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.
When the Olympia Camera Club took a fall field trip to the Staircase Rapids part of the Olympic National Park, I figured there wouldn’t be many landscape type views within the forest, so I took my Macro lens and focused on some of the smaller details along the trail. There was lots of moss, mushrooms…
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…
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…
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 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…
I finally broke down and ordered my new camera. I’d been debating for months on what I should get and finally decided on a Nikon D800E. I knew this camera would take exceptional images, but I will admit I was a bit worried about 36 mega-pixals and the file sizes that would result from such…
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