“A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.” ― Eudora Welty
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Another little tree alone on a hill. This is an image I made a couple of weeks ago. It was a lovely evening: warm, with a cool breeze, and the color glowed in the sky for hours; until well after dark. A rare thing around here.
This image is a composite made from two frames blended in Photoshop CS6.
Nikon Df| AF-S Nikkor 17-35@30mm| ISO 100| Manual Priority| Tripod| Singh-Ray 2 stop Reverse Grad ND + 3 stop Grad ND filters
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The roses are at peak right now. I spent a little while making macro images before it got too hot this morning.
My rig with my macro rail and two images in the garden using my cell phone.
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Addendum: I have given the links to the 4-Way Macro Rail, Quick Release Plate, and Quick Release Clamp on an earlier blog post here. I am not an affiliate of any of the Vendors I have links to. I provided the links for reference, and to share the information of what I’m using.
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This was taken on the Summer Solstice last year (2014).
I really wanted to meet my friend Anne and go back to this area and make another Summer Solstice image from
here, but I’ve been swamped moving out of two of our 3 bdrms. We’re down to 1 bdrm now. I fell into bed last night exhausted, and slept until 7:30 this morning! So, I didn’t go out with my camera for sunrise this morning and am reposting the image I made last Summer Solstice.
UPDATE on our Remodel: The construction crew are planning to break into the interior walls of the Master bdrm, front bdrm, and entry hall tomorrow (Monday June 22,2015), and demolition of our Master bathroom begins tomorrow as well. He-Man and I are almost completely moved out of our room and will be using the Living room as our room. Only our bed, and a few things in the closet need to be moved out today.
Baby Girl, and #1 Grandson have moved to the back bdrm that I’ve been using as my retreat for years.
The roof of the house was extended and roofers finished laying on the new roof yesterday, two of the new windows are in, but the door they’re waiting until this week to install. It’s really pretty, has glass, and they didn’t want to risk any damage to it while framing and putting on the roof. YEAH!
Here’s how the house looked on the 18th of June.
…and this is where it came from. Day of Phase II back on April 30, 2015
My Summer will be largely spent in disarray, and chaos with this remodel and addition, but it will be worth all the inconvenience when it’s finished I have no doubt. Today I’m excited because we’re entering the final phases of the construction, and getting closer to having the house done.
Happy Summer Solstice Everyone!
Nikon Df| Lumix DMC-Fz200| Hand-held
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I’ve been spending some more time with my Bridge Camera the Panasonic DMZ-Fz200 trying to get better IQ shooting birds in the backyard, but that hasn’t worked out so well since when I’m out back #1 Grandson, and Diva Dog want to be out there too. Unfortunately, the birds don’t want to be out there sipping nectar or eating delicious seeds when nearly the whole family is out back.
But, as luck would have it #1 Grandson isn’t too keen on bugs right now so, he calls them out where ever and when ever he sees them…even flies! He quit playing in the mud puddle brought about by a broken sprinkler, and ran to me clinging to my leg for dear life proclaiming that there was a BUG!, and he very helpfully pointed it out to me. With camera in hand I assured him I’d take care of it. With #1 Grandson still clinging to my leg I cautiously approached the trespassing fly. When I got within the closest focal range to make an image I began pressing the shutter. I managed to get several images thanks to being in Burst Mode. A few were decent. The Fz200 can shoot 12 fps in Burst Mode! It’s one reason I bought the camera.
#1 Grandson now emboldened by my bravery thought he get a little closer himself , let go of my leg, and took a big step forward, then Poof! The fly got scared and flew away. 🙂 #1 Grandson looked up at me with eyes full of surprise and question…and said, ” Fly flew away!” I replied, “Yes, love it did. We have be very quiet, and can’t get too close or we’ll scare them. Stay by Gran and it might stay.”
The lessons of photographing, and loving wildlife are in full swing at my house!
Another reason I bought this camera was for the Leica f/2.8 fixed Aperture lens, and it’s 108mm lens which has a field of view equivalent of 600mm in 35mm format. I’ve seen some fantastic images taken of birds and wildlife with this little Bridge camera and I am hoping I can get similar results. Especially when traveling. I’m thinking about taking this camera with me on a cruise I have coming up in late Aug/Sept. There will be some opportunities to see some birds and wildlife I don’t have near me and I don’t really want to pack and carry my heavy 300mm lens. I’ll be testing this lens/camera out quite a bit in the next couple months.
Are you curious about how muddy #1 Grandson got this morning? I titled this image: A Broken Sprinkler, a Mud Puddle, and a Toddler= A Bunch of Fun this Summer Morning.
I stripped him and ran like mad to the bathtub when he was ready to go in the house. I wonder if I’ll get the mud and sand out of his clothes?
I’ve got a couple of more photos of him over on Instagram too. If you’d like to see those click here!
Panasonic DMC-Fz200|Lexar Professional Digital Film| Hand-held| CS6
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For this week’s Monochrome Madness2 I reached for a recent image to use. I’ve been struggling to get over this sinus infection so didn’t get out last week. This image is from Point Lobos Carmel-by-the-Sea. The twisted stumps and trunks of the Cypress Trees made an interesting foreground.
If you have time take a look at the other entries for this week’s Monochrome Madness 2 here.
I had to call my Doctor and she prescribed a course of anti-biotics which I started taking Monday evening. Today is the first day in over a week I’ve been able to sit up without a face ache. YEAH! I’m looking forward to getting out to do some photography.
Nikon Df| AF-S 24-70 @ 24mm, f/16, 1/250s, ISO 320, Manual Priority, Tripod| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film
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I’ve been down for the count all week with a cold/sinus infection. Today is the first day I’ve felt like I’m going to get over it, even with the case of Laryngitis I woke up with this morning.
I spent a little while getting some sun out back today, and found I wasn’t alone. This little guy was on the deck soaking up the rays too.
I hope you’re all well, and have a great week-end!
Nikon D300s| AF-S Nikkor 300mm| Hand held| Hoodman STEEL High Speed Digital Film
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Staying in today with a head cold so thought I’d practice painting with my watercolors.
A duck that I wanted to be a goose.😊
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