Arc de Triomphe

Oddly enough, this is a better picture than my daytime shot of the Arc de Triomphe.  That one was taken at 1/3 second shutter for some reason and, in the time before stabilized lenses*, that’s too slow to get a picture that is anywhere close to sharp.  Even this picture… Continue reading

Reichstag Dome

This is the Dome of the Reichstag Building in Berlin.  There’s more history to it than I care to recite here, so I’ll leave that to Wikipedia.  I just think the dome is a cool looking structure. Picture taken with Olympus C2040z, lens @ 7.3mm (41mm equiv), f/4.5, 1/500 sec,… Continue reading

Berlin Wall

Regrettably, this is the best picture I have from when we visited the Berlin Wall.  I have a few others, but they’re all focused on some specific section of the wall. The falling of the wall is probably one of the earliest news events I remember (the Challenger explosion being… Continue reading

Eiffel Tower

How’s about a daytime picture of the Eiffel Tower.  Meh – honestly the night ones are all better if for no reason than they’re different – you can google/bing/yahoo image search and come up with dozens of daytime pictures of the Eiffel Tower that are all better than this, or… Continue reading

Boats in the Venetian Festival

Here’s one from 2003 at the Venetian Festival in Charlevoix, MI.  It was shot just after sunset looking out toward Lake Michigan as the boats were lining up to come into the harbor for the boat parade. Picture taken with Olympus C-2040z, lens @ 21mm (120mm equivalent), f/2.6, 0.4 sec… Continue reading

Bois Blanc Sunset

This picture of the remnants of a sunset over the Western end of Bois Blanc remains one of my favorite pictures.  From a strict picture file standpoint, it’s probably barely shrugworthy, but I thought it was really cool how there was just enough area of cloud-free sky to allow the… Continue reading