A rockface near Fort San Felipe del Morro, Puerto Rico.
A walk around the wall of Old San Juan reveals this rockface that fronts the bay and weaves around to view the Atlantic Ocean. On a warm sunny afternoon like it was it’s a great place to watch the waves come in and hit the rocks on shore at the base of Fort San Felipe del Morro in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Fisheye lens view of downtown Atlanta from a Delta Airlines flight.
On my ride to San Juan on Thursday the 17th I had a stopover at the Atlanta airport to connect. Here we have downtown Atlanta seen via my fisheye lens with a window seat on the left side of the Delta flight.
Another fisheye out the window of a plane from back in February HERE.
Looking toward the Atlantic at El Morro, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
I just got back from a few days in Puerto Rico, which I was there mainly for my great-aunt’s 90th birthday surprise party. I had a couple of days to stroll around Old San Juan (it’s quite a bit different than the rest of the island), so I’ll have plenty of photos to edit and post soon hopefully. This shot was taken at El Morro, or to be more precise, the 16th century fortress Fort San Felipe del Morro on the north side of the island facing the Atlantic. Sunday morning, March 20th.
I hate leaving the photoblog static like that for a week but was too busy and overwhelmed before I left to prepare new material to post. Oops.
On Saturday night at the Midland Theatre in downtown Kansas City MO there was a pre-screening for the forthcoming film Red State. The barking loons at Topeka’s Westboro Baptist Church didn’t care for that too much (they don’t like much of anything really), so they protested across from the theater, while a larger counter-protest took place directly in front of the doors to the Midland. In this post three shots are of the counter-protest and one is of the Westboro group.
1) Counter Protest of the Westboro Baptist Church
2) Counter Protest of the Westboro Baptist Church
For the next shot featuring the actual Westboro klan, note the counter-protestor with his sign from across the street who snuck behind the stark raving mad Phelps woman in the foreground.
3) Protest by the fringe Westboro Baptist Church
4) Counter Protest of the Westboro Baptist Church
February 27, 2011, Theis Park, Kansas City MO
On Sunday Feb. 27 – the day with all the snow, fog, and thunderstorms, I caught this strange snow formation at Theis Park across from the Nelson Atkins Museum along the banks of Brush Creek. Correct me if I’m wrong but in the time I spent there with the camera on the tripod, it looked like I could see the tides of Brush Creek receding back in to where the water is actually supposed to be contained. Prior to that it was overflowing into a low-lying portion of the park by the creek. I thought the snow arrangement here yielded a bit of visual shape.
Kauffman Center Construction in Feb 2011
Something of the Kauffman Center with my telephoto lens focusing on the cables descending from the south end of the building. I tilted to make the building look straight, which makes the traffic light off balance.
Pardon a self-plug, but I’ll also drop mention that a shot of mine from awhile back for AMC Theatres here in Kansas City has been used in an article in the March 4 edition of Entertainment Weekly. (clickable)
This was near the end of Sunday February 27, the day that started with profuse fog and ended with thunderstorms that wiped away the snow from the most recent blizzard. Shot looking from Theis Park northward with my telephoto lens as far out as it goes, 400 mm looking north toward the original building to the left and the Bloch Building addition on the right.
Because the world should know by now that Muammar Gaddafi is a deranged lunatic who happens to command the forces of an entire economically valuable country (Libya and oil supply fears), Libya has its fair share of upset citizenry owing to Gaddafi’s corruption. By virtue of that, a showing Sunday afternoon of Kansas City’s Libyan American and general Arab American community on the Plaza at Mill Creek Park.
1) On a megaphone.
2) Varied Signage.
3) Part of the group of protestors.
4) Get Gaddafi Out
5) Ladies and Signs for Libya.
6) Shout.
7) Muslim Prayer at 4 PM
Photos from the first anti-Gaddafi protest two weeks ago can be seen here. One of those shots was said to have depicted the best Libya protest sign in the world, according to Buzzfeed.com.
Kauffman Center on the foggy morning of Sunday 2/27/2011
As you might have noticed I’ve accumulated a lot of Kauffman Center shots lately. What ones I post for the time being will likely focus on the exterior as I gather more over time as the building nears completion and opening in September. Due to the fog on the morning I took this the downtown skyline is obscured from view behind the Kauffman Center building.
On this photo my method was a bit atypical as I still used my ultra-wide angle lens (Canon EF 16-35 L II f/2.8) but I shot with it at 27mm instead of my normal very wide 16mm that the lens allows. It was a “framing” issue that called for it in this instance.
On my visit on Tuesday March 1 to the Kauffman Center I had the chance to go around looking at different parts of the construction progress. Checking in on the grand lobby is always fun. It’s to be dedicated as the Brandmeyer Great Hall. First photo is with my fisheye lens at 15mm (full frame) and the second with my standard wide angle lens at 16mm.
On Tuesday, Mar. 1 I had the chance to go back inside the Kauffman Center on a tour again. At present most of the seats have been installed in Helzberg Hall, pictured in both photos below. The seat installation in the adjacent Muriel Kauffman Theatre is to begin very shortly as well.
Above: Standing where part of the pipe organ will be installed.
View from the upper level at Helzberg Hall.
I photographed a fundraiser at Meers Advertising in the Crossroads District for the Sly James campaign for mayor of KCMO. Lucky me I managed to get a photo of Sly and the Kauffman Center in the same shot, though I didn’t notice it until looking at the photo on the computer monitor. First one…
Sly James Mayoral Fundraiser with a view of the Kauffman Center at top
And two others of Sly from the event held Tuesday night, March 1.
I also had gone back in the Kauffman Center yesterday for further photography just prior to this fundraiser event, so I’ll have some new interior and on-site Kauffman Center shots again soon.
