tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37628557017624520472024-03-04T23:57:36.622-08:00Kurt's Photography BlogKurt Mitmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783427346533326384noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762855701762452047.post-58784477155413636452009-03-10T09:55:00.000-07:002009-03-10T10:31:49.300-07:00The Ben Franklin Bridge at NightSo after visiting IKEA yesterday evening I decided to stop underneath the Ben Franklin Bridge and take some pictures. I've been experimenting using the "Shutter Priority" setting on my camera. I guess it's baby steps towards full manual. Basically, I choose the exposure time and then the camera picks the ideal aperture to match my shutter speed. Here are some details on the photo:<br />Shutter Time: 8.000s<br />Aperture: f/25.0<br />Focal Length: 26.00 mm<br />ISO: 800<br /><br />The 8 seconds made the headlights of the cars driving by come out quite nicely.<br />More pictures of the bridge can be found <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/kurt.pictures/BenFranklinBridge">here</a>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWmSD01Ree9Kfm-dqYdKDKbHKsdUvBdnwdaZEtne8ArBMJ3c5cwcy4xDjjUHweWujXmWTYzSxBlS6QH4_yBt6jj9-XCt9N01-7h9402vmuJVJRsYk87h1cfX_NJc6PeLwPDSYQXhyphenhyphenVgI/s800/DSC_3764.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 536px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWmSD01Ree9Kfm-dqYdKDKbHKsdUvBdnwdaZEtne8ArBMJ3c5cwcy4xDjjUHweWujXmWTYzSxBlS6QH4_yBt6jj9-XCt9N01-7h9402vmuJVJRsYk87h1cfX_NJc6PeLwPDSYQXhyphenhyphenVgI/s800/DSC_3764.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a>Kurt Mitmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783427346533326384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762855701762452047.post-73698835704668185882009-03-07T17:49:00.001-08:002009-03-07T17:53:44.360-08:00Spring Has ArrivedNot exactly high quality photography, but I decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather today in Philadelphia and walk around Pennypack Pack. I snapped a few shots with my iPhone. Not too bad for a cell phone camera. Here's a couple.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaPCxlw9O8-vvSPO6rwLblLB__nKlwjD-wtn6D21JHJ8qipyM5chiUVT5ID6xKsLUgKS_ZXMO2MfEuvya6ioxmX1j13XE_rGDdAuohbJLK6R605ab6yJZSAjfXYXpRFNN_BXIEaio9Hk0/s800/IMG_0300.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaPCxlw9O8-vvSPO6rwLblLB__nKlwjD-wtn6D21JHJ8qipyM5chiUVT5ID6xKsLUgKS_ZXMO2MfEuvya6ioxmX1j13XE_rGDdAuohbJLK6R605ab6yJZSAjfXYXpRFNN_BXIEaio9Hk0/s800/IMG_0300.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlfGK3EINgv9pA1WFSCiLl4B0IPz9x2EHCA2h3qRO9AnMO7QefAC-McVGnPjsgHSQ9ui99cKBlNQH3xKWdNb0-tBZw8xL9woq17KynA6ZL0oUomiM-GVuTe5f78SLSBn8-On4NS7CXOFE/s800/IMG_0283.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 800px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlfGK3EINgv9pA1WFSCiLl4B0IPz9x2EHCA2h3qRO9AnMO7QefAC-McVGnPjsgHSQ9ui99cKBlNQH3xKWdNb0-tBZw8xL9woq17KynA6ZL0oUomiM-GVuTe5f78SLSBn8-On4NS7CXOFE/s800/IMG_0283.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a>Kurt Mitmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783427346533326384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762855701762452047.post-34448602515077880252009-03-04T11:53:00.000-08:002009-03-04T12:11:13.812-08:00The Old Days of DigitalThe first digital camera that I had was a Canon S100 2.1 Megapixel camera. It was small and portable and took decent shots for websites or 3x5's. Here's an example from a trip to the island of Ios in Greece.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wjk_OeU6gN8hUd25fVYy1YbCe89ph2Vby3BCZpy3QRtkJw9k3jTKuBnYwYhaD-LIoL6DmuYOSadweWFuJdNbLQUPyth7F_ivnvFjoS7_LtkZb1ikiAO0-dBznAIlaBIUVDnjQkbZfHQ/s1600-h/ios.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wjk_OeU6gN8hUd25fVYy1YbCe89ph2Vby3BCZpy3QRtkJw9k3jTKuBnYwYhaD-LIoL6DmuYOSadweWFuJdNbLQUPyth7F_ivnvFjoS7_LtkZb1ikiAO0-dBznAIlaBIUVDnjQkbZfHQ/s400/ios.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309427612717932610" /></a>Kurt Mitmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783427346533326384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762855701762452047.post-7037325888564602912009-03-01T21:36:00.000-08:002009-03-01T21:48:19.897-08:00First Post<div>Hi, I've created this site to showcase some of my pictures and document my explorations in Photography using my Nikon D40X</div><div>Enjoy!</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8uZfOvK_8QnXGMMtiwQZCaEKAOMOngDoL8iz5Z-8ssCrekX8voOWq0eqBrIu2q8d-yIWDe0JebZbhbWyZPJ1c8pJ-T4IbLvCHgfICTQRSi0iWn9gcmz-S_0mg1yO9CYc47Yi-vG_m0w/s800/DSC_1029.JPG"><img style="float:center; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 660px; height: 442px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8uZfOvK_8QnXGMMtiwQZCaEKAOMOngDoL8iz5Z-8ssCrekX8voOWq0eqBrIu2q8d-yIWDe0JebZbhbWyZPJ1c8pJ-T4IbLvCHgfICTQRSi0iWn9gcmz-S_0mg1yO9CYc47Yi-vG_m0w/s800/DSC_1029.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div>A flower from the Botanical Gardens in Belfast</div>Kurt Mitmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783427346533326384noreply@blogger.com0