Krumlov Tower
Everywhere you go in this UNESCO protected town there is a great potential for photographers. The narrow lanes and medieval buildings also make for plenty of deep stereo subjects. This image was shot hand held on the fly at 1/125 on Provia 100f. I set the aperture while metering through the lens of my TL120 and don’t remember what it was.
Krumlov Lane
Shot hand held f16 at 1/125 on Provia 100f using my TL120.
Czesky Krumlov has become a popular tourist attraction in the Czech Republic, but up until the Velvet Revolution in 1989, it was just another medieval town. this place is a target rich environment.
My wife is originally Czech, and we go there every year, so you can expect a lot of my stuff to be from there. We were in a hurry when we walked past this street scene. It looked so cozy, I wanted to capture that feel.
Timo Puhakka
This is Capital Peak situated in Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas. This was taken with the TL120 handheld. Details not remembered. It was a gorgeous day to hike the 9 mile round trip trail.
Palo Duro Canyon State Park opened on July 4, 1934 and contains 29,182 acres of the scenic, northern most portion of the Palo Duro Canyon. The Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930’s constructed most of the buildings and roads still in use by park staff and visitors.
The Canyon is 120 miles long, as much as 20 miles wide, and has a maximum depth of more than 800 feet. Its elevation at the rim is 3,500 feet above sea level. It is often claimed that Palo Duro Canyon is the second largest canyon in the United States. The largest, the Grand Canyon, is 277 miles long, 18 miles wide, and 6,000 ft. deep.
Palo Duro is Spanish for “hard wood”. The photo was taken from the roof of our CCC constructed cabin located on the rim of the canyon. Only 3 cabins have a rim “view”. I am fascinated by the CCC work and visit and/or stay in CCC constructed cabins whenever we can.
I provided all the relevant data in the previous post on Bastrop State Park. 2011 Texas experienced a severe drought, over 300 million trees died. My photos do not begin to depict the severity of the wildfire in the park. The park will take decades to reco
ver. The Lost Pines of Texas near Bastrop are important as they are the westernmost edge of the species’ natural range.
All photos were shot with the TL120 and I used either Provia or Kodak 100. And they were handheld using natural light. F/stop not recorded nor remembered.
Another lava tube cave. This image is looking down a side passage that I thought looked like a throat. Taken with a TL120 on Fuji ProviaF 100. Lighting was from a single Vivitar 283 flash held off to the left.
These formations in a lava tube are called extrusion spires and were formed when molten lava in the floor was pushed up through a hole. You can see how some of the lava traveled to the top and then spilled out and dripped down the sides. These are over six feet tall and are the largest in the US. Taken with a TL120 on Fuji ProviaF 100. Lighting was from two Vivitar 283 flashes. One was placed to the far left and triggered by a slave. The other was held just to the right of the camera.
My son Talon is trying to decide whether to take the upper or lower passage in the lava tube. Taken with a TL120 on Fuji ProviaF 100. Most of the light was natural, but Talon also fired a Vivitar 283 to light up a bit more of the dark recesses.
Lynn valley stream seen from the bridge. August 2010.
Velvia 50 using a TL 120 camera
Taken on the waterfront in North Vancouver, B.C., Canada looking towards the city of Vancouver.
Provia 100
TL 120 camera
Poles in water North Vancouver, B.C. TL120 Provia 100 RDP III
Burrard Dry Dock in the evening, North Vancouver, B.C. August 2010 Velvia 50 TL120
Description Taken with the TL-120 handheld
About the Image This year Texas had the best display of wildflowers I have ever seen. This image was taken near Poteet which is south of San Antonio on some little country road. The tall flowers are prickly poppy with many other varieties.
This photo was taken later in the day on September 13, 2008. It is the complex where my daughter lives. Fortunately for her she didn’t live in the building that burned to the ground. The TL120 was the camera used.
Hurricane Ike was the third most destructive hurricane to ever make landfall in the United States. This photo was taken on Bolivar Peninsula in December 2008. It is actually one of the few structures that wasn’t totally washed away. The camera used was the TL120.
Here is a link with more photos in 2d: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/09/the_short_but_eventful_life_of.html