Events

Shanghai, 18 April 2010: ISO-400, 1/800 at f/8, 47mm. Taken approximately here.

Yesterday, just north of San Francisco:

Via my family:

This morning, San Francisco: Keaney St. at Bush, ISO-400, 1/1600 at f/5, 131mm

The V and A, Kensington, London: 6 November 2010, ISO-100, 1/500 at f/5.6, 74mm

Tuomiokirkko (The Lutheran Cathedral), Helsinki, Finland: 30 June 2010, ISO-100, 1/160 s. at f/14.

Via the WGN Weather Blog, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has produced a mongo cool video showing the tornadic activity in North America in April: The National Storm Prediction Center reports a staggering 1,425 tornados so far this year, with 519 reported deaths. For comparison, the three-year averages are 1,376 tornados and 64 deaths for the entire year, putting this year at 248% and 1946% of average for events and deaths, respectively. So, remember how the anthropogenic climate...

The Arch at Washington Square Park, New York: This is the complement to an earlier shot I posted. I'm not sure which I prefer. 12 February 2011, ISO-1600, 1/15 at f/5.6, 18mm.

Another reprise, this time of Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg: Again, the differences may not be apparent. Here's the first publication from last July: The revised image has a smidge more contrast and a skeech more saturation, and I dodged out some of the darker areas a snape or two. Unlike some other shots I've put up recently, this one came from a large (6 Mpix) digital original, so further refinements should be easy and effective.