Daily Photo – Biltmore Conference Center

November 15, 2012
Architecture

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Having dined in the Biltmore's Fontana restaurant, enjoying both the food and the service, we took a brief wander around some of the public areas of the resort. I already posted an image I took in the lobby and one of the pool. Today's image also included the pool but the view terminates the conference center. What drew me to this view was the color of the decor through the windows of the conference center.

Daily Photo – The Biltmore Pool

November 14, 2012
Architecture

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The shot below is of the pool. This is a handheld Canon S100 shot. The pool covers and area of 23,000 square-feet and holds 700,000 gallons of water. It's the largest hotel swimming pool in the continental USA!

Daily Photo – Biltmore Lobby

November 13, 2012
Architecture

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You can get a hint of the architecture in this historic hotel from this image. The wooden structure on the left is actually a bird cage. There were a number of colorful small birds within both this enclosure and a similar one on the other side of the lobby. As mentioned before, I'm not an ornithologist so I'll just stick with 'birds'.

Daily Photo – Same Beach, Different Day

November 12, 2012
Travel

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I had walked back down through the park to re-take my shot of the Park Central Hotel. I then thought I'd walk back up the surf line to where my wife was lounging under a Boucher Brothers umbrella. That was not my best idea! Years ago when I worked in Libya and Oman, hiking through the sand was normal. Now, many years later my muscle-memory for this activity has long since faded and I found I had to head back up to the firmer sand away from the water to make decent progress.

Daily Photo – Airboat Captain

November 11, 2012
Travel

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My airboat captain was extremely knowledgeable about the area we were traveling in and he seemed to know where the wildlife would be. He was also very precise in the handling of the airboat with his right foot on the throttle and his left hand on the tiller to steer the boat. You can tell we're traveling at quite a lick by the way his hair is blowing back behind him.

Daily Photo – Everglades 13

November 10, 2012
Black and White / Landscape

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Today's photos were taken shortly after yesterday's. The difference is I framed them vertically which further emphasizes the clouds. Like all the shots in my Everglades series it's a three-shot 4EV range HDR. Also like most of the it was taken while the airboat was in motion.