Picture Posts
tqa | February 11, 2010
The Sandwalk
Down House, Kent, England
31 August 2008
1/45 sec @ f/4; 18mm focal length
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tqa | February 9, 2010
Remains of street sign embedded in pahoehoe lava flow.
Chain of Craters Road, Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii
4 November 2006
1/60 sec @ f/5.6; 55mm focal length
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tqa | February 8, 2010
View of St. Thibaud de Brageac - a 12th century village church in France
Brageac, Auvergne, France
2 January 2007
1/30 sec @ f/8; 55mm focal length
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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 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 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 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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