The suburban wildlife just seems happy to pose for me lately. In this case I swung by the local cemetery to try out some of my manual focus lenses but I took along my telephoto zoom also, just in case. I was really there to test my ability to use my manual lenses in a speedy manner. I love my old…
Tag: photography
Testing tires
I purchased a used Toyota Rav4 at the end of December to use as a second utility vehicle. It is perfect for my needs and I liked it a lot with one exception. The day after I bought it I drove it to the park to test out the four-wheel drive system in winter conditions. The park roads were still icy…
You got to moo(ve) it
Another rural portrait of a willing subject. I seem to be hitting the livestock jackpot lately. Shooting a black bull (cow?) against a white landscape and sky certainly presents its own set of problems. Fortunately my subject was patient while I experimented with different exposures. I first did a normal black and white conversion after doing some contrast adjustments and dodging the…
More river time
Another shot from down by the river. Although I never set out to take bird-duck-geese photos, whenever I see them I want to take photos of them for some reason. And the photos are fairly straightforward shots – the kind you get by simply taking snapshots, not sitting in a blind all day with a super-telephoto lens. Mine are more like the…
Insta-style
I finally got out to take some actual photos yesterday. A nice sunny but cold winters day off from work. It’s been so dark and gloomy every time I had a camera in my hands lately, so it was nice to shoot away without worrying about slow shutter speeds. Unfortunately my creativity didn’t kick in and I ended up taking…
It’s something
For lack of anything to say and lack of any suitable photos that I have taken lately, I’ll offer up a fine portrait of a tree that a shot a short while ago. I played with the color on this one a little and almost….well, OK, I did forget about it, until I was browsing through my files this evening. It’s…
Thorns can scratch
This little leaf cluster caught my eye amongst all of the dried tree branches against the lovely snow and mud background. They just looked so vibrant and alive. And as soon as I saw the photo on the LCD I knew I wanted to do a texture treatment with it. Like always, I just wasn’t sure which way I was going to…
Drifting
Shooting snow has always been a challenge for me, especially when there is no other subject in the photo. I want to keep the brightness of it yet still retain the texture detail. Of course I overexposed when I shot so I wouldn’t end up with dark gray photos but I still had the highlights to consider, I didn’t want to burn out…
Spoiler Alert: My bucket list is trending now
Just thought I would use those terms before they become banned, as mentioned in this years list. Speaking of buckets, these lifts caught my eye the other day and thought it would make a good colorful pic. I liked the snowy wall background which created a nice uncluttered, almost abstract, setting. Please click on the pic for best view. I’m seriously…
I’ve been a good consumer
If there is a category I generally don’t fit into, it’s that of the “consumer”. I don’t feel the need to purchase every new electronic gadget that’s released. I don’t shop at warehouse store and devour large quantities of goods. I buy clothes only when I need them (although I do try to dress decently). We don’t use massive amounts…
What I Pic 