Carlos’s Photo Blog

Hello,

We are getting ready to take another road trip. This time back to Texas. Me and the family are driving to Texas next week and we will be there for a while. I am flying back and forth because of work, but Jeannette and the kids are going to stay in Texas for a while. In preparation for Pauline’s birthday party, which we will celebrate back in Texas, my wife wanted me to take some pictures of Pauline at Valley Forge because it had been a little more colorful than usual. So we took a drive around and took a few picture of her out front of the welcome center. I think they came out pretty nice. For a caption for this photo I was thinking:

“Washington’s Army went that way!”

That seems appropriate. Well, let me know what you think. Still shooting with my Canon EOS 20D and my trusty Canon 70-200mm 2.8L. Shooting wide open, well not wide open, but at f/3.5 and zoomed out to 200mm. I left the lens un-filtered. I even took off my UV filter. Shutter speed was 1/250 and ISO 200. I just wanted to see if it was worth it buying more filters and such when you got Photoshop. I mean, a graduated neutral density filter for the 70-200mm is more than $100, a polarizer is about $50-$80, any enhancing filter is at least $60 and that is on the cheap side. As for PS, I am not even using the latest version of Photoshop. I am still using CS. So let me know what you think and I will keep posting. Actually I am going to posting either way, but I would like to hear some feedback.

Carlos

Hey Everyone,

Here is another post. I have been a little busy so have not posted as often as I would like. I am posting this picture of a runner in the KOP 10 miler. The church I started going to in King of Prussia sponsored a race last weekend. It was a fund raiser to benefit the church’s athletic program. It was a 10 mile race, but let me tell you, King of Prussia is not flat. I could tell the runners were having a good time with the hills. I took these pictures for the church. Here is a link to an online gallery with all the images. Sorry the quality is not great.

http://www.medinapps.com/sports/sports.htm

Let me know what you think of all the pics. I used a friend of mine’s camera so I would not have to change lenses during the race. I tried to move around a bit, but I had to drive an injured runner back to the starting line. I had fun covering the race. I got a few pics like the one I posted with the water splashing. I really do not have much to say about the picture. I shot it with my Canon EOS 20D with my 70-200mm F2.8L. I had a polarizer on the lens and I was shooting wide open. ISO was 400 and I think I was at 200mm for this shot. Well let me know what you think.

Carlos