While at the alligator farm and petting zoo in Hot Springs, I also saw a cougar (also called a mountain lion or puma) in a cage. While this is a beautiful animal to see, it made me sad to see such an intelligent animal in a cage. I am sure an animal such as this… Read More Caged Cougar
I took the kids to an alligator farm and petting zoo. Being so close to the alligators, I decided to try some close-ups. To do this, I mounted my Sigma 70-200mm zoom to get as close to the action as possible. I wanted these pictures to look like they were taken in the wild. Inside… Read More Alligators
Not far from my house the sunflowers are in bloom. We had an afternoon with really nice light so I grabbed my camera bag and headed over to where all these sunflowers are growing along the road. The sunflowers are nice enough to face right into the late afternoon sun and catch all that golden… Read More Sunflowers
When I was out shooting cactus blooms and getting covered with chigger bites from ankles to waist, I grabbed a 20mm extension tube and tried to get a few close-ups of the blooms. I saw a lot of bees in the flowers and I thought that would make for some nice pictures. Extension tubes dramatically… Read More Cactus Bloom Close-ups
Bokeh refers to the parts of a photo that are out of focus. It is a technique commonly used to isolate a subject from the background, especially in portrait photography. My blog today is partially about achieving this with some photographs of buds on my rosebush and how I accomplished this. I have some large… Read More Bokeh of Roses
Another rainy day and I was itching to do something with my camera. I noticed that my girlfriend’s African violets were really blooming, so I decided get the extension tubes and do some close-up pictures. I have a set of relatively cheap extension tubes by Kenko. They are basically hollow tubes with no optical element… Read More Violets and Extension Tubes
I saw a little green lizard on my back patio, so I decided that I would try to catch him and get some close-ups of him with my extension tubes. I was careful not to hurt him and I didn’t want him to shed his tail like they sometimes do to get out of trouble.… Read More Chasing a Little Green Lizard
