Nikon D2XS – Stuck in Customs

A Carousel in France

Daily Photo – A Carousel in France

It was just past 10 PM on the wet streets of Paris as I was getting lost on purpose around the streets near the Church of the Sacred Heart. I bobbed and weaved through various little alleys, streets, and tiny bakeries (where I would just have to stop for a moment), before finding my way to this little faire. There was a small carousel spinning away with tiny little French children screaming wonderful things…

A Carousel in France

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2023-03-07 16:40:20
  • CameraNIKON D2Xs
  • Camera MakeNikon
  • Exposure Time1/6
  • Aperture4
  • ISO100
  • Focal Length10.0 mm
  • FlashNo Flash
  • Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
  • Exposure Bias

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Sunflowers at Sunset

Daily Photo – Sunflowers at Sunset

This photo was much harder to take than it might seem!

First of all, these sunflowers are tall – and I mean tall! They must be between 6 and 7 feet in the air. I was on the ground with them, so, of course, I was looking UP at them. No one wants to see a shot like that…

So, I put the camera on the tripod, set the timer to 5 seconds, extended the legs, set the manual settings correctly, then jacked the whole thing in the air, holding it rock steady while it took the exposure. Getting a steady horizon while holding the camera 12 feet in the air is not easy… and after a number of takes, my shoulders were just about spent for the rest of the night.

Sunflowers at Sunset

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2023-03-07 16:37:35
  • CameraNIKON D2Xs
  • Camera MakeNikon
  • Exposure Time1/100
  • Aperture8
  • ISO100
  • Focal Length18.0 mm
  • FlashNo Flash
  • Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
  • Exposure Bias+2

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Long Road to Montana

Daily Photo – Long Road to Montana

This is the road I got stuck on after my 4-wheeler caught on fire. Now, of course, I had all my photography equipment with me… who wouldn’t take a whole host of photo equipment on a 4-wheeler joyride? I don’t know! I mean, you gotta be ready just in case the dang thing catches on fire!

Long Road to Montana

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2008-08-10 21:37:20
  • CameraNIKON D2Xs
  • Camera MakeNikon
  • Exposure Time1/10
  • Aperture8
  • ISO100
  • Focal Length10.0 mm
  • FlashNo Flash
  • Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
  • Exposure Bias+2

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Across the Line

Daily Photo – Across the Line

I found this guy in the Batu Caves just outside of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Batu Caves are enormous caverns that hold various Hindu temples and plenty of fruit for monkeys. This was shot after a quarter-mile spelunk through the cave and an emergence into a geological oddity – a shaft of sunlight shining downwards through an open chamber that had been carved through the limestone after centuries of rainfall.

The day was bright and sunny, and the monkey sat alone in front of the inky blackness of the cave entrance. This was shot as a single RAW photo. It only had minor HDR adjustments, to get the texture in the wall and the details in his fur.

Across the Line

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2023-05-29 18:13:23
  • CameraNIKON D2Xs
  • Camera MakeNikon
  • Exposure Time1/60
  • Aperture4.5
  • ISO500
  • Focal Length42.0 mm
  • FlashNo Flash
  • Exposure ProgramProgram AE
  • Exposure Bias

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Austin

Daily Photo – Austin

Headed to Austin to see my girls in person for the first time in a few years… exciting!

Austin

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2011-11-07 00:00:00
  • CameraNIKON D3X
  • Camera Make
  • Exposure Time1
  • Aperture13
  • ISO50
  • Focal Length190.0 mm
  • Flash
  • Exposure Program
  • Exposure Bias

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Exploring the Future (and fear of the new)

Daily Photo – Exploring the Future (and fear of the new)

I think it’s probably obvious to those who read this blog, even occasionally, that I’m delving deep into NFTs. One of the more interesting aspects of the whole experience has been the negativity towards them from some people. It reminds me a lot of the negative feedback I was getting in the early stages of my journey into HDR photography. Which is great as that turned out not too bad a life choice! 🙂 Here’s one of those early HDR examples from back in 2008. Fourteen years! Yikes!

Exploring the Future (and fear of the new)

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2022-01-14 21:59:22
  • CameraNIKON D2Xs
  • Camera MakeNikon
  • Exposure Time1/4
  • Aperture4.8
  • ISO100
  • Focal Length14.0 mm
  • FlashNo Flash
  • Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
  • Exposure Bias-1

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Milan Styles

I was looking back through my photos from Milan recently and it served as a good reminder of just how much styles can change. Below you’ll find 2 images from my trips to Milan, one from 2006 and one from 2017. Ahhh… 2017, the good old days when travel was easy…
2006
The Airy Doom of the Duomo The most difficult thing about this shot was hiding my tripod from the security guards.  The second hardest thing was the HDR processing from this shot melting my CPU core.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
2017
Back To The Duomo In Milan
Just a bit different, eh?

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Prambanan, Indonesia

Daily Photo – Prambanan, Indonesia

A huge storm was washing over Java just as I arrived here at Prambanan just outside of Yogyakarta in Indonesia. One thing I’ve come to know about big storms in the late afternoon: if you’re patient, you may end up with a crazy sunset. It rarely happens, but if the sun dips below the clouds, you get incalculable layers of crepuscular light. This is an 8th-century Hindu temple that is an expression of God as the Creator, Preserver, and Destroyer (Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, for those of you that know the Marvel superhero awesome gods of India). The complex is actually quite huge, second only to Angkor Wat, and has 240 temple structures. Most were destroyed in Earthquakes, but they are slowly being rebuilt.
From the Worship collection on Foundation.

Prambanan, Indonesia

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2021-12-23 17:50:49
  • CameraNIKON D2Xs
  • Camera MakeNikon
  • Exposure Time2.2
  • Aperture5.6
  • ISO100
  • Focal Length20.0 mm
  • FlashNo Flash
  • Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
  • Exposure Bias

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The Directors Cut

Directors Cut #1

Here’s the extended cut of the AiVATAR promo… some pretty crazy AI in here! Check out the NFT drop details over on the main site.

For avoidance of any doubt, the opinions delivered by the AiAVATARs in no way reflect the opinion of any human used in the creation of the project. All are generated by AI from the beginning to the end of the creative process.

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Abandoned shipyard in Buenos Aires

Daily Photo – Abandoned shipyard in Buenos Aires

This is one of the most dangerous areas of Buenos Aires. I didn’t find that out until a lady came up and grabbed me and said I was lucky to still be alive. I’ve never really gotten into trouble in any country like that before, but I’ve probably just been really fortunate… or maybe good karma!

Abandoned shipyard in Buenos Aires

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2007-11-05 11:30:16
  • CameraNIKON D2Xs
  • Camera MakeNikon
  • Exposure Time1/15
  • Aperture5.6
  • ISO100
  • Focal Length14.0 mm
  • FlashNo Flash
  • Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
  • Exposure Bias

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