I’ve not yet dug my camera out, but I chanced across a site who’d recently run an Annapolis photo competition. Here are some of the highlights:

St. John’s Night on the Water by Travis Hammond

(Harbour) Reflections by Krishna Wall

Teaching history by Daniel B

(It’s not clear what the reproduction rights are for the photos; I’ll remove if necessary.)

The most interesting photos of Greenbelt are now available at flickr.

Time to try some more creative stuff with my camera, particularly some long-exposure night shots, with the help of a tripod. Here are the best 3:

GB flags at night-small.jpg
GB people walking at night  3-small.jpg
GB people walking at night  1-small.jpg

Compare with this photo which I’ve since discovered on flickr, taken by Greenbelt official photographer Jonathon Watkins:

by Greenbelt official photographer Jonathan Watkins

I don’t think I did too badly: firstly I thought of the same shot (just about), and I fiddled around to get about the same effect. He used a stepladder, or else he’s a giant, and used a shorter 1.3s exposure rather than my 3.2s one.

Welcome to my blog site -- here to help me work out what I think. Feel free to join in, and start a debate. Cheers -- Jonathan.