A View from Above

An aerial photo of Mount St. Hellenes. If you look close enough, you can see smoke coming out from it's growing center. I wasn't sure which one looked better, if black and white or in color. Let me know what you think. See this location in Live Maps.

Wisps

Neat cloud formations (cirrus clouds, I believe). When I first saw these clouds, I could see an amazingly bright crystal halo. But by the time I walked home to grab my camera, the clouds had moved past and the halo disappeared. I was very disappointed as I had never seen such a bright one before, so I had to settle for the blue and white only.

It's been a while since I posted anything, but I did some catching up. So, please check out the last few days to see some new posts.

City View

A partial view of Seattle from Victor Steinbrueck Park next to Pike's Market.

ISO 200 | 55 mm | f/4.0 | 1/800 sec

Northern Solstice

One of my favorite places in Seattle; Discovery Park. Went with my brother and sister to see the sunset of the longest day of the year (northern solstice). At this latitude the sun set at 9:10 p.m. but there is twilight until 9:50 p.m. Unfortunately for us, it was once again, a partially cloudy day. But I did manage to sneak in this picture.

ISO 250 | 72 mm | f/6.3 | 1/640 sec

Lamp Post

A view out of a New Orleans style restaurant in Pioneer Square, Seattle. The food lacked authentic flavor, but the live music was excellent.

ISO 250 | 28 mm | f/4.2 | 1/3 sec

Space Walk

My brother Roberto in outer space... At the Museum of Flight in Seattle.

ISO 250 | 28 mm | f/4.2 | 1/3 sec

Footsteps

A hiker's footsteps at Discovery Park.

On The Other Side

I've posted too many flower pictures lately. But it's rather hard not too after my first long rainy Seattle winter. Anyway, here is a slightly different take on an all too popular subject.

ISO 250 | 38 mm | f/9.0 | 1/320 sec

Child's View

Life can be so much simpler as a child. Every once in a while, we should remember what this feels like.

ISO 250 | 18 mm | f/11.0 | 1/500 sec

Small and Pink

Some small flowers from a bush outside of work.

ISO 250 | 35 mm | f/4.8 | 1/80 sec

Cons

My brother's old and dirty Converse. The original sports shoe.

ISO 400 | 34 mm | f/4.5 | 1/8 sec

Mordida

Delicious ice cream sandwiches begging to be eaten.

ISO 400 | 31 mm | f/4.5 | 1/4 sec

B-ball

Nothing much going on today. With my little brother here, I had to get a basket ball. I haven't played in years...

ISO 400 | 38 mm | f/4.8 | 1/4 sec

Seattle View

Today we took the ferry across the Puget Sound and over to Bainbridge Island. After lunch, we rented a canoe and paddled around for a couple of hours. For fear of falling into the water, I didn't take my camera with me. I wish I would have, but better safe than sorry. This picture is a partial view of the Seattle skyline as we are about to arrive at the docks. Originally, it was a nice and sunny day, but as you can see from this picture, it got cloudy and rainy.

ISO 250 | 18 mm | f/4.0 | 1/60 sec

I took this second one in a small nicknack store on Bainbridge Island.

ISO 400 | 55 mm | f/5.6 | 1/13 sec

A Busy Day

Today turned out to be a pretty nice day. We first went to Ballard to see a band my brother Roberto likes play at a record store. They are currently on tour and they were going to go down to Mexico City, but they got canceled. When he saw that they were playing here in Seattle he go pretty psyched about getting to see them up close and personal.

After their small concert at the record store, we drove down to the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks that separate the Puget Sound from Lake Washington. While we were there, we only saw the small lock in use. I've never seen a lock in person before, so it was neat to sit there and watch the boats rise and fall as they lifted or lowered them. See this location on Live Maps.

ISO 400 | 18 mm | f/11 | 1/500 sec

These neat wave looking statues are on the south side of the locks in Commodore Park.

ISO 400 | 18 mm | f/9.0 | 1/320 sec

ISO 100 |55 mm | f/8.0 | 1/100 sec

After dinner at an Indian restaurant, we drove the short distance to Discovery Park to watch the last minutes of the sunset behind the Olympic Mountains.

ISO 250 | 55 mm | f/5.6 | 1/100 sec

Friday Night Racing

Friday night racing at the Velodrome in Marymoor Park. See this location in Live Maps.

ISO 400 | 75 mm | f/4.2 | 1/400 sec

ISO 400 | 165 mm | f/5.3 | 1/250 sec

ISO 400 | 66 mm | f/4.2 | 1/200 sec