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Common but Different
Click on any picture to view all in gallery mode. OK, the sun has been shining and the plants have been blooming and I got tired of all the bright color real fast. Well not really, but I was ready for...
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2013 Bowie HS Graduation
In the last couple of weeks I have taken over 600 pictures; but, you won’t be seeing many of them in this blog due to copyright and privacy issues. All of the pictures were taken with raw format under...
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Exploring Darkness
Lately I have had some problems with undesirable comments that slipped through the spam filters. They were definitely from someone with a very warped viewpoint. I’ll not go into details, but,...
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Empty Seats, Empty Pockets
Empty seats … a view of the future. I’m always looking to get a better camera and lenses but since I don’t have an immediate need and the future looks bleak, I decided to leave the charge card in my...
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Evening with Pepper
I took these pictures while visiting with the Defibaughs and sitting on their patio last Saturday evening. Pepper is their dog. Filed under: Homewood at Plum Creek, PA, Photography Tagged: Pentax 55 -...
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Hunting the Bullfrog
It took me a while. He was hiding and I couldn’t see him until I walked around the pond a bit. You can see him hiding in the middle of the third photograph. I then zoomed in on him in the last...
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Flowers Today
I’m lazy again today. I took these pictures this morning in our front yard. They are no more than five feet from my computer (on the other side of the window). Filed under: Homewood at Plum Creek,...
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Real or a Dream?
Water’s Edge I took the above picture early on a cool, breezy, cloudy morning while walking down along the water’s edge with my Leica camera. Well, I am allowed to dream and that is what the picture...
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Longer Focal Length Reach
The above pictures have little to do with what I’m going to say, at least not directly. It’s just that I love clouds and when I have no other picture to use I go out and photograph some clouds....
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Labor Day Morning
The above pictures were taken Labor Day morning between 6:03 and 6:42 EST with two different cameras and two different zoom lenses. The pictures are in time order but taken in different directions. I...
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Decisions based on Preference
Decisions of what I like are always interesting and are rarely a case of black or white, or B&W or color. In the above, for example, it also involves different amounts of contrast, color...
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Fujifilm 200 mm vs. Pentax 300 mm
My new XF 55 – 200 mm lens arrived. To just do a quick test of focusing, I stepped out on the back porch and took a picture of the far shore line. I didn’t have my glasses on and I just put the...
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Across the Pond
I am trying a new lens, the Pentax 55 – 300 mm WR. I took some earlier pictures of an egret but it was early in the morning and the lighting wasn’t good so the pictures weren’t as good as these of the...
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Starting a Shift in Cameras
I have been sorting through and testing various lenses and cameras as part of my decision process for determining how I am going to proceed with my photography. One of the results was my finding that...
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Another Reason for having a Pentax K-3
Another primary reason that I want to have the Pentax K-3 is to be able to get quick pictures of the unexpected flights of birds and ducks. I took the above picture while walking for the first time...
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Morning Contemplation Time
I took this picture yesterday morning as I was sitting in my computer chair and thinking about the tasks I have ahead of me. I have volunteered to do some work for the Association here at Plum Creek...
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Just for Fun … No Tripod
This morning the moon was eclipsed by the earth’s shadow which created a “blood moon.” Just for fun I attempted to get a picture of it while hand-holding my camera. I cheated a little by leaning...
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Approaching Darkness
As winter approaches and I start wondering what I will find to publish throughout the winter, I start thinking about alternative ways to process pictures since I can sometimes republish old pictures...
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Rainy Night
It was a cold dreary rainy night last night. These are just a few images that I used to try some different adjustments on. I am thinking about making more similar images this coming year. These...
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Not Alone
I haven’t just been using the Canon SL1 while I have been learning, and deciding, how to best use it. For the above pictures I used my Pentax K-3 and made these images at a focal length of 300 mm, or...
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