Flowers in the Backyard
Not much I can say about these. I mounted the Nikon 105mm f/2.8 and went out to the backyard in search of flowers It was the first time I’ve mounted this macro lens on the Nikon D800E and I was very pleased with the results.
Earlier this week I took a quick drive to downtown Olympia to pick up some coffee from our favorite coffee shop. I hadn’t planned on doing any photography while on this errand, but I threw the camera bag in anyway. I’m so glad I did. It was a nice day and I decided to check…
April 30 and May 1, 2016 We’ve spent time in the past photographing the waterfalls of the Columbia Gorge, but this trip we spent more time on the Washington side of the Gorge with the intent of photographing the wildflowers at both Dalles Mountain and Rowena Crest. In the past, the end of April was…
This week I bought a “new, used” camera. I found a Nikon D3S with very low shutter actuations for sale on Craigslist. I wanted the D3S for its 11 frames per second burst mode to help in capturing birds in flight. I mounted it with my 70-200mm and headed down to Percival Landing to practice…
On our Eastern Sierra Photo Workshop we spent a full day in the ghost town of Bodie, California. Bodie is now a state park and is registered as a California registered historical landmark. A plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in 1964 reads: Gold was discovered here in 1859 by W. S. Bodey…
We’ve always had hummingbirds coming around our house because we try to keep feeders available to them year round. This year, however, there seems to be a greater number of the little guys hitting our feeders and the flowers in the yard. Our hot poker plant did exceptionally well this year and therefore has attracted…
Every year I go to Alaska in March to volunteer for the Iditarod. As a result, I’ve met people from all over the world, and have come to call many of them good friends. So when one of these friends from the San Francisco Bay Area said he was going on vacation to Seattle, I…
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