Alex Suárez

Fun With Fish Eyes, originally uploaded by Suarez.

Photograph ©2010 Alex Suárez. All rights reserved.

I had the pleasure of borrowing Tom Haymes’ new fisheye lens (AF DX Fisheye-Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G ED). Since he was visiting Austin, we walked over to the Capitol rotunda (the only round room I could think of at the time) to have ourselves some fun. I went to high school with both of these gentlemen in the early 80s where we studied photography. Tom and I also were roommates in college for several years. It’s good to get back together with old friends.

FYI--those portraits you see around the perimeter of the room are of former governors of Texas.

Thanks Tom, for letting me use your lens.

This is a very unflattering angle. It makes us look heavier than we are (we don’t need any help in that department) and it gives us double chins from looking down at the camera. I still think it’s a really fun shot.

MLK Memorial ©2010 Alex Suárez. All rights reserved.

A detail view of the fountain at the top of the MLK Memorial in Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco.

County Road 600 (color) by Suarez.

Photograph ©2010 Alex Suárez. All rights reserved.

At the risk of going back to the well too many often, here is a horizontally shot color image of the tree I posted about two weeks ago. The prior vertical image emphasized the sky even more and this horizontal emphasizes the leading lines of the fence as well as the mountains in the background. What are your thoughts? Which do you like beter?

NOTE: For those of you in the Austin area, Pete Holland will be speaking at the CapMac Advanced Photography SIG this Thursday. Pete will be speaking on Infrared and HDR Landscape Photography.

Olds by Suarez.

Photograph ©2010 Alex Suárez. All rights reserved.

Found this seemingly abandoned Oldsmobile buried in a snow bank on Hwy. 160 in Pagosa Springs, Colorado.

Barn on County Road 400, originally uploaded by Suarez.

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Found this barn on County Road 400 outside of Pagosa Springs, Colorado.