A category of miscellaneous posts related to the art and science of photography
On a recent trip to Big Bend National Park, I shot sequences that could be merged into Chisos Mountain Panoramas. I stitched the panos using Adobe Lightroom. I have used other software before to make panos. However the latest version of Lightroom does a pretty good job. I generated three Chisos Mountain Panoramas: Firstly is a […]
The Contest Bullock Museum Photo Contest – In honor of the 100th anniversary of the formation of the National Park Service, the Bullock Museum in Austin, Texas is sponsoring an exhibition highlighting Big Bend National Park. The exhibition will present artifacts and photographs that the showcase the beauty of Texas’ most treasured jewel. The museum has reached
Wings over Houston 2014 is the latest in a series of annual events that I try to photo. The venue is Ellington Field on the southeast side of Houston, TX. NASA, The Texas Air National Guard, the Coast Guard, and various shippers, like FEDEX use Ellington Field. When the presidents come to Houston, Air Force
A Texas Partial Solar Eclipse is a celestial event that can be viewed in most of western North America on October 23, 2014. While Houston is not in the path of the eclipse maximum during this event, a Texas Partial Solar Eclipse is still an occurrence that deserves some attention. Nowhere will this eclipse of
The Star Spangled Banner is an important part of our history and the song was based on an actual flag that flew over Ft. McHenry and taken from a poem written by Francis Scott Key. Key penned the poem during the British bombardment of the fort during the War of 1812. The poem was eventually
A Rokinon 8mm wide angle lens came to me at Christmas this year. I haven’t had a chance to run it through its paces yet. However, I snapped a few shots just to see what the perspective of the WIDE lens is. The lens comes in as an Ultra wide-angle 8mm fisheye lens with exaggerated perspective.