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Rainbow Bridge – Part 2

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  • December 18, 2024
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Here are a few more shots of the Rainbow Bridge in Long Beach. It's been such an insanely busy year with the new child that I've hardly had time to shoot or even publish photos I've been taking.
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Rainbow Bridge Long Beach – XT1

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  • December 18, 2024
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I haven't been spending enough time with my Fujinon 10-24mm since it got back from repair. It really is a fun lens to use, especially for landscapes. My only gripe is who ever repaired it left a giant piece of dust on the inside of the rear element that screams at me when shooting anything over f11. I'm so tempted to open the thing up and remove it, but I guess I shouldn't. 
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Spooky photo of a haunted Queen Mary
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The Haunted Queen Mary

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  • April 12, 2024
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In WWII, the Queen Mary was called the Grey Ghost, not because it was haunted but because of its color and the way it smoothly sailed across the water.  Doesn't it just look haunted? Apparently, some 150 ghosts haunt the Queen Mary, and I've read that up to 49 people have died aboard the ship. Personally, I don't believe in ghosts, but I have experienced a lot of very weird phenomena in my life. Like dishes spontaneously exploding in my house, light bulbs exploding randomly, and speakers talking even when not plugged in, to name a few.
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Queen Mary with the Canon 40mm Pancake

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  • April 12, 2024
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The Queen Mary during the 4th of July fireworks show. About 30 minutes after the show, they set off another brief round of fireworks that I could capture further down with my Canon 40mm f2.8 pancake lens. 
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Fourth of July at the Queen Mary with Fireworks.
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4th of July Fireworks – Queen Mary

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  • April 12, 2024
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On this Fourth of July, I went to Long Beach, California, to shoot the fireworks show at the Queen Mary. Shooting fireworks can be tricky, but it really isn't that hard. It's important to shoot with a fairly stopped-down aperture and a slow shutter speed.  Most of these photos were shot at around an f/16 with a shutter between 10-30 seconds.  I also shot with bracketing of 3 photos at two stops for these photos. The camera was set to aperture priority. This gave me three shots, all with slightly different shutter speeds, for more variety.
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