I spent the beginning of the week in Vegas for a conference. I dragged all my gear out there to do a little bit of HDR shooting. Although I did a bit of D700 shooting in Vegas (in fact got myself booted from the Venetian hehe – this getting my ass kicked out of places...
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// Ultimately, I want to visit all the National Parks in the United States – there are 58 official “National Parks” – any National Forests, Lakeshores, Monuments, etc that I can visit are just gravy. I was lucky enough this year to visit three new parks – Glacier, Theodore Roosevelt and Mesa Verde, as well...
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Tags: colorado, dusk, gas station, hdr, justin kern, Mesa Verde National Park, Nikon D700, parking lot, photomatix, reflection, sinclair, summer, Twilight
// I’ve always wanted to take a camera into a slot canyon to capture your stereotypical rosy-shaft-of-light-hitting-the-sandy-canyon-floor photograph. Until I make it out there and shave off enough poundage to squeeze through the narrows, I’ll just shove my D700 and a circular fisheye into a little pocket of erosion – like this one in the...
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// Back to Santa Fe on this cold Chicago Wednesday morning – back to the warm American Southwest and the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi. I’ve been really busy the past few days rummaging through my hard drive for some Chicago summer content to keep us appreciating the colder temps. I for one...
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// I made it out early one morning while in Santa Fe for a photowalk and was struck by the little “Christmas” lights that had been used to decorate the square. No one else was out and about yet and I had this normally bustling place to myself. Hours later, the square will be filled...

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