Tagged With "Lighting"
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Re: Sept. 27, 2017: Balloon Man Running, Denver
That's a fun piece, Sam! I do love finding an interesting piece of street art.
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Re: Viewing the Northern Lights: Tips and Techniques
Thanks. Some wonderful advice given. Love to see some more pix if you have some. And maybe some idea of exposure and time used to get your best pix. Interesting blog.
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Re: Viewing the Northern Lights: Tips and Techniques
Me, too! Spent 9 days in Iceland a few years ago waiting for the clouds to clear, and I realize that if they had, I had very little idea of how best to photograph them!
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Re: Viewing the Northern Lights: Tips and Techniques
I wished 'd known this on my first adventure to see the Northern Lights in Norway, suffice to say those photos weren't great at all. Fantastic tips to keep in mind when I do venture to see them again.
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Re: Viewing the Northern Lights: Tips and Techniques
Having grown up in Canada, I recall some spectacular displays of the Northern Lights, especially when I was young. What always impresses me is how they seem alive. I need to head to Northern Canada sometime in the next few years to see if I can get some photos of the lights. Great piece! Great photos! Thanks for all the advice.
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Re: Viewing the Northern Lights: Tips and Techniques
excellent post and pics...thanks for the photography tips too, especially with a subject like the Northern Lights
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Re: Coastal California: Pigeon Point Lighthouse
We must have passed Pigeon Point on our way to see the seals on a February visit to SF about 10 years ago...I wish I had known! Besides the seals, the highlight of that trip was breakfast in a roadside diner surrounded by avocado farms...a product reflected in practically every breakfast on the menu!
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Re: Coastal California: Pigeon Point Lighthouse
In that part of the coast, it's more likely to have been artichokes, grown there and all the way down to Salinas/Monterey. Avocados are a Southern California crop.
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Re: Coastal California: Pigeon Point Lighthouse
When I lived in So California, an acquaintance was an avocado farmer. He informed us that at the time about 10% of the avocado crop was stolen each year -- probably higher now. The most stolen crop in America, and impossible to trace I love old lighthouses and their setting on the roughest places on the coast. Thanks for sharing this one with us, PM.
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Re: Coastal California: Pigeon Point Lighthouse
I'm not surprised about the avocado theft, guacamole being one of the CA food groups.
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Re: Coastal California: Pigeon Point Lighthouse
I didn't mean to imply purloined produce...just that as a local product, they had a high place on the menu. From the conversations around us, it appeared that many of the others were growers...
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Re: Coastal California: Pigeon Point Lighthouse
PHeymont -- did not mean to imply that your restaurant proprietors were thieves. Just to point out that the crop you were surrounded by is a target of theft.
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Re: Coastal California: Pigeon Point Lighthouse
Gentlemen, I think you missed my point somewhere above. Artichokes grow in Northern California, avocados in Southern California. As far as I've observed, never the twain shall meet. Just to confirm, is this it? If so, not avocado.
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Re: Coastal California: Pigeon Point Lighthouse
No, really, we know the difference. And we saw the avocados and ate them. I haven't found production figures yet for San Mateo County yet, but it is significant.
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Re: Coastal California: Pigeon Point Lighthouse
I see no mention of avocados: https://agwm.smcgov.org/sites/...26%20PDF%20Print.pdf
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Re: Coastal California: Pigeon Point Lighthouse
Great. I will be in Santa Cruz in a couple of weeks with HS friends and suggest we go thePigeon Point lighthouse! thanks again for a wonderful journey! Denia
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Road Trip, More Day 2: Point Cabrillo Light Station
Not quite recovered from the long drive the day before, and having just walked a couple of miles around the Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden, had I realized the extent of the hike required to get to and from the the lighthouse at Point...
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Viewing the Northern Lights: Tips and Techniques
When you see the Northern Lights for the first time, they seem unreal. Almost magical, maybe even scary to some. The Aurora Borealis is one of the most spectacular natural phenomena you can observe and well worth a journey to the northern parts of the...
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Sept. 27, 2017: Balloon Man Running, Denver
A whimsical sculpture in Denver caught Samantha's interest; she shares views of it in different lights and times.
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December Lights in New York City
Jonathan L takes us on a walk through Manhattan to see some of the Holiday Lights
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Blue-light bandits in Geneva hit tourists and UN
Geneva's real police use a variety of vehicles Photo: Krokodyl / Wikimedia The United Nations, which has a variety of agencies headquartered in Geneva, warned its staff last week that fake cops have been ripping off...
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Grays Harbor: Sea Lions, Sandpipers and BBQ
Jonathan L takes a day trip from Aberdeen to the Pacific coast and encounters the local wildlife.
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Jan. 21, 2018: Friday Night Lights at Forks, Washington
Jonathan L attended a high school football game and found the crowd as interesting as the game.
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Coastal California: Pigeon Point Lighthouse
Officially called the Pigeon Point Light Station, it’s been my sentinel, standing at the edge of my personal territory, telling me I’m nearing, or leaving, my family on the coastside of the Bay Area, south of San Francisco. I...
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Lake Havasu Lighthouse Replicas - Part 1 of 3
Lake Havasu, Arizona has become “the city with most lighthouses in America,” thanks to its collection of 1/3 scale lighthouses from everywhere.
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Paris' New Year celebration will go on, but quietly
Paris's traditional outdoor New Year's Eve celebration on the Champs-Elysees will happen this year, but will be a much more low-key affair than in the past. In the aftermath of last month's terror attacks, there had been thoughts it would be canceled. It will be a very different event, with no fireworks (for fear they might spark panic) and security measures to control crowds and keep too large a crowd from forming around the Arc de Triomphe. In place of the fireworks, there will be a...
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The Future of the Aircraft Cabin Interior, according to Boeing
What does Boeing foresee in the aircraft cabin of the near future? Lighting and projection play a big role....
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St Augustine Night of Lights
Travel Rob visits another Light Display in Florida and finds this one a little too popular.
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Jan. 7, 2019: Jacksonville Zoolights
Travel Rob sees another impressive lighting display in Florida at the Zoo in Jacksonville.
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Re: Road Trip, More Day 2: Point Cabrillo Light Station
Interesting article; fantastic photos!!
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Re: Lake Havasu Lighthouse Replicas - Part 1 of 3
What a fascinating idea! It sort of fits with the Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas, but a 'bit' less commercial. I'm looking forward to the rest...
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Re: Lake Havasu Lighthouse Replicas - Part 1 of 3
Thanks for the nice comment. Hope you enjoy the rest
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Re: The Future of the Aircraft Cabin Interior, according to Boeing
I think the best thing Boeing did was make the windows bigger in the 787.
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May 31 2020, Morning Light in The Bronx
Jonathan L travels to his living room for some lovely sunrise light
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The Light Side of Packing
While we all wait for when we can travel freely again, PHeymont shares some tips on how to keep the freely light.
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Re: The Light Side of Packing
Excellent article with great tips!! For international trips I always take one suitcase and pack a duffel for the return trip. That way I can put my dirty clothes in the duffel making it my second checked bag on the return trip and have plenty of secure space in my suitcase for souvenirs. I also swear by packing cubes. One more plus about packing light -- no overweight fees which are very pricey!
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Stained Light, La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
DrFumblefinger enjoys the beautiful light flooding through the windows of Barcelona's unique La Sagrada Familia's Cathedral.
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Southeast Light House, Block island
Jonathan L visited a lighthouse on Block Island with a unique look
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Hunting Island, South Carolina
Jonathan L explores South Carolina's nature at Hunting Island State Park
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Christmas Lights in New York City
Jonathan L takes a walk through New York's mid-town holiday lights.
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Re: Christmas Lights in New York City
We were in the city a few years ago at Christmas and it was magical. Loved the pictures. Thanks for sharing as they brought up wonderful memories!
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Cold Spring Christmas Lights
Jonathan L takes an evening walk through Cold Spring, New York
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First Light in Trinidad, Cuba
Jonathan L catches an early-morning impression in historic Trinidad
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Cape Disappointment State Park - Where Gumbo Was #240
Jonathan L visited the State of Washington and Cape Disappointment State Park and its two lighthouses.
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Phoenix Zoo Lights: An Annual Tradition
Samantha, her husband and family friends spent some time exploring the Phoenix Zoo Lights. It is a 30-year holiday tradition in Phoenix.
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Re: Cold Spring Christmas Lights
I would like to visit this town, looks lovely, you did another article on it, it attracted me then. Fingers crossed.
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Whaleback Lighthouse - Kittery, Maine
Samantha and her husband took a recent trip to Maine, and stumbled upon the Whaleback Light in Kittery, Maine.
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Bethesda Fountain: Light and Shadow
Jonathan L offers an exploration of light and shadow from Central park