Disney Castle

This is the beautiful Disney World Castle under a cloudless blue sky.

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Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/11

Focal Length: 55mm

ISO: 100

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T1i

Lens: EF-S18-55 f/3.5-5.6 IS

Dolphin Smiles

Who doesn't love adorable dolphin smiles? Trick question, everyone loves adorable dolphin smiles (or at least I hope so because I have lots of pictures of them)

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Exposure: 1/1600 at f/5.6

Focal Length: 194mm

ISO: 400

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T1i

Lens: EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

Seal Noms!

This is a seal with lunch at SeaWorld. Fair warning, there are likely to be lots of pictures of marine animals in the future.

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Exposure: 1/1250 sec at f/5.6

Focal Length: 131mm

ISO: 640

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T1i

Lens: EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

Epcot Globe at Night

This is the Globe at Disney's Epcot lit up at night.

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Exposure: 1/10 sec at f/3.5

Focal Length: 18mm

ISO: 1600

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T1i

Lens: EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6IS

Bird with Fish

This is a wild pelican hanging out near the Seal/Sea Lion area at SeaWorld. The pelicans were waiting for people to throw fish to the seals and miss (which is exactly how this one got lunch).

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Exposure: 1/1250 sec at f/5.6

Focal Length: 154mm

ISO: 250

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T1i

Lens: EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6IS

Subway

A subway sign in Philadelphia

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Exposure: 1/60 sec at f/5.0

Focal Length: 42mm

ISO: 100

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T1i

Lens: EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6IS

Street Art Stickers

Here is a more obvious example of street artists in Philly using Priority Mail stickers to create their picture and then stick it quickly. I have seen Markese's work throughout Philly in that same marker character and Ant in the bottom right.

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Exposure: 1/50 sec at f/5.0

Focal Length: 41mm

ISO: 320

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T1i

Lens: EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6IS

Super Moon!!

Last night was super moon (!!) so hopefully everyone went out and saw the largest full moon since 1993 (!!) Behold super moon

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Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/5.6

Focal Length: 250 mm

ISO: 400

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T1i

Lens: EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

Spring! Tree Flowering

Spring has sprung here on the east coast. There are plenty of beautiful trees beginning to bud and flower.

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Exposure: 1/180 sec at f/8.0

Focal Length: 47mm

ISO: 100

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T1i

Lens: EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6IS

Washington Square Arch

This is Washington Square Arch in New York City.

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Exposure: 1/100 sec at f/5.6

Focal Length: 18 mm

ISO: 100

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T1i

Lens: EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6IS

Street Art: Trash Compressor

The simplicity of this street art in Philadelphia is what makes it so remarkable. Just three dots, two inverted v's and six lines can completely change the personality of the image. This is on a solar powered trash compressor a couple blocks outside of Chinatown

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Exposure: 1/50 sec at f/5.0

Focal Length: 40mm

ISO: 125

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T1i

Lens: EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6IS

Pride of Baltimore

This is one of the masts of the Pride of Baltimore at the harbor at Fell's Point in Baltimore at dusk.

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Exposure: 1/60sec at f/5.0

Focal Length: 18mm

ISO: 100

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T1i

Lens: EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6IS

Bulletin Board

Every university has these - large round bulletin boards at various place throughout campus that people can stable flyers to. This is a section of one such bulletin board at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The thousands of staples piled up on each other from decades of flyers is a visual representation of the rich history that these universities possess. You will also be in desperate need of a tetanus shot if you cut yourself on any of the thousands of rusty staples on this board.

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Exposure: 1/160 sec at f/9.0

Focal Length: 55mm

ISO: 100

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T1i

Lens: EF-S18-55m f/3.5-5.6IS

Campy Cranks

While much of the population adorns their walls with crucifixes, mine is adorned with a vintage Campagnolo crank taken out of my Dad's (awesome) box of old bike parts. I used Lightroom to make the photo black and white and high contrast.

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Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/5.0

Focal Length: 40mm

ISO: 1250

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T1i

Lens: EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6IS

South Street, Philadelphia

This is a shot from the very end of South Street, Philadelphia taken from Penn's Landing. South Street runs right up to the Delaware River and has a small harbor called Penn's Landing.

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Exposure: 1/60 sec at f/5.6

Focal Length: 35mm

ISO: 100

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T1i

Lens: EF-18-55mm f/3.5-5.6IS

Street Art: Elephant

Most of the street art in Philadelphia isn't done with spray paint, but drawn on U.S. Postal Service stickers (If you look closely at the elephant you can see "Priority Mail" printed on it). This allows the artists to create the picture with ample time and then post it quickly.

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Exposure 1/125 sec at f/8.0

Focal Length: 55mm

ISO: 100

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T1i

Lens: EF-18-55mm f/3.5-5.6IS

Happy Bathroom Monster is Happy

I am under no impressions that this is an awesome work of artistic photography, however it is pretty hilarious! Happy Friday everyone! Now go enjoy your weekend and take lots of pictures.

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Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/4.5

Focal Length: 32mm

ISO: 640

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T1i

Lens: EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6IS

Power Plant

This is the power plant at the manatee viewing area in Florida. The manatees are drawn there in the winter because the power plant makes the water warm. The smokestacks make it look stereotypically anti-environmental, however it has made strides to protect the manatees. I found the meeting of environment and industry very interesting.

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Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/10

Focal Length: 18mm

ISO: 100

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T1i

Lens: EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6IS

Mini Plug

The speakers and ear cups always seem to get all the glory on a pair of headphones. Presumably this is because people have the most direct relationship with the speakers and ear cups on a pair of headphones. That being said, in many ways, the plug (in this case a stereo mini plug) is the most structurally elegant piece on the headphones. The mix of function and beauty (granted, beauty is almost certainly not the reason this piece was engineered to look this way) is incredibly striking.

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Exposure: 1/50 sec at f/5.0

Focal Length: 46 mm

ISO: 400

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T1i

Lens: EF-S18-55mm F/3.5-5.6IS

Bank Shot

I always find it interesting how much emphasis and glamour is attributed to money. For many people, piggy banks (or in this case a hippopotamus bank) forms one of their first real relationships with money so I thought it would be fun to give this bank a little extra allure.

By the way, this is the back of the bank. The front has a normal hippo face.

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March 7, 2011

7:51 PM

Exposure: 1/5 sec at f/5.6

Focal Length: 55 mm

ISO: 1600

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T1i

Lens: EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

VELO

This shot was from East Village, New York City. It was scratched into the pavement on a sidewalk. Velo is the french work for bicycle, but is regularly used by Americans for publications and stores pertaining to bicycles. My (and my dad's) love for bikes meant that we stood there for about ten minutes trying to get good shot and people walking by looked at us like we were crazy.

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March 15, 2010

6:36 pm

Exposure: 1/60 sec at f/6.3

Focal Length: 35 mm

ISO: 800

Camera: Canon EOS 20D

Lens: Canon 17.0-85.0 mm

(This was shot by my Dad and edited by me)

First Post/ Blue Bird

My first post may require some explanation. I'm a recreational "photographer" (I'm using the title photographer loosely. I'm actually more like a guy who points a camera at something, hits the button and prays for a decent result.) That being said, I really enjoy photography so I wanted to share some pictures I've taken and get some tips and (constructive) critiques.

This picture was taken in Apollo Beach, Florida at the Manatee Viewing Area. The manatees were interesting but tend to stay underwater so it is difficult to get a good shot. This bird, however was walking around looking for lunch but was willing to pose for a shot or two.

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1/11/2011

4:02 pm

Exposure: 1/250 sec at f / 5.6

Focal Length: 250 mm

ISO: 125

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T1i

Lens: Canon EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

As an added bonus, today there is a second image. You know things are getting bad when you need to put up a sign instructing people not to molest the manatees.