I got the idea to shoot the flowers in the park near my house down close with a very wide lens. I thought that it might exaggerate the expanse of the flowers by pushing the background trees far into the distance. After being harassed by a couple of irritated bees, I took a few shots.… Read More Near and Far
When I tried to think of an opening for this blog post, all I kept thinking was the opening lines to a Supertramp song It was an early morning yesterdayI was up before the dawn… I decided to wake up and go see the sunrise from a spot that I had identified at Balcones Canyonlands… Read More Goodbye Stranger
Horsemint is a wildflower that is common around here. There are currently quite a few of them growing up among the thistles and firewheels and I see a lot of them on my walks through the park. I can’t resist taking a few photos of them, and you will see them if you keep reading.… Read More Horsemint
I managed to get the US Air Force Thunderbirds to fly over my house on Wednesday afternoon so I could have something to shoot photos of. They were really nice about it waiting until the clouds began to break up. They were actually flying over hospitals in the Austin area to salute hospital workers. Their… Read More Photography From Home – Thunderbirds
As a distraction from staring at this: I have been going outside with my longest lens, 70-200mm f/2.8. A few evenings ago, I sat out back with my computer and noticed that the birds came to the birdbath while I was sitting there. So, the next evening I brought my camera with me to see… Read More More Photography from Home
I got up before dawn to go hiking as I had a nice idea for a sunrise behind the small waterfall at Balcones Canyonland National Wildlife Refuge. As I was driving out there, I could see some clouds on the horizon, so I thought there was a chance. But two things happened when I got… Read More A Few Minutes of Perfect Light
On Monday morning, I grabbed my camera stuff and left for work early because I thought that I was going to go get a nice sunrise. While sitting bogged down in slow-motion traffic in Austin, I could see that there would be no real sunrise shoot so I headed on to work and got there… Read More Brushy Creek Sunset
Friday night there was a fantastic sunset… that I got to observe while driving home from work in heavy traffic as usual. The forecast showed that there might still be some high clouds around at sunrise. So, I figured that it was worth a shot to go downtown and try to get that glorious sunrise… Read More Dawn’s Early Light
Since I started messing around with macro shooting, one thing that annoys me is the incredibly shallow focus depth. This is to be expected shooting so close to the lens. Even at high f-stops, you really can’t get much focus depth. One answer to this problem is focus stacking. Focus stacking involves taking multiple images… Read More Focus Stacking a Macro
Sunday morning I packed my camera with a 150mm macro lens in my backpack and went out for a bicycle ride. I knew where some wildflowers would be with maybe some butterflies and bees and I needed some exercise so I biked to them. I was expecting a lot of yellow flowers, but when I… Read More Close Ups of a Purple Flower
