Scotty's Castle - Death Valley National Park (Part 7)

At the end of November last year (2012), I took a trip to Death Valley National Park. This is the second trip there in my life. The 1st time I went, I was still a little kid, and I didn't start taking photos yet. This time, I have a pro camera and I am ready to shoot the scenery. Death Valley National Park is known for its "out of this world" scenery, UFO sightings, and many other things. The desert is a very mysterious and beautiful place. In this chain of blog posts, I will be showing you mainly photos of Death Valley National Park, but also photos from surrounding areas like The Mojave Desert, Alabama Hills, and Rhyolite Ghost Town. I have picked out over 400 photos from my trip to show you guys and I will be dividing them into many blog posts. Unlike blog  post chains before, I obviously can't put a link of ever blog post on every single blog post, so instead, I will do the same thing I did for my Yellowstone National Park photos before, by sticking a link of the Next and Previous post on each blog post instead.

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To see my best work from Death Valley National Park, use this link. To see all of the photos from my Death Valley National Park trip use this link.

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Message from the Photographer: I have quite a busy week coming up. I have quite a lot of school stuff to review for, and also a hiking trip this weekend. :) If I don't post, this is probably why. Anyways, let's being the photos for today.

Today I will continue with the photos on the Scotty's Castle Tour. As said in my other posts, I used my Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT on every shot I took inside because the lighting is horrible. You may see some hot spots on some of the photos when I didn't aim the flash correctly. Also, if you want to find out more about Scotty's Castle, you can read about it on Wikipedia. I will try my best to tell you a little bit about the castle, but I'll be honest here, I didn't pay much attention to what the tour guide was saying and mainly focused on not messing up my photos. XD I can't tell you too much.

The Gun Collection

Picture of the owner I think is on the wall. The clothes and closet you see on the left are original historic artifacts.

Here is the tour guide again. 

Photos of people that was living in the house.

Another photo

Original paintings

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them! I have 40 photos of Scotty's Castle left and will divide them into 4 blog posts. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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Blue Angels Fleet Week 2012 in San Francisco (Part 4)

I went to Fleet Week 2012 to witness the Blue Angels on 10-6-2012. Here are some of the photos I took at the event. I will be splitting them into several posts. :) Also, I do not have a lot of understanding with the airplanes which means I have no clue what the names for the airplanes are. If you know, I would really appreciate it if you help me out in the comment box below. :) If you want to get a notification when I do a new post, you can "Like" me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar. I will notify you via all those pages when I do a new post.

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Now let's introduce the photos for today. Here are the rest of the Blue Angels photos from the event! After this blog post, I will go back and continue my collection of Yosemite photos. Hope you enjoy viewing the photos!

Blue Angels flying over the Golden Gate Bridge 

 Blue Angels flying over the Golden Gate Bridge

Blue Angels flying over the Golden Gate Bridge  

 Blue Angels flying over the Golden Gate Bridge

Blue Angels flying over Alcatraz Island 

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Canon's New EOS M Series Cameras

Photo Credit: Amazon.com

Disclaimer: The author is not responsible for any incorrect or unclear information provided in this post. You read this article and follow the information at your own risk. Prices are subject to change over time. 

As you know camera companies, like Nikon, Sony, and Olympus, has started pushing out the new compact DSLR cameras. It has been promised these new compact cameras give near real DSLR quality photos, and is extremely compact and light weight due to the lack of mirror and viewfinder. The rest of the camera is pretty much the same as a big bulky DSLR as it has interchangeable lenses too with different mode switches and flash hot-shoes. Canon has now released their own compact DSLR line beginning the EOS M series cameras which is also compatible with both EF-S and EF mount lenses as long as an adapter is used. The camera is compatible with the new EF-M mount lenses with no adapter. This new camera is an 18 megapixel camera and has most of the functions a real Canon EOS DSLR would have. The new camera features a CMOS (APS-C) sensor, DIGIC 5 Image Processor, and an ISO range of 100 to 25600. Compared to a 35mm full frame sensor camera, this camera has a crop ratio of 1.6x. The new EOS M camera has all the modes a regular DSLR has (Auto, Creative Auto, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, Manual, and Bulb) plus lot's of creative "scene modes" including Portrait, Landscape, Close Up, Sports, Night Portrait, Hand-held Night Scene Mode, and HDR Backlight Control Mode. The camera also captures crystal clear 1080p video and offers full time auto focus during the take (use STM lens for quieter/smoother focusing during video). Videos and photos can be viewed on a TV via mini-HDMI. These are just some of the features of the new EOS M series cameras. If you have $800 to spare and hate carrying your big bulky DSLR everywhere you go, or you just want to do some amateur photography work, I would recommend you to buy and try one of these cameras! If you do, please use my link! Thank you for reading!

Accessories for the new camera.

Specifications:

• Dimensions: Approx. 4.28 x 2.62 x 1.27 in./ 108.6 x 66.5 x 32.3mm
• Weight: Approx. 9.2 oz. / 262g (body only)
• Storage: SD, SDHC, SDXC cards
• LCD: Touchscreen, fingerprint resistant, 3 inch screen
• No viewfinder, LCD is used
• No built in flash. Needs Speedlite 90EX or other flash. (Standard Hotshoe)
• 18 MP CMOS Sensor (3:2 ratio photos)(1.6x crop ratio compared to 35mm full frame)
• Photo Modes: JPEG, RAW, RAW+JPEG
• Ultrasonic Sensor Cleaning and Dust Delete like the real DSLRs
• Full 1080p video (stereo audio and auto focus during take), can be played back on TV via mini-HDMI
• Features all DSLR Modes (Auto, Creative Auto, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, Manual, and Bulb)
• Features scene modes like Portrait, Landscape, Close Up, Sports, Night Portrait, Hand-held Night Scene Mode, and HDR Backlight Control Mode