Waterhenge

 All images copyright 2013 David Remley

 Concourse Fountain  Northeast Kansas City

Mighty Mo Gettin' Low

Above, a view of the Missouri River looking west towards the KC Skyline.

 Above, the view a year ago from this past summer... bank full.  Below, the view on Sunday of this week.

Foggy Day

A few taken during today's fog.   Above the Richardson Graham Memorial Bridge over Anderson Avenue.
All images Copyright David Remley 2013

Lexington Avenue Bridge in the background with North Terrace Lake, foreground.

Cliff Drive

Cottonwoods on Reservoir Hill

Bush & Gerts, Chicago

A Trip Downtown

 Took a quick trip downtown Friday night just to see what I could see.  The Folly was in full lit regalia with a play about to begin.  Below, the Cathedral Dome with lights from nearby.  

 Barney Allis Plaza is normally all bright with its tree lights this time of year, but, wouldn't you know, they were off.  

 Super wide angles distort something fierce... but, sometimes it adds drama...

 Above, never have gotten used to the Bartle doodads...  I guess I'll live.  

 Above, Folly closeup, below, 40s style black and white.

Stars

 Taking shots of the heavens is an inexact science.  A lot of trial and error.  Last night I went to the top of Indian Mound and set up tripod and camera hoping for a meteor or two.  In the middle of the city is not ideal for celestial shooting; the ambient light is ridiculously high.   One can, however, get reasonable results.   Above is the view of the Indian Mound Neighborhood... a little under 180 degrees.  Below is a shot looking straight up into the night sky.   F7.1,  ASA 2500, 3 seconds, 24mm, processed normally in Photoshop.

Langdon Supply Co.

Kansas City West Bottoms, Night

Uprights On The Dock

                            In back of an old building in the West Bottoms... waiting for re-use...

Hickory Street Crossing

                                     Train, Hickory Street Crossing West Bottoms, fingernail moon.

Summer In The Gardens

         Kauffman Gardens change with the season.   It's Summer flowers now.  Just a small sample here.

                        Princess Crazy is the garden guardian...  but constant vigilance is tiring.
                     ( http://hyperblogal.blogspot.com/2011/06/princess-crazy-and-garden.html )

 All shots Nikon D800 and one of three lenses:  105mm macro, 70-200mm zoom, or, 14-24mm zoom.

Skyline Summer

Nice clouds today and less heat which means less haze and nice shadows.   Went to the Summit Street Bridge to capture the skyline.  Nikon D800 F11, ISO 100, multiple shots sandwiched (7)....  slight enhancement in the blues.  Nikon 14-24mm lens at 14mm.

New Beds, Old House

 New flower beds have been added to the grounds of the Kansas City Museum..  modeled after those that existed back when it was a residence.   Two line the front walkway on the south side of the home.

 Above, a fish-eye was used to capture the beds...the Nikon 10.5mm dx lens.  I don't like to use a fish eye when buildings are involved as it always distorts... some minimal corrections done in this case in Photoshop Camera Raw.  Below, roughly the same view using the 14-24mm lens.  Less distortion and less correction.   The fish-eye is a DX lens whereas the camera is an FX.  The D800 automatically sets itself for the smaller coverage area by cropping.  It reduces the image size from 36 megapixels to 16.

 Above, the Carriage House with its new windows and doors..  a little paint removal remains to be done where the old Hall of Nature entrance was.   Below, the caretakers house where the Museum offices are today.

 Two more new beds are in back along each side of the north side walkway.  The wisteria is done for the year.

 Above the new hvac installation on the west side...

 Above, more of the north side, Below, the east side of the house.

Thanks to Christopher Leitch, House Wizard, who allowed me to skulk around the grounds.