Maxwell Kruger Photography

Following in my steps with my 135i European Delivery (video), my friends and I returned to Europe this summer to pick up a 335is. My friend, Chris, decided it was time to upgrade his A6 and come over to the BMW world. We convinced him to go with a 335is and do a guy’s road trip through Europe. The three of us met in the Owner’s Lounge of the BMW Welt, where we would pick up the car and explore Europe. Our plan was to hang out in Munich, visit some friends in Hamburg, check out Porsche in Stuttgart, visit some friends in Freiburg, and head down to southern France for a few days, all while exploring some of Europe’s finest roads. Keep reading to to see what we ended up doing.

For downloads or prints of the full resolution photos, visit the full gallery here.

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I am pleased to announce the launch of my new photography portfolio on photomaxwell.com.

After several years of a custom Flash-based portfolio I wrote, I decided it was time for an update. Out with old technologies, in with a new HTML5 site. The site is based on an HTML5 image viewer, which means it’s mobile-capable, which always bothered me about my old site. It also integrates with Lightroom, so updating it with new images is completely painless. Take it for a spin!

This past weekend I went camping. Usually when I go camping, it’s far enough away from a big city that light polution is minimal. I like to bring my camera on these occasions to get some sort of star photo; whether it’s an image of the Milky Way or a star trail photo. This time, I tried for a star trail photo. I set the camera on an intervalometer to capture 29 second exposures repeatedly. The camera ran for 3 hours (346 images) before the battery died. I then combined the photos into a single image you see below that demonstrates the rotation of the earth in relation to the stars. Apparently we were right above an airport approach path, which you can see the many plane streaks across the center of the image. To see a higher resolution version or purchase prints, please click here.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 16 mm, 346 29s exposures, f/2.8, ISO 1250)

Today was the last time Space Shuttle Discovery will fly. As a sendoff to Discovery and the Shuttle program, the Shuttle was loaded onto its carrier 747 jet and made the final trip from Kennedy Space Center to its final resting place at the Smithsonian’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (National Air and Space Museum Annex).  The shuttle made several low passes over the DC metro area, where viewers could watch it in the air for the last time.

As soon as I heard about the plans for this last week, I immediately arranged access to the roof of a building in the area.  My father, who owns a window cleaning company, was able to coordinate getting me on top of a building in Crystal City.  Turns out the building had an awesome view of DC and I was able to get some great photos.

A full gallery with more photos and prints is available here: photos.maxwellkruger.com/Airplanes/Discovery-Flyover/.

Bonus: Here is a first clip from Ian’s video footage, who was also on the roof with me.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/4000, f/4, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 800 mm, 1/2000, f/5.6, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/6400, f/4, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 400 mm, 1/8000, f/5.6, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 70 mm, 1/8000, f/2.8, ISO 200)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 200 mm, 1/5000, f/2.8, ISO 200)

More photos and behind the scenes after the jump.

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Joe Paterno, you will be missed.

Got back from California a few months ago, but I’m just getting around to posting the photos.  We visited San Fransisco, Redwoods, and Yosemite.  Overall, it was a great trip and I got to spend time with some old friends I hadn’t seen in a while. You can see my whole album of photos here.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 35 mm, , f/5.7, ISO 100)

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Shot some panoramas in Paris (see gallery). I got a 60″ canvas print for my wall of the Louvre from Artistic Photo Canvas. It looks great (see below). Please let me know if you are interested in prints. E-mail me at maxwell@maxwellkruger.com.

Click on the images to view them larger and explore them.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 22 mm, 5″, f/4, ISO 100, 9 exposures)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 25 mm, 1.6″, f/8, ISO 100, 6 exposures)

On my wall:

Been on the road a lot lately. Expect a lot more to come. Here are some of my photos from Paris. Whole album here.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 70 mm, 1/640, f/2.8, ISO 400)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 200 mm, 1/1250, f/2.8, ISO 400)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 35 mm, 1/200, f/2.8, ISO 400)

Eiffel Tower.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 25 mm, 1/1000, f/2.8, ISO 100)

Atop the Eiffel Tower gives some unique viewpoints.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 16 mm, 1/800, f/2.8, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 200 mm, 1/640, f/2.8, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 16 mm, 1/160, f/5.7, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 90 mm, 1/800, f/2.8, ISO 1250)

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 200 mm, 1/400, f/4, ISO 100)

30 second exposure of the Musée du Louvre erases most people.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 16 mm, 30″, f/9, ISO 100)

We were there for the last stage of the 2011 Tour de France.

(Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, 200 mm, 1/60, f/16, ISO 100)