Sightseeing Wide Angle Wednesday

Summertime! For many, summer means vacation. I haven't been shooting personal work with the wide angle lens recently, but having just played host to my sister and her two kids, plus my father in law the week before, I decided today's post will feature photos from a day that my wife, daughter, and I went sightseeing.
 

Concrete Canyons
Canon 60D, Tokina Pro DX-II 11-16mm f/2.8, f/8, 1/500sec, 320ISO, 16mm

My wife purchased a Groupon for a bus tour of Manhattan for the two of us and our daughter. It expired in June, so we took a day to play tourists. We got our tickets in the Times Square area, hopped aboard the downtown loop bus, and got ready for a full day of site seeing from the second story of the tourist bus. We got off the bus near Little Italy and stopped for some lunch. Boarded the bus again and finished the rest of the tour. 

Elmo, Mickey, McDonald's, DSNY, Bus
Canon 60D, Tokina Pro DX-II 11-16mm f/2.8, f/8, 1/160sec, 320ISO, 14mm

It was cool to see the city from the second story of a bus, but I don't think I would have done that for full price. Our tickets worked out to about $10/person. 

Flatiron Backside
Canon 60D, Tokina Pro DX-II 11-16mm f/2.8, f/8, 1/1000sec, 320ISO, 11mm

Throw Back Thursday

In 2013, my wife and I didn't have the funds to take a proper vacation, so we did a staycation in New York City and Long Island. 

Stopped at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens one day

 

A Rose of another sort
Canon 60D, EF40mm f/2.8, f/16, 1/100sec, 100ISO, 40mm

We visited the American Museum of Natural History

Roosevelt Rotunda
Canon 60D, EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6, f/10, 1/25sec, 6400ISO, 18mm

Explored a little of Manhattan

72nd Street
Canon 60D, EF40mm f/2.8, f/14, 1/60sec, 640ISO, 40mm

And the Aquarium at Coney Island, along with a stroll around the boardwalk

Bump Your Ass Off!
Canon 60D, EF40mm f/2.8, f/8, 1/100sec, 100ISO, 40mm

Took in a baseball game with the Brooklyn Cyclones

Murica!
Canon 60D, EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6, f/4.5, 1/200sec, 2000ISO, 37mm

and explored some state parks in Long Island

 

Moses is Everywhere
Canon 60D, EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6, f/32, 1/100sec, 640ISO, 60mm

This Fourth of July Weekend, we have no plans yet! But there is plenty to choose from, so it won't be dull.