April 9, 2008 at 4:32 pm
· Filed under 尼康相机, 北美
这是我1998年在美国东海岸和南部旅游时的照片,10年过去,美国的建筑没有啥变化,而数码产品的质量已经发生了质的变化。记得当时的相机是一个美能达,像素是1兆。这是我的第一部数码相机。一年以后1999年,我买了一部Nikon950,在成像质量上,这款相机才算数码相机,以后我是用过的相机有:Nikon990, Nikon995, Nikon5700, Kodak4800, CanonA620, NikonD70s, 我认为精典的有Nikon950(1999年上市)和NikonD70s(2004年上市),这两款相机,即使到今天仍然能拍出让人满意的照片。我现在使用NikonD300。
现在看这些照片,在成像质量,色彩,层次等上面和现在的相机比,已经差得十万八千里了。我预计在未来2年内,数码的解析度和成像质量能达到胶片的水平。那么2010年就是胶片相机的大限了。
Go Digital!

Tomb of the Unkonwn 无名英烈墓(首府华盛顿)

State Capital 国会

New York Church 纽约曼哈顿的教堂

World Trade Center Tower 1 (国贸一号楼上看曼哈顿)

Boston Memorial (波士顿纪念馆)

猫王故居 (St Louis)

Big Arch, St Louis 圣路易斯的大拱

New Orlane (新奥尔良)

Olympic Park,Altlanta (亚特兰大)
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April 4, 2008 at 6:01 am
· Filed under 北美, 走遍天下
最近整理以前拍摄的一些照片,找到2001年6月在加州旅行时照的,里面有Hearst Castle。不可否认美国的历史很短,没有什么古迹可看,而这个景观就是不多的人造的“古”建筑之一。从建筑造型上看,到处都有欧洲建筑的影响,特别是大门口的那个水池,看上去和德国的旧天鹅堡前的水池一样。我印象最深的就是当年Hearst为了把他的城堡装修得仿古一点,到处收集了一些欧洲的古建筑上用料,我当时看到觉得比较奇怪。



游泳池

门口的造型很像德国的老天鹅堡


FYI:
In 1865, George Hearst, a wealthy miner, purchased 40,000 acres of ranchland that included the Mexican Ranchos of Piedra Blanca, San Simeon and Santa Rosa. In 1919, his only son, William Randolph Hearst, inherited the land from his mother, Phoebe Apperson Hearst. By then the ranch had grown to encompass 250,000 acres. Originally nicknamed “Camp Hill,” its wilderness offered a place for family members and friends to “rough it” on camping trips. While the arrangements for these trips were elaborate, with separate sleeping and dining tents, they would not satisfy Hearst for long. In 1919, his instructions to famed San Francisco architect Julia Morgan were simple, “…Miss Morgan, we are tired of camping out in the open at the ranch in San Simeon and I would like to build a little something…”
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