Thursday, July 2, 2015

July 2, 2015

I understand that Stavanger, Norway is the capital of Grafitti Art.  The following pictures are some taken on an evening walk near our lodging.  Others, of which I did not get to photograph, were amazing works.

To enlarge the picture, click once on it.







Sunday, June 28, 2015

June 28, 2015

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!

It is next weekend.  The celebrations, parades, picnics,and fireworks will abound.  For those that want to take pictures of fireworks, there are a number of sites that populate a 'Google Search' entitled "How to photography fireworks," including You Tube videos.

I picked up a tip on one and the following pictures are a result.  But first... the following pictures were taken of the screen of my Macbook-Pro 15 computer, which was on a You Tube channel.  Pictures taken from a video, not a photograph.  

The tip that I was using was shooting picture using the Shutter Mode on my camera set to "Bulb," which keeps the shutter open as long as I have the button pressed.

For better pictures, read some tips first.  One tip that impressed me the first time I shot fireworks was to be up-wind.  As the show goes on, the smoke accumulates and if you are down-wind, it floats between you and the fireworks, causing distorted pictures.

The last two pictures are the same shot, but I changed one to Black and White, for those with a discriminating taste. :-}