Silverback Gorilla

Very cool to watch; but he looks bored.

Take My Picture

So I was out practicing with my Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 35mm 1:1.8G on the outskirts of downtown Heidelberg, Germany when this guy just ran up out of nowhere. I snapped this shot from the hip and was amazed at the quality considering I didn't prepare for it. What you see here is an in camera (Nikon D5100) edit with an exposure adjustment in Photoshop Elements 11. The copyright symbol and the text are my standard edits with CS2 because I haven't figured out how to do this in PSE 11.

Old Benz

I saw this car in Stuttgart and the headlights caught my attention. I'm not sure what model it is because it wasn't on the back of the car and I can't find pictures of a model with this headlight configuration. It is very similar to the W114 models made between 1968-1976. Based on my recent research these headlights were on the North American version.

NitrOlympX 2013

This was an awesome day. I always wanted to go see this event but never made it. But thanks to meeting new people I was able to score a weekend pit pass.

This is one of my favorite shots from the event. Here are the original details from the shot:
Nikon 5100
Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6G
150mm  - ISO 200
1/1250s f/4.5
Edited in LR4.4 & CS2

Link to NitrOlympX: http://goo.gl/nQ5qlK

Memorial

Memorial Day Ceremony

Saint Sebastian Catholic Church and the Old Town Hall
Mannheim, Germany
Built in the 18th Century Baroque Period

Multiplicity

Hmmm...the elephant tree as my wife calls it was a great place to try my stint at multiplicity.  You know YouTube is a great place to find tutorials for anything you want to try. This is my first try at it and it was not too hard at all.