tqa | February 7, 2010
Misty morning.
NAS Pensacola, Florida
31 July 2008
1/350 sec @ f/5.6; 148 mm focal length
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tqa | February 6, 2010
Rainbow over Kalihi valley
Oahu, Hawaii
28 May 2005
HP Camera
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tqa | February 6, 2010
The things Zuska has to say often make me uncomfortable, and the way she says them often irritates the hell out of me. But I still read her blog, because she almost always makes me think about things in ways I hadn't before. Her post about the recent Lindsey Vonn Sports Illustrated cover is a great example of all of that.
Rudeness makes me want to stop reading. The "d00dz", "ladybraned ladeez", "mansplaining", and generalized sarcasm and condescension that littered Zuska's post irritated the hell out of me. But after spending just a small amount of time on actually looking at the issue, I'…
tqa | February 4, 2010
Sometimes "No Swimming" is a really good idea.
Warning sign, highway rest area, I-10, Louisiana
8 May 2008
1/250 sec @ f/11; 18mm focal length
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tqa | February 3, 2010
This one's a quiz. What's special about the airplane that has the NK on the tail?
1/750 sec @ f/9.8; 180mm focal length
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tqa | February 3, 2010
A little late today.
Royal Observatory
Greenwich, England
12 January 2007
1/180 sec @ f/8; 55mm focal length
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tqa | February 1, 2010
There's no such thing as an ugly ecosystem.
Salt marsh.
Near Big Lagoon, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL
1 May 2009
1/160 sec @ f/8.0; Canon EOS Xsi; 20mm focal length
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tqa | January 31, 2010
I don't know why, but this just feels like a Monday picture.
A cold gargoyle
Basillique du Sacre Coeur, Montmartre, Paris, France
27 December 2010
1/45 sec @ f/5.6; Pentax *ist DS; 300 mm focal length
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tqa | January 30, 2010
CH-47D Chinook in flight.
Oahu, Hawaii
24 February 2007
1/750 sec @ f/8.0; Pentax *ist DS; 300mm focal length
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tqa | January 29, 2010
Dragon Boat Race
Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii
Unknown Date, ~2002
HP Camera
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tqa | January 28, 2010
Actually, we've got two pictures for today - it's a before and after shot. Here's the before:
People standing way, way too close to a Hawaiian Monk Seal.
Oahu, Hawaii
29 January 2006, 12:05:58
1/350 sec @ f/11; Pentax *ist DS; 70mm focal length
Here's the "after":
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Hawaiian Monk Seal lounging on his beach.
Oahu, Hawaii
29 January 2006, 12:06:18
1/350 sec @ f/9.5; Pentax *ist DS; 70mm focal length
The event that separated the "before" and "after" shots was the seal's very clear and very definitive declaration of ownership of…
tqa | January 27, 2010
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Hudson River, near Glenmont, NY
26 December 2007
1/80 sec @ f/8.0; Pentax *ist DS; 300mm focal length
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tqa | January 26, 2010
Have you seen the writing on the rocks?
Petroglyph
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
28 May 2007
1/125 sec @ f/9.5; Pentax *ist DS;
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tqa | January 25, 2010
There's never enough light.
Statue of William Shakespeare
Leicester Square, London, England
11 January 2007
1/125 @ f/9; Pentax *ist DS; 55mm focal length
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tqa | January 24, 2010
Don't ---- off the alpacas.
Warning Sign
Central Park Zoo, New York, New York
31 Dec 2004
HP Camera
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tqa | January 23, 2010
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
Epcot Center, Walt Disney World, Florida
8 April 2009
1/200 sec @ f/10; Canon Xsi; 55mm focal length
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tqa | January 22, 2010
Patience - or, possibly, Fortitude
New York Public Library, New York
20 August 2007
1/90 sec @ f/5.6; Pentax *istDS
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tqa | January 21, 2010
Looking at telescopes from a long way away.
Mauna Kea, as seen from Haleakala. If you click for the full size view, the observatory is just visible.
Maui, Hawaii
30 October 2005
1/500 sec @ f/9.5; Pentax *ist DS; 150mm focal length, cropped.
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tqa | January 20, 2010
That's no moon...
Hayden Planetarium
New York, NY
1 August 2006
1/15sec @ f/3.5; Pentax *ist DS; 18mm focal length
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tqa | January 19, 2010
Pont Alexandre III, with Eiffel Tower (unlit) in background.
Paris, France
26 December, 2006
1/30 sec @ f/8; Pentax *ist DS; 55mm focal length
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