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The Lincoln Memorial I got this photo in a hurry. I bet I raised a few security alarms too because of my unusual behavior. I didn't have much time, so I had my wife drive nearby and park illegally on the curb for a few minutes. She wasn't a fan of that, but let's not talk about this right now. So, I jumped out of the car, hauled my tripod out of the trunk, and dashed across the green hill towards the memorial. I grabbed photos in a rushed way and dashed back to the car and sped away. - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Boston at Sunset Boston is great and I am sad I've only spent a short amount of time there. On this evening, I walked along the waterfront here to look at all the various angles and light levels. They were all good! That's a sign of a good city when it is hard to take a bad photo of it! - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Underwing Here's another handheld job from the Air & Space Museum in Washington DC. I sent out a tweet a few weeks ago and got in touch with the gal that works in the public affairs office... I twitter-charmed her into giving me the thumbs up to use a tripod next time! It took 140 delicate characters to make that happen... there are still more steps, but I am well on the way to getting proper permission. It's too hard to sneak a tripod into this place... just forget it... armed guards and that sort of thing... - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs Blog.
The Blackbird in the Hangar You may not even really need to be into planes to know about the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. The way those letters and numbers fit together is almost poetic, isn't it? SR-71. There is a melody to it that flows in a nice way. It almost makes me wonder if there is some military muse that comes up with some of the better names for these vehicles.In the background there, waaay in the rear area, you can see the space shuttle ... - Trey Ratcliff Read the rest of this entry here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Landing in the Air & Space Museum I love this place! This was about the only place I was allowed to use my tripod (on the outside), so I spent a bit of time hunting about for best ways to capture the amazing building. - Trey Ratcliff Read the rest of this entry (and some tips for taking handheld shots) here.
Aerophilia Is aerophilia a word? Probably not. People that are really into planes probably have a very specific word for this, and the "wrong" word probably really irritates them... so I apologize in advance.This wondrous place is the new Air and Space Museum in DC. I thought I knew a lot about planes until I got here. I would recognize this and that, but the whole gestalt of the place was completely overwhelming. Overwhelming in an awesome way, of course.I only took the Nikon D3S in here (see my Nikon D3S Review) because they would not allow tripods. The D3S is so much better at quick shots with low noise. All of my HDRs in here were handheld, so I had to be sure that I took the photos quickly and with very little noise.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Univac I'm such a nerd and I love this computer.My background is computer science and math, so I've always been into computers. This UNIVAC was just hitting its stride around the time I was born, and Moore's Law was kind enough to keep the doublings at a manageable rate so it wasn't a whole lot faster when I got my own first computer! I think I started with the Timex Sinclair 99 before getting into the C-64, then a whole host of Amigas before getting into the world of PCs (see these old vintage ads of computer stuff I tweeted about yesterday). Anyway, I'll try not to geek out too much here!This photo was taken at the new Air and Space Museum in DC. There is an area in the back with all the rockets that also had the computers that were used alongside them at mission control. So, if you have any geek in you at all, I really recommend it.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Lincoln Memorial DC is certainly one of those no-tripod areas, especially when very close to some of the key installations. And, some of those Federal guards are not the ones who are up for a good argument. I wonder sometimes if they do a little face-recognition on me and get a general sense of my Libertarianism. That surely would not help me win any arguments...So I had to take this one handheld. It was dark inside and the time was way past sunset. Since the only ambient light was manmade, I had to wedge myself into a corner to keep the camera as still as possible for the exposures. Of course, quick shutter speeds are a must, so I cranked up the ISO a bit to keep things snappy.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Endless Rows of Arlington Cemetery Not too far from the capitol in DC is the sprawling expanse of Arlington Cemetery. It is a very somber place... It was just my son and I, walking around for quite a while together. I think it all made an impression on him.We stayed so long into the evening -- we were the last ones there! Except for the security guards, who walked with us as we were leaving, since they locked up behind us. It was nice, however -- they took their time and let me set up for a few final shots with the tripod as the light was falling behind the storm clouds.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.

The Lincoln Memorial


I got this photo in a hurry. I bet I raised a few security alarms too because of my unusual behavior.

I didn't have much time, so I had my wife drive nearby and park illegally on the curb for a few minutes. She wasn't a fan of that, but let's not talk about this right now. So, I jumped out of the car, hauled my tripod out of the trunk, and dashed across the green hill towards the memorial. I grabbed photos in a rushed way and dashed back to the car and sped away.

- Trey Ratcliff

Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
here at the Stuck in Customs blog." href="javascript:openLB(1648534690,'',XLarge,'',768,768);">The Lincoln Memorial I got this photo in a hurry. I bet I raised a few security alarms too because of my unusual behavior. I didn't have much time, so I had my wife drive nearby and park illegally on the curb for a few minutes. She wasn't a fan of that, but let's not talk about this right now. So, I jumped out of the car, hauled my tripod out of the trunk, and dashed across the green hill towards the memorial. I grabbed photos in a rushed way and dashed back to the car and sped away. - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.

The Lincoln Memorial


I got this photo in a hurry. I bet I raised a few security alarms too because of my unusual behavior.

I didn't have much time, so I had my wife drive nearby and park illegally on the curb for a few minutes. She wasn't a fan of that, but let's not talk about this right now. So, I jumped out of the car, hauled my tripod out of the trunk, and dashed across the green hill towards the memorial. I grabbed photos in a rushed way and dashed back to the car and sped away.

- Trey Ratcliff

Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
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