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.
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Dalles Mountain Road
April 14, 2015 This past weekend Dale and I did a little exploring in the Columbia Hills Natural Area Preserve just off Hwy 14 on the Washington side of the Columbia Gorge. We drove up Dalles Mt. Road looking for wildflowers and were not disappointed. The weather was a mixed bag of sunshine and rain…
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The Seattle Butterfly House
The Olympia Camera Club takes a field trip each month. When winter comes, it’s a bit difficult to take trips that involve outside photography, so this month we took a trip to Seattle to the Butterfly House at the Seattle Science Center. Chasing butterflies around the hothouse wasn’t too difficult as there were plenty just…
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Trip to Tacoma
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…
I want sharper images!
These were taken on a trip to Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in January of 2019. I was having trouble getting sharp images with my Fuji X-T3 and Fuji 100-400 mm lens and ended up throwing most of them away. I’ve since learned to shoot a faster shutter speed and to also turn the image stabilizer…
Mt St Helens Wildflowers
On July 1, I took a drive up to Mt St Helens, Johnston Ridge to photograph wildflowers. I found the easiest place to go for flowers was Loowit Point which is just before you get to the Johnston Ridge visitor center. From there I then hiked 3/4 mile up to the Johnston Ridge Observatory. It’s…
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Dahlias Galore!
October 4, 2016 I got a new camera a couple weeks ago, but I seem to be having a hard time getting out to give it a workout. So yesterday I made the drive to Tacoma to Point Defiance Park to explore the gardens there. They have a duck pond, a dahlia garden, a rose…
