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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
In April 2011 we took a week long trip to California. While staying with my cousin in Dorrington we visited Ironstone Winery in Murphys, CA. Most of the flowers on this page were found there, but the first 3 are wildflowers we found along our journey. All photos were taken with my Nikon D7000 with…
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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