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My Humble Thoughts on Hubble at 20!

by carbonboyApril 24, 2010 NASA
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   A small portion of one of the largest known star-birth regions in the galaxy, the Carina Nebula (best viewed at full screen F11) – Photo Credit:  STScI
 Twenty years ago today NASA launched the Hubble Space Telescope, and it has been generating dazzling images ever since. This recent image is by far the most awesome that I [...]

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Starwood aloft – Sweet Suite, Rosa Mexicano and some test HDR

by carbonboyApril 12, 2010 A Day in the Life
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I’m back at National Harbor to do a little shopping at the big mall near the Pentagon; not that I need anymore stuff, just something so I don’t stand out like a damn American tourist in Barcelona.
I must say that I love the Starwood aloft brand hotels – so much more cheery than the aging [...]

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Spring has Arrived – DC Cherry Blossoms Peaked!

by carbonboyApril 3, 2010 A Day in the Life
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After eight years of living near Washington DC, I finally had the opportunity to check out the cherry blossoms a day after their peak. The weather could have not been more perfect!
My sister had visited last week, and we froze our butts on an unheated ferry from Alexandria to Georgetown. A week later would have [...]

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Finally I get to see some cherry blossoms!

by carbonboyApril 1, 2010 A Day in the Life
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I’m on the rooftop of the “W” Hotel, which is really the old Washington Hotel, a hop away from the White House. I’m under-dressed and doubt I could get into this really hot club a floor below, as I am not on the “list.” Like I care.
DC is teaming with tourists – it’s near impossible [...]

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Canon’s New SX210 IS – The Perfect Pocket Camera?

by carbonboyMarch 25, 2010 A Day in the Life
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The photo above is highly cropped and scaled down about 60%. Click here to go to my Flikr site for a view of this cropped photo at full resolution, if you wish. Pretty impressive for a pocket camera! Of course now that I have it in my hands, it’s already obsolete!
About every two years I [...]

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Some thankful thoughts on Patti Smith, Seth Godin & the Artist in Us All

by carbonboyFebruary 14, 2010 Art
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I genuinely enjoy reading two books at the same time, often finding an odd synergy, or perhaps, irony in the juxtaposed thoughts and feelings such a combination evokes. I’ll have the two books by my side at my comfortable tan leather Danish reading chair, and switch from one to the other after a chapter or [...]

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2010 – This is the Year!

by carbonboyJanuary 1, 2010 A Day in the Life
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Potomac Beach pebbles sparkling in a setting sun – January 1, 2010
I never made it to midnight last night and thus awoke refreshed and enthused for the year 2010 before sunrise. Getting up daily before sunrise is a new personal directive for me, as that is when the best light of the day exists.
With a hot [...]

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Late Adapter – Selling Stuff on eBay Finally

by carbonboyNovember 8, 2009 A Day in the Life
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Nikon D40 Kit Nikkor 18-55mm SB-400 Speedlight & Extras
I’ve been buying things on eBay for five or six years, but kind of lost interest after losing some bids to those tricky characters that make their final bid 5 seconds before the auction ends. I think eBay did something to fix that, but I don’t really [...]

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St. Michael’s and Tilhgman Island – Eastern Shores, Maryland

by carbonboyOctober 26, 2009 Photography
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Well, best as I can figure, neither of these are truly islands, but it sounds good. I’m here on business for a day or so and, as always, have little time for serious photos. Must make time!
I’m staying in the city of Easton, ten miles inland – a quaint little town, looking so New England, [...]

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When a Little Luxury Matters

by carbonboyOctober 4, 2009 Love
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Ha – I was trying to setup a lightbox for the first time tonight as I have a bunch of aging, unused tech toys that still have some value on eBay.  White backgrounds, I’ve found, do not render as white, but shades of gray when photographed. A simple trick is to place a object (or [...]

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Grand Canyon in (primitive) HDR

by carbonboySeptember 23, 2009 HDR
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Haze is natural in the Grand Canyon and I would guess about 10 billion photographs have been taken of it, with only the lucky few or diligent pros to see this place without it. After an exhilarating “Imperial” helicopter ride, which was so much fun but rendered poor photos for so many reasons, we entered [...]

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HDR – Studies in Simplicity

by carbonboyAugust 16, 2009 HDR
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A mad, keen photographer needs to get out into the world and work and make mistakes – Sam Abell
I’m taking my time with HDR, not looking for anything to dazzle, and tweaking the images as little as possible for starters. What I’ve found is amazing. Even on the harshest, not-a-cloud-in-the-sky type of day, the details [...]

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