elbelbelb2000

sharp red

2008-08-26T17:53:20Z

Barbed wire seen during the Atlanta photo walk on Saturday, August 23. This image was shot with the Canon 5D attached to the Canon 100mm macro lens.

Atlanta lines

2008-08-25T01:25:32Z

This image was captured during the photo walk on Saturday. Not much to say about this image except I like the lines seemingly leading into the sky.

City of Atlanta 1996

2008-08-24T23:05:06Z

During yesterday's photo walk, I passed this commemorative plate, built around 1996 in time for the Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Years of walking and other abuse have deposited stains, bubble gum, and other debris on this plate. Today was the last day (and the Closing Ceremony) of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games, so I thought an Olympic theme was appropriate. The 2008 Summer Olympics were absolutely incredible, beginning with the spectacular Opening Ceremony to the last day of the Games, in which the U.S.A. basketball team ('Redeem Team') won the championship game against Spain, thereby securing gold. Overall, I think I spent too much time over the last seventeen days glued to the television watching these Olympics, but it was certainly awesome to see record-breaking performances by Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt, and many other athletes in these Beijing Games. Congratulations to China for making these Olympic Games such a success.

Coca-Cola landing

2008-08-23T14:43:00Z

Today I woke up early (for a Saturday) to participate in the Worldwide Photo Walk (an event to celebrate the release of the update to the world's bestselling Lightroom book, The Lightroom 2 Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby). You can read more about the photowalk on this website. More than 6,500 photographers in 236 cities would be signed up for this event, as described in this post (link) by Scott Kelby. I took part in the Atlanta photo walk, led by Ken Ross. The walk began and ended at Centennial Olympic Park; we traversed the following streets along the walk: Marietta Street, Cone Street, Walton Street, Forsyth Street, Edgewood Avenue, Peachtree Street, Luckie Street, Poplar Street, and Spring Street. After the walk, we all had a nice lunch together at Taco Mac (near the CNN Center). The photo walk was a pretty cool experience because I photographed parts of Atlanta which I've never been to before. Along the way, it was also great to meet other photographers who shared interesting tidbits on their workflow, gear, and techniques. As for this shot: it was taken near the corner of Peachtree Street and Edgewood Avenue. As you can see, the time of capture was 10:07AM. I captured a few images of this Coca-Cola sign from different vantage points, but the image seen in today's entry was the only one which had birds flying in the air.

royal light

2008-08-22T17:50:23Z

I captured this royal lamppost in the main square of the Palacio Real in Madrid. To read more about the Palacio Real and to see its picture, click here.

domed entrance

2008-08-21T17:43:14Z

One of the domed entrances inside the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. There is actually amazing detail in the ceiling of the interior room (in post-processing, intentionally converted to all black), but I decided to save that entry for a future post.

cafe torremolinos

2008-08-20T20:57:10Z

In my last entry, I mentioned the walk I took to another part of Torremolinos. Walking from the beach, I ascended a series of steps to get to the center of the city. As I was traversing the curvy streets to get to the center of town, more and more people started crowding the streets. I captured this picture of Cafe Torremolinos on my walk through the center of town. The Spanish do know how to relax every night (this picture was captured during a weekday). Indeed, the smell of the food and the sights of the drinks was hard to resist during my stroll.

playa maya el cordobes

2008-08-19T20:15:03Z

The beach in Torremolinos (located on the Costa del Sol region of Spain) is quite peaceful, especially around sunset. The sign in the middle of the frame reads 'playa maya el cordobes,' hence the title for today's post. This image was taken about fifteen minutes before I captured the image (posted in a previous entry) of the plaza in Torremolinos, which may be seen if you click here. In my next post, I will show you the image I captured about fifteen minutes after photographing the serene plaza. You'll definitely see a contrast, at least in one respect. #### Some unrelated notes: 1) I've been relatively busy lately, so my recent entries are being posted later than usual. 2) If you were on a trip to Spain with me and want to see the personal images (i.e., images of you), you should contact me by e-mail (elbelbelb2000[at]gmail[dot]com). 3) I am currently taking submissions/requests for portrait and wedding photography (yes, I do that kind of photography also). If you are interested in seeing examples of my work (as I generally don't post these kinds of images on this photoblog), please send me an e-mail.

the day breaks

2008-08-18T21:06:07Z

I was looking through the archives recently, and I decided that I should post something different for today. I still have a lot of images from Spain and other parts of Europe to sift through, and I want to present quality material over the coming weeks, so post-processing on those images is going to be extensive. As for this shot - it was captured last October in Zion National Park. This image was actually taken in near darkness - about half an hour before the sun even came out for the day. It was a very cold morning, but I set my alarm before daybreak to go about the campsite. The tent you see in the image is still filled with three people who are still sleeping inside. The total exposure time for this particular image was 186 seconds. If you want to see other images from the Zion trip I took last year, I suggest you start from the beginning by clicking here. You'll be taken to the image of a campfire, which occurred on the first night we got to Zion. To continue along the photographic journey through Zion National Park, just click the '>' button located below the caption for the 'campfire' image and to the right of the ABOUT page (which needs to be updated, by the way).

small bedroom

2008-08-17T20:30:56Z

Another view of the interior of a doll house, which was featured here and here. Of the three images I've posted so far, I am not sure which one I like the most. There is very shallow depth of field here because I was using a Canon 5D with the Canon 100mm macro lens at f/2.8 aperture.