I’ve been wanting to get some pictures of the Milky Way Galaxy and our trip to the Badlands was the perfect opportunity for dark skies except for one thing — my vacation time fell into a full moon week, drat! Nevertheless, on our last night in South Dakota while meandering to our little cabin at the Cedar Pass Lodge, Carolyn urged that we just stop and shoot the night sky before the moon came up. So the boys pulled out the bedding underneath the stars and gazed as I setup shop with 30 second exposures across the horizon to compile into this panorama. The southern band of the Milky Way is visible to the right and towards the far left is the big dipper. This was by far one of the most exciting and memorable shots that I’ve taken so far.
As we were driving yesterday evening through the farmlands of South Dakota just west of the rolling hills of the Missouri river banks we were enveloped by field after field of yellow sunflowers staring at as we ventured towards the setting sun. We pulled over and trod towards the sunflowers, braving the mosquitos to capture one of the most simple yet picturesque places that I have been. Here are a few of the shots that I composited on my laptop. Click the images for their full sizes.
Sunflower Sunset - Tokina 11-16mm at 11mm f2.8 bracketed +/- 2 stop HDR composite, tripod mounted
Sunflower Fields - Canon 75-300mm single shot cropped
Moonrise - Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 single shot uncropped, handheld
Overlooking Niagara Falls from the Maid of the Mist Observation Tower. New York and American Falls to the left, Horseshoe Falls and Ontario to the right. Maid of the Mist boat seen touring the falls.
Skyline view of Montreal, Quebec from Mont Royal park on a beautiful afternoon.
Loved this park as a kid and would come down here to feed the geese and pelt pebbles at the seagulls. We pit-stopped here on the way out of Toronto, the bluffs seem to have shrunk, or rather, my perspective probably ascended four feet from the last time I was here.
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Perhaps one of the prettiest sunsets that I’ve seen and experienced, this panorama of the beach in Gloucester, Massachusetts shows the boys and nephews playing in the sand, and towards the sun you can make out the large sand maze that Uncle Dan drew. This is also the same night that we had taken the family picture on the beach.
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No these are not wild, nor are they in any exotic national park, but rather at the Toronto Zoo. I couldn’t resist taking a panorama from my vantage point though, so here it is.
Driving through New Hampshire we stopped by Cannon Mountain and ascended to the summit in the gondola. It was a stormy day, but nevertheless we got a nice view from the vista.
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