Pave Low Tail Gunner
This photograph was captured with a Sony NEX-7.
This Was North Wilkesboro Speedway
North Wilkesboro Speedway was an active NASCAR race track from 1949 until it's closure in 1996. The last driver to win at North Wilkesboro Speedway was Jeff Gordon in September, 29, 1996. NASCAR royalty Junior Johnson attempted to purchase and restore the track in 2003 but the transaction failed due to a dispute between the two current owners. Despite a lot of cracks and a few sunken roofs, the track stands today as a time capsule to the early history of NASCAR.
This photograph was captured with a DJI Phantom 3 Professional drone.
Secrets Playa Mujeres Pool Flyover
This is the fantastic pool at Secrets in Playa Mujeres, Mexico. I believe this was also taken on the very first flight of my DJI Phantom 3 Professional drone. Not a bad start!
Make it Snow
This is how it all begins. You're looking at the first 12 hours of snowmaking on Beech Mountain on November 21, 2015. Not a bad start! I heard the snowguns fire up around 5pm the night before and met some of the Beech Mountain team later that night at dinner. They told me they'd be open for business in one week. They were right! It's not quite the Greatest Snow on Earth but it'll do until the real stuff starts piling up!
This photograph was captured with a DJI Phantom 3 Professional drone.
Probably Not What Leonardo Intended
I read yesterday that a French scientist scanned the Mona Lisa with a multispectral camera and discovered three hidden paintings beneath the surface of the Mona Lisa. Evidently, the real-life Florentine, Lisa Gherardini, is hidden within. It's not uncommon for artists to reuse canvases when works don't turn out just right but for there to be a natural progression from real-life to what may be the world's most well-known painting is noteworthy.
What better time to post my multispectral — or at least multi-camera — photograph of the Mona Lisa? Frankly, it was one of the biggest letdowns in the art world. Not only is she sitting at the end of what feels like a gymnasium but after you fight your way through hundreds of people to see her, she's stanchioned off by 10 feet and hiding behind a thick layer of greenish bullet-proof glass.
This is probably not what Leonardo da Vinci intended.
This photograph was captured with a Nikon D90.
Floating Over Lake Tahoe
So much for keeping Tahoe blue... This boat rental from Zephyr Cove is just floating 10 feet above a crystal clear sandy and emerald-green bottom. Don't let the serenity fool you... fire up that motor and in five minutes you'll be in deep blue water almost five football fields deep. Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the United States and the sixth largest by volume, after each of the Great Lakes.
Canal Boat Under London
Time and space just seem to slow down when you hit the canals of London. Surrounded by the madness that is one of the greatest cities in the world in both size and stature, pop down 30 feet to Regent's canal and you can just float along in peace. The only things to remind you of the city all around you are the tunnels. Floating through a tunnel the length of a football field underneath central London is just surreal — it's like Disney's "It's a Small World" ride redesigned by Banksy (there's an idea for the next Dismaland).
This photograph was captured with a little Canon pocket camera called a Digital Elph.
Parisian Cinquecento
There's something special about seeing a classic Cinquecento on the streets of Europe. Paris isn't quite Italy but I'll take it!
This photograph was captured with a Nikon D90.
Delphinus I
Remember that photo of Alligator Lake from Thursday? If you want to go check out Capers Island and Boneyard Beach, give the captain of this boat — the Delphinus — a call. They ship out of the Isle of Palms Marina and do sunset and daytime exploration trips out to Capers Island every day.
This photograph was captured with a DJI Phantom 3 Professional drone.
Bruxelles Absinthe
We made it to Saturday! Celebrate with an Absinthe "cocktail" from The Royal Cocktail Bar!