A recent wander...
East Building: I
East Building: II
East Building: III
A Rainy Sunday in the Park with Alex.
A light drizzle means no lines at the playground.
And because people always ask, the images were made with a Sony A7 and an old Canon FD 35mm f2 lens on an adapter. Images were salted to taste in Lightroom.
Summer Wrap-up.
Here's what I did over my summer vacation.
Some personal and family pics...
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Partial Eclipse in the Park
Okay, that wasn't very clever.
Like millions of others across the country, I took to the local park to watch the sun partially duck behind the moon, a feat that still seems improbable at best. I didn't feel like dropping the $200 for a proper filter to make pictures of the actual eclipse (although after seeing some friends images, I kinda wish I had) so I decided to keep my lens pointed mostly to the ground to focus on the effect. So this happened.
Alex.
Amanda.
The swing.
One of the effects of the eclipse is that the main light source– the sun, becomes less bright when compared to the surrounding skylight. In other words, the shadows aren't as deep.
Amanda in the swing.
The eclipse activated the street lamps around the neighborhood.
A corona of my very own.