Friday, May 31, 2013

Homegrown


These roses are part of the flower bed in front of the house. 

1/640 sec. f/3.2 ISO 100


1/200 sec. f/5.6 ISO 100


1/320 sec. f/3.2 ISO 100


Saturday, May 25, 2013

Pancake Pretties II

1/125 sec. f/14 ISO 100


1/200 sec. f/11 ISO 100


1/40 sec. f/11 ISO 100


1/30 sec. f/14 ISO 100

Shot with Canon 40mm "pancake" lens.


Thursday, May 23, 2013

Five Minute Sky


These two photos were taken five minutes apart with my 40mm pancake lens.

1/8000 sec. f/2.8 ISO 100


1/1000 sec. f/4 ISO 100


Saturday, May 18, 2013

Railroad Spires


This is a nighttime photo of the building that houses the RJ Corman Railroad steam locomotive known as "Old Smokey". The engine carried passengers and freight in China prior to coming to the United States. The track actually runs into the building and there's a garage-style door on the left end that opens to allow the locomotive to move in and out as needed.

The center spire on the building is 45 feet tall and the two end spires are 28.5 feet each. This was a handheld shot and I "skewed" the building by getting close with a wide angle lens.

0.5 sec. f/6.3 ISO 800

Linking to Weekly Top Shot



Thursday, May 16, 2013

Pancake Pretties


I'm sorry to disappoint any foodies who thought I was going to show photos of my breakfast. I finally had the opportunity to do some dedicated shooting with my new 40mm "pancake" lens. I was very pleased with the results. If you missed my first post about the lens, you can see why it's called a pancake lens HERE.

You probably won't see names to go along with a lot of my flower photos. Unlike wildlife, I don't get too concerned with actually finding out what they are. I see pretty, I shoot pretty. Simplistic, I know. And since I don't want to show all the pretty at once, I'll be sharing more photos in future posts.

1/1250 sec. f/3.5 ISO 100


1/320 sec. f/8 ISO 100


Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Friday, May 10, 2013

All Grown Up

1/200 sec. f/16 ISO 200

Kentucky countryside

Linking to Friday's Fences


Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Friday, May 3, 2013

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Wednesday, May 1, 2013