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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Always Have a Camera With You
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…
Loving the Hummingbirds
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…
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…
Percival Landing
It has been awhile since I’ve taken the camera out. I don’t know why, but after a pretty busy June and July, I’ve just been taking a break. But I’ve started to feel antsy and needed to get out and shoot something. So I headed down to Percival Landing at sunset to catch the golden…
Practicing Birds in Flight
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…
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The Columbia Gorge
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…
