When you have an opportunity to go shooting, you should take it. I have many of those but too often do not go. Sometimes it might be due to fatigue of a day flying, or airlining for that matter. Yesterday was not a tough day for me as it was a conference call and a checkride to conduct. It ended in San Jose about 3:30 PM Pacific.
Ending up at the San Jose Hilton Downtown I had a nice view from the 14th floor. One that overlooked the downtown area revealing a carnival that had taken roost on a closed street. I felt that move to go and I went, camera slung over my shoulder. Here are some of the images I grabbed on my little walk.
As I continued my walk along carny row this one had some really good light so I leaned up against a pole to stabilize me and took the shot. The carny had a funny reaction to me taking a picture but was obviously friendly about it. You can see his reaction in the image below.
I don't necessarily find carrousels appealing but I do find them interesting. Interesting mechanically and esthetically. The horses are still a little freaky though. This one did give me an opportunity to practice a little blur in camera. Slowing down the shutter speed required an equal amount of closing down the aperture. I ended up with the following image.
The closed road started and ended with a ferris wheel. This was the one at the other end of the street. Unfortunately there were very few people at this carnival. I am not sure if it was the start or end of the deal but they will not stay in business long if their turnout is like this.
On the way back to the Hilton I had to cross the Light Rail tracks and had another though. Obviously inspired by the blurred carrousel I had previously taken. The train was not moving very fast but I was able to sufficiently reduce the shutter speed to get it to look like it was really moving. The camera stats were 1.3 Seconds at f/18 so as not to blow out the ambient light from the platform.
Take care all... Doug
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