..while looking for something to post, i found this one.. subliminally because i had corn soup just a while ago?
..took this while strolling around the garden district, this framing was my wife’s idea.. good, eh? 😀
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..why not take the stairs once in a while..
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..creepy trees and a mansion, i think i see someone peeping out of the window (or maybe not).. 😀
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..a close up of the domino’s sugar facility along the mississippi river..
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beautiful
..while aboard the natchez, as the tour guide was explaining about stuff going by the banks of the mississippi river, i just kept snapping away.. i can’t seem to remember what this is.. i like the message written on it though..
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natchez
..the natchez, tooting it’s horn before docking.. it was a pretty loud toot too.. 🙂
..got a chance to ride this boat up and down the river, there was even a steam calliope that was playing before we boarded the boat.. ’twas pretty neat..
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..i just like how the street lamps here go on and on..
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..i’m interrupting the NOLA series for this one.. Digitized Chaos is now 2 years old! woohoo! thanks for everyone who visited here the past two years.. 🙂
..best viewed supersized..
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odd couple
..a not so sober couple on the train.. the girl is the hefty one on the left, and the skinny guy’s the one leaning on her arm..
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tribute in light
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head on collision
..milliseconds before being hit by a lexus..
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..the view from our room.. this is lower canal street on the lower left frame, the big flat building on the left is the audobon insectarium, next is the westin(?) at the end of the street is what i believe is the world trade center building.. all in all a great view.. 🙂
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..i’m a big anne rice fan, that’s why when i read somewhere that she started out in new orleans and had a house here, i just had to take a snap of it.. so here it is 1239 first street, there was a remax sign in the gate though..
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kiddy view
..back from new orleans, it was a great place to explore and would certainly try going back again.. did a lot of touristy stuff and stuffed food like crazy.. this here was shot while strolling down bourbon street at night.. i have no idea how it looks like at daytime, but at night, it sure was really wild.. my wife’s gaydar blew up that time because this labor day weekend was the time they celebrated Southern Decadence, so i guess if you’re a single straight male planning to go there on the labor day weekend, i highly suggest you refrain from doing so.. ;D
..here’s one shot i thought of posting for today but wasn’t really a clear capture, but was worth sharing anyways..
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..as if this place couldn’t get any more eye catching..
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corolla
..shenanigans! 😀 yep, similar to yesterday’s post, this was shot at an auto show and given the panning look via photoshop.. by the time you read this, i might be probably roaming around the streets of new orleans.. have a rockin’ weekend.. 🙂
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gt-r
..i’ll let you guys figure it out.. 😀
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mom n daughter
..a familiar place, i’ve posted from this place already..
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zooming on 45
..it seems i’ve freaked out some of you out there so let’s get back to the usual stuff here.. 😀
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..still using a regular flash gun here, tilted in some contorted way just to illuminate the subject.. framing’s not topnotch because i was manual focusing while tiptoeing.. was a bit edgy too because this looked like a nasty spider and i wasn’t aware if it gave a nasty bite or not.. turns out they do.. 😀
The golden silk orb-weavers (genus Nephila) are a genus of spiders noted for the impressive webs they weave. Nephila consists of numerous individual species found around the world. They are also commonly called golden orb-weavers, giant wood spiders or banana spiders. In North America, the golden silk orb-weavers (see also Nephila clavipes) are sometimes referred to as writing spiders due to occasional zigzag patterns (stabilimenta) built into their webs, though these occur much more frequently in the webs of Argiope, such as the St Andrew’s Cross spider. (more)
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..a new category has been added here called macro.. i’ve been leaning towards doing macro now because i’ve not much to shoot here nowadays especially when i can’t roam around the place a lot.. but we do have a lake here and a fair amount of trees and bushes to explore so let’s see where that’ll lead me..
..so far, for shooting bugs 1:1, i found it difficult to shoot in available light because of the limited DOF, so i’ve created a DIY ring light and it looks promising (i haven’t used it on this spider though, it’s just your regular flash)..
..here’s a 100% crop of mr. spider..
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drum bell
..i guess hearing a bell back then in the open seas isn’t a good thing, eh?
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uss drum
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guns ahoy
..guns from a different place, the rear portion (stern) of the ship..
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trigun
..that’s a title i took from one of the anime/manga series that i really liked..
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big guns
..it’s the first time i’ve been up close with these kinds of ships so bear with me as i post more from the trip.. ;P
USS Alabama (BB-60), a South Dakota-class battleship, was the sixth completed ship named Alabama of the United States Navy, however she was only the third commissioned ship with that name. Alabama was commissioned in 1942 and served in World War II in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. She was decommissioned in 1947 and assigned to the reserve duty. She retired in 1962. In 1964, Alabama was taken to Mobile Bay and opened as a museum ship the following year. The ship was added to the National Historic Landmark registry in 1986.
..if you’re a fan of these ships (or just like to gawk at them), i suggest you swing by Hess site, he’s doing a series on USS Lexington.. we’re having a “gun show”.. 😀
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toys for the big boys
..must feel great driving this huge ship around the ocean..
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blasting the blues away
..here’s some cannons to blast your monday blues away..
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command post
..spent the day strolling around an old boat.. more to come in the following days, it’s now time to sleep.. 🙂
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blocked
..i normally take shots in bursts.. and while i was shooting something, this taxi happened to zip in front of me, so i thought about patching them up together (instead of deleting it).. and it didn’t turn out that bad.. lucky me..
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career
..’your career will be moving again shortly’..ya think?
..pano-esque look caused by the shade..
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tram’s away
..a lazy ride across the river..
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..despite the hot, humid conditions, the half marathon last sunday was a fun run.. the initial hydrating stations were a mess, i think i drank too much gatorade, i wore the wrong shoes (= blisters), and they ran out of medals (boo)..
..i also held back because i was waiting for the wifey’s text message from our predetermined photo op areas and hopefully get in some crazy poses, but due to crazy traffic, and people milling around, she just got some shots of me from the finish line..
..here’s a where’s waldo type of shot..
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..after a short hiatus, it’s back to regular programming.. i’m hitting the sack though, i’m pretty much worn out now.. 🙂
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plaza
..off to the big apple for some running, have a killer weekend.. 🙂
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nypl
..took this way back when the NYPL wasn’t draped in all those stuff for restoration (or was it?).. there was some event going on that’s why it was bathed in red light..
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four horsemen
..still from atlantic city..
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cash cow
..some casino’s fake facade in atlantic city.. intentionally oversaturated to make your eyes bleed (that’s what i felt while looking at this)..
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port of st. george
..the port of st. george, taken from barrack hill..
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fifth and infinity
..what exactly are you looking at right here? it’s midtown, and that long road going upward from the bottom right frame is fifth avenue..
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woolworth entrance
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crash into me
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..yep, it’s a monday..
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..there’s this place i pass by going home that looked pretty interesting, it didn’t look quite good when i captured it but at least i was able to catch this dragonfly..
..also, flip-flops aren’t the best footwear to explore the swamps with.. ;D
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BoA Tower
..just like food critics, there are also architecture critics.. catty, feisty critics.. here’s an excerpt from James Russell’s piece about the BoA tower..
Ungainly Matron
The 54-story result is among the most ungainly forms on the skyline, like a matron who swathes herself in thick layers of fabric in a vain attempt to slim her burgeoning silhouette. The tower climaxes with a spire as impressive as an auto antenna..(more)
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