x-pro2

Falls at Great Shiplock

July 16, 2016 — 1 Comment

Hello again, I have really enjoyed using my Fujifilm XPro-2 since I picked it up. It operates a lot quicker then the XPro-1 and I love the Acros simulation in the camera. A lot of people ask me why I do not always shoot in raw at some of the photography meetings I’m at but the camera makes some wonderful jpegs to work with. I picked up a Samyang 8mm “fish-eye” lens for the camera and that is what I used for the photograph below taken with the XPro-2 in Acros simulation with a red filter setting. I hope to get more use out of this 8mm lens, it offers some great angle of view, great price and the quality is worth it. As long as you are ok with a manual focus and aperture ring.

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World Trade Center Reflection

July 4, 2016 — 2 Comments

Walking in New York City down in Lower Manhattan stands the newer tower; One World Trade Center or Freedom Tower. It is the tallest in the country and is a lovely building standing next the the reflection pools and the museum for 9/11. I noticed that the reflection was easy to see in the glass on the museum of the Freedom Tower and so I captured this photograph.

Taken with XPro-2 and 12mm Rokinon lens

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Dinosaur Land

June 28, 2016 — Leave a comment

Dinosaur Land has been standing since the 1960s in White Top Virginia and still has some of the original dino’s and newer editions. It is a quirky stop on our route back from Harper’s Ferry WV. It is a little place where they have a good number of scale replica’s of dino’s from back in the day. Some large T-Rex and smaller other dino’s as well. There is also a 20 foot or longer King Kobra! This guy below looks like the Spinosaurs from Jurassic Park 3 but the size of a Rapture. There is also a King Kong there that you can go and sit or stand in his hand that is out stretched for a photo op as well. If you are near Winchester, this isn’t a bad stop, especially if you have kids and they are all about Jurassic World/Park.

Taken with the XPro-2 and Rokinon 12mm lens

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Old Building at Harpers Ferry

June 25, 2016 — Leave a comment

Harper’s Ferry West Virginia is really a neat place to check out. It is where three states join at the intersection of the Potomac and Shenandoah River. West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland. The old part of the town is part of the National Park system and has two active train lines running through. It also is the headquarters and the unofficial half way point of the Appalachian Trail. I took my girlfriend here on a whim after Gettysburg since I had not been in a long time and she never had. It was a gorgeous day to go too. In this old building that was part of an exhibit I noticed that the wall to the left in the photo that the outline with the brick showing through sort of looked like the United States.

Taken with Fujifilm XPro-2 and 12mm Rokinon lens. 

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Reds at Maymont

June 21, 2016 — Leave a comment

Maymont park is really a great place a lot of people go to in the city. When the weather opens up on the weekend recently there has been some large crowds. During the summer some concerts take place there as there is a large open grassy area. The Japanese gardens located down the hill near the canal and river is really nice. The Japanese Maples have some nice red leaves in the sea of green that is bamboo and other trees there. Definitely worth a stop.

Taken with a Xpro2 and 35mm f2 lens

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