any beach visit I snapped a lot of photos. This time with my phone. I had the camera in my truck but because of the weather and the salt air in general I left it behind. I still got some good stuff though. Like today's view.

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Here is Yesterday's View...

Sunday May 27, 2018

Today's Link

Today's link takes us to the homepage for a small photo tool I use everyday. I use it as my default photo viewer and it's call Irfanview. If you have heard of it and never checked it out you can do so by Clicking Here.  If you use it you know why I use it. It's simply one of the best viewers out there and it's free. Either way take a look to see what's new.

And that will do it for today. Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...



Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Tuesday View - 22 May 2018 Edition

Welcome To The Exploration Photography Daily View

Today's rather quick post is simply a shot of the Atlantic Ocean under last weekend's very cloudy skies. See how empty the beach is? Well as long as it isn't raining or unusually cold it sure won't be that way this weekend. It will be like the flip of a switch and there will be many, many people crowding this and many of the other South Jersey shore points

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It is apparent from this image that I should of cleaned my lens a little better. If you look close you can see water spots here and there. I cleaned some of them in Photoshop but didn't get too much into it.

Here is the EXIF data.


And here is Yesterday's View...

Monday May 21, 2018

And that will do it for today. Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...


Sunday, December 24, 2017

Welcome To The Sunday View - Christmas Eve 2017

Merry Christmas Eve my friends. Kim and I have once again been busy preparing for our guests tomorrow for Christmas dinner. And I am happy to say I think we are just about there. But as busy as it has been I did manage to get out and shoot for a short time this morning. I tried for a sunrise but I was a tad late. I did grab this view though at the Norristown Farm Park which is literally about a hundred yards from our house.

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Here is the EXIF data.


And here is Yesterday's View...

Saturday December 23, 2017

And that will do it for today. Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Friday, December 22, 2017

Welcome To The Friday View

I'm getting this out late my friends so let's get right to it shall we?

Today I am sharing one more (and probably last) shot from a snowy Valley Forge last weekend. And it is yet another black and white. I wasn't sure at first about this one because the Sun is kind of strong but I just had to post it. I love the composition.

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Here is the EXIF data.


And now...

Yesterday's View...

Thursday December 21, 2017

That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Monday, November 13, 2017

Welcome To The Monday View

It's a rainy day here in Virginia Beach as I am typing this at about 10:00 am. But it's okay because the rest of the week is supposed to be pretty nice. Besides it's good to just hang out and relax for a day. We will probably take a short drive but that's about it.

Rain and full cloud coverage of course means no sunrise to speak of so I am going to share another early morning shot from yesterday. I really like the way it came out. I hope you like it too.

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What is it about the harsher side of nature that makes for good images?

Here is the EXIF data.


And now...

Yesterday's View...

Sunday November 12, 2017

And that will do it for now. Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Welcome To The "Throwback Thursday" View

Today's throwback is a good one. As we go back to November 9, 2014 we also go back to my 100th post. A great feat at the time. And though I may be a bit more experienced now in both my photography and maybe even my writing I still love those early posts. Especially this particular one.

For the record today is my 1,203rd post.

Please → CLICK HERE ← for the full original post.

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And now...

Yesterday's View...

Wednesday November 8, 2017

And I must go for now. But I'll be back real soon. I hope you will be too. Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Welcome To The Tuesday View

I was in our front yard this afternoon looking at all of the leaf wrangling and lawn mowing that I need to do and I glanced up at the sky and saw what would become today's photo. It was the perfect mix of composition and color. And the weather was just right. I'd share that too if I could. I'm working on it though (lol). But for now please enjoy this.

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Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 18mm
- Manual Control
- Aperture F16
- Shutter Speed 1/2 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 100
- Center Weighted Average Metering

And now...

Yesterday's View...

Monday September 25, 2017

That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Monday, September 11, 2017

Welcome To The Monday View

Hi folks! 

Well the projects continue and to tell the truth I am beat. But like I said yesterday things are coming together and it's looking better and better around here. Pretty soon we'll be decorating for Halloween.

For today's photo I would like to share a snapshot I made while we were in Lancaster County on Saturday. This is a farm view as seen from Kitchen Kettle Village.

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And now...

Yesterday's View...

Sunday September 10, 2017

I know this was quick but I have to go for now. I'll be back real soon though. I hope you will be too.

Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Saturday, September 9, 2017

Welcome To The Saturday View

After all the rain last weekend brought us mother nature has done a complete 180 and has given us a wonderful day to spend outside. Kim and I took advantage of it and spent the day in Lancaster County Pennsylvania. We were all over the place and took in a lot of really nice scenery and naturally a grabbed a shot or two. All of them snapshots because I didn't bring my camera but I did get some good stuff. For today's photo I would like to share this one with you.
 
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Nothing particularly special. I just think the sign looks really cool.

And now...

Yesterday's View...

Friday September 8, 2017

That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Saturday, August 19, 2017

Welcome To The Saturday View

After all of the clouds and rain we had yesterday afternoon mother nature made a 180° turn and gave us plenty of sunshine and clear skies today. But it sure was hot and humid. Still is in fact.

But back to yesterday's rain.

After the rain we were treated to a beautiful rainbow. Today I would like to share it with you.

This is my view from in front of our house looking toward the Norristown Farm Park.

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Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 26mm
- Aperture Priority
- Aperture F11
- Shutter Speed 1/50 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 400
- Center Weighted Average Metering

Here is the "Before" image.

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And now...

Yesterday's View...

Friday August 18, 2017

And that's all for now my friends. Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Friday, August 18, 2017

Welcome To The Friday View

Today's photo is another "Snapshot Plus". Meaning of course I made it with my camera phone but did a little tweaking. In the case of this particular shot I started with six separate frames and merged them in Photoshop. I also did some minor adjustments such as color correction and some miscellaneous levels.

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This is a view of the Norristown Farm Park right before a rain storm this evening. I shot it from the West Norriton side.

And now...

Yesterday's View...

Thursday August 17, 2017

That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Welcome To The Wednesday View

Today's photo is a combination of three kinds of images that I have been posting a lot of recently. It is a snapshot (snapshot+ because there was some editing done), it is black and white and it is something I pulled from the archives. A trifecta of sorts.

This is a shot of the dilapidated portion of the Atlantic City New Jersey Boardwalk. And that bench you see has been there for I don't know how many years. And through all of the storms and high winds the ages have brought it that old bench is still sitting there almost defiantly. I wonder what will become of it when the new Boardwalk is constructed?

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Kind of a Film Noir look huh?

And now...

Yesterday's View...

Tuesday July 25, 2017

And that's all I have for today. Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Welcome To The Daily View

Today's photo is another snapshot. Here is a panoramic view of Sunday morning's sunrise from our recent Atlantic City trip. Well, sort of. As I said the other day I didn't have a good direct view of the sun. I did however capture it indirectly. You can see it shining on the buildings.

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As usual I am not sharing technical info being this is a snapshot. I will mention however that I shot this using my phone's panorama setting. I don't usually use it but I think it came out pretty good.

And now...

Yesterday's View...

Wednesday May 31, 2017

That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Monday, May 29, 2017

Welcome To The Daily View

Well folks we are back from our long weekend. It was short but a nice change of pace. And though it was really cloudy and did rain a bit it didn't really affect us that much. 

If I didn't mention it already Kim and I spent the weekend in Atlantic City. And as usual we stayed at our favorite place, The Flagship Resort. We had a 14th floor suite with a pretty nice ocean view. So when you add it up you can pretty much bet I was going to try to shoot a nice sunrise.

Nope! As it turned out our view was just a touch too far southwest. I could see some of the early red sky but the sun itself was just out of reach. Sure I could have gone outside and grabbed a great shot except for the fact I woke up too late. So doing the best I could under the circumstances I grabbed today's photo.

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Not a sunrise but I do like the way the light fades.

Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 18mm
- Aperture Priority
- Aperture F16
- Shutter Speed 1/250 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 100
- Center Weighted Average Metering

Here is the "Before" image.

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And that will do it for today. But I'll be back with more (a lot more) from our AC trip in the next few posts. So please be sure to check it out.

Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Monday, May 8, 2017

Welcome To The Daily View

I was struggling tonight as to what I was going to share with you. Then I happened to look out of our bedroom window. I gazed into the sky and saw a wonderfully clear view of the Moon. And I wasted no time grabbing my camera and tripod and ran outside only to find clouds taking over he sky. But I set up anyway and shot what I could. And I got some good stuff!

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This is a step away from my normal Moon shots but I think it's actually a refreshing change.

Technical info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 250mm
- Manual Control
- Aperture F14
- Shutter Speed 1/40 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 500
- Spot Metering

Here is the "Before' image.

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I also shot a quick video showing the clouds crossing in front of the Moon.



And now...

Yesterday's View...

Sunday May 7, 2017

And that will do it for today folks. Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Sunday, May 7, 2017

Welcome To The Daily View

It's been a while but today I was up and out early to do some shooting at our local park. Actually it was no big deal because I am always up early and the park is at the end of our street. But it was chilly so that has to count for something, right?

I drive past this park every day on my way to work and often wish I had the time to photograph it. So today I took advantage of the weekend and did just that. Here is a view from under the cover of some trees looking out over the field.

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Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm lens at 18mm
- Aperture Priority
- Aperture F20
- Shutter Speed 1/25 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 200
- Center Weighted Average Metering

Here is the "Before" image.

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And now...

Yesterday's View...

Saturday May 6, 2017

That's all for now. Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Saturday, April 15, 2017

Welcome To The Daily View

This is getting to you a little later than I had planned so let's get right to it.

The other night I was playing around with my camera shooting the Moon through the clouds and some trees. This is what I came up with.

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I shot this tripod mounted in Full Manual control.

Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 73mm
- Manual Control
- Aperture F5.2
- Shutter Speed 3 Seconds
- ISO (Film Speed) 320
- Center Weighted Average Metering

Here is the "Before" image.

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And now...

Yesterday's View...

Friday April 14, 2017

And that will do it for today. Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...