Friday, May 18, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Friday, May 11, 2012
More Monet - Free NYBG iPhone App
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Now you can hold the secret to navigating the Garden, home to more than 1 million living plants on 250 acres in the Bronx, in the palm of your hand. Take one of two walking tours or choose your own route using our map feature.
Explore the intersection of paintings and plants through our special exhibition, Monet’s Garden. An exclusive collaboration between the Garden and The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides an up-close and in-depth view of the plants that inspired the renowned painter’s most famous masterpieces. The “Impressionist Lens” feature allows you to create and share your own photographic works of art.
Explore the intersection of paintings and plants through our special exhibition, Monet’s Garden. An exclusive collaboration between the Garden and The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides an up-close and in-depth view of the plants that inspired the renowned painter’s most famous masterpieces. The “Impressionist Lens” feature allows you to create and share your own photographic works of art.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Monet's Garden at NYBG
Monet's Garden starts May 19th at The New York Botanical Garden. Take a look at this behind the scenes video explaining how the gardeners are getting ready.
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Moon Over New York City
May 4, 2012 Supermoon over the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge
Last night I went scoping out locations to shot tonight's supermoon. As recommended below, it is best to use a tripod and a telephoto lens. I did not use either.
This exposure was 2 seconds at f4, ISO 200. I braced the camera on a guard rail and used the time release to trigger the exposure. Of course, this blows out the moon, so I merged the moon details in Photoshop. The correct exposure for the moon that I used for the detail was f5.6 at 1/125 of a second at ISO 200.
This was shot with a Nikon D50 with an 18-55mm zoom - a stronger zoom would have made the moon look larger. The moon was also a little too high in the sky - the closer to the horizon, the larger it looks.
Friday, May 4, 2012
How To Photograph the Supermoon
Supermoon over New York City by bg2b
Tonight and tomorrow night should be excellent opportunities to photograph the moon. Tonight in New York City, moonrise is at 6:30pm and tomorrow is a full moon with moonrise at 7:45pm.
According to TZPlanet, to get a good picture of the moon, use a tripod and a telephoto lens. A good starting guess at the aperture and shutter speed would be f11 at 1/125-1/250 at ISO 100.
Hopefully the weather cooperates.
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