In between dancing we walked down to the Gateway Arch with our friend Robert this afternoon. It was really hot and humid.
On the way we passed many grand government buildings.
We didn't go up in the arch as the line was too long, but we did get some great photos of the arch.
We're staying in the Union Station hotel in St. Louis for the International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs annual convention. The hotel is really amazing remodel of the train station, very grand.
The Grand Hall has a gorgeous barrel ceiling.
Close up of ceiling. Lots of goddesses here.
Stained glass window.
We have a room in the old part of the hotel. It's bigger than a standard hotel room and laid out differently with a front hall and bedroom around the corner.
A group of us had dinner at the hotel grill and they put us in a private room together.
We took the new camera out for a spin this morning at the arboretum. It was beautiful sunny and got up to 73 degrees by noon when we left. The azaleas and rhodies were blooming.
We practiced changing ISO, aperture, and the shutter speed to learn how to do these. This first duck was taken at ISO 200 because it was in the shade. It still seemed too dark to me. The second duck was ISO 400. Much better photo
In the photo of these flowers by the water, the first one was with the automatic shutter speed of 1/60. Then I switched it to 1/160 and they were much better exposed. (ISO here was 100.)
We also tried to get a good photo of Sandra blowing the seeds off a dandelion using the sports mode on the camera. It doesn't show real well, though, because the background was too busy. Good lesson!
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