My happy place when we’re not on the road. Enough said!!
UFO Observation Deck
This space craft shaped observation deck and restaurant sit high above the bridge over the Danube River in Bratislava Slovakia.
UFO Observation Deck
This cool looking restaurant and observation deck was on the south side of the Danube River above the bridge in Bratislava, Slovakia. We didn’t go up there, but we should have…. Oh well, next trip.
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Glory Dusk
Another short blog post for you tonight. Here is a photo I took on the Carnival Glory at dusk. I love the blue colors on the deck and the orange colors in the background just after sunset. This was also taken in Montego Bay Jamaica.
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Carnival Sunset
I honestly can’t remember which Carnival Cruise ship this photo is from. That’s just sad if I say so myself. Regardless, I’ve taken this photo, or a version of it, on numerous Carnival cruises in the past. It is an easy composition, love setting and easy to capture. Plus it always makes me happy.
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Vista
Wow, the weekend can’t come soon enough at this point. Nothing dramatic has happened this week, I’m just ready for the weekend. Therefore, I looked through some of my photos for a happy memory….. and I came across this beauty. I can remember standing on the Carnival Vista just after sunrise taking this photo. There were probably only 20 people up on the deck at the time and it felt like I had the entire ship to myself. Great moment!!
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Carnival Vista Lido Deck
Here is a photo from the Carnival Vista looking down on the Lido Deck at sunrise in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. How many people get that experience? I can tell you that it isn’t many. Maybe 15 thousand people in the entire world could have experienced that. But if I had to guess, I’d say less then a thousand of the total possible actually got out of bed in time to experience a moment like this.
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Carnival Vista Lido Deck
Aft Deck
This is a photo I took of the aft deck on the Carnival Vista on its maiden voyage. I should be clear, this was the maiden voyage with passengers (paying customers). I’m sure they did some sea test before allowing the passengers on the ship. Our stateroom was the upper deck in the middle. The area in the foreground of the photo is the Havana Bar & Pool area. What a cool new feature on the Carnival ships.
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Top Of The Rock View
Quick post tonight. Prior to our trip to NYC, we purchased tickets in advance so that we could be at the Top Of The Rock observation Deck (Rockefeller Center) at sunset. I heard from another photographer that it would be very crowded. So as soon as we got there, I should find a spot at the railing and not leave that spot. Otherwise, I’d never get a spot to photograph from again with all the people.
And I can tell you, that was great advice. We got up there about 1 hour before sunset and almost didn’t get a spot. Once I secured my spot, I couldn’t really move even if I wanted to. It was so crowded up there and at times it was six people deep all the way around the observation deck. MJ was a super wife and patiently waited at the top of this building with me for over two hours while I took over 900 photos. I photographed the skyline as it changed from full sun, to sunset, then blue hour and finally to full night sky. I just took a ton of photos as the sky changed. I loved it. MJ tolerated it, but as always she didn’t complain.
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Cruise Ship / Model Composite
Last week I was looking at photos on 500px.com, which isn’t uncommon for me. To my surprise I saw a picture that looked very familiar…… And it was. It turns out a photographer from Ukraine named Mikhail Benkovich used my HDR cruise ship photo. He combined my photo with a photo he took of this model to create an HDR composition.
I was pissed at first that he would steal my photo without permission. So I took a deep breath and contacted Mikhail directly about the situation. To his credit it admitted it and we worked out a little partnership. He modified the photo to give me credit and linked it to my site. So tonight I am posting the photo and linking to his site. After cooling off and communicating with Mikhail, I’ve gone from pissed off to being happy with how he took my great photo and merged it together with his great photo. To see more of his work, click here: http://500px.com/MikhailBenkovich
Composite Photo
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