Macro Lens selection
I followed an internet discussion recently on suggested Canon macro lenses. While the talk was about the Canon line up, it applies to all macro/close up lenses. In the conversation, the lenses most often suggested were the 50mm or the new Canon 60mm macro. The fact that the 50mm/60mm are lightweight – so you can [...]
Late Winter Early Spring
When the plants are great, the lighting conditions perfect and everything falls in place, all else gets pushed back – including blog posts! In spite of the recent unpredictible weather changes, I was able to get outside and do some shooting. This is the time of year where there are opportunities for late winter images [...]
Looking For Images
This post was delayed due to a fierce nor’easter that left us without any power for five nights and six days! On a sunny afternoon a few days after the last snowstorm (I hope), I packed a few lenses in my backpack, picked up the tripod and went for a walk through our local nature [...]
Naples Sunset
Every town on the water with a long pier or good viewing area facing West seems to have a ‘happening’ – crowds that gather every night to see beautiful sunsets. Naples, Florida is no exception. In fact, at the Saturday art show in town, every photographer had at least one print of the Naples Pier [...]
Right Time, Right Place + Luck
In early February, Linda and I escaped to Naples, Florida to visit my sister and brother-in-law. Our plan was to spend a week visitng family in the area and do some exploring. A few days before departing, my sister called and asked if we would like to visit Corkscrew Swamp. Yes, yes, yes, yes ,yes! [...]
Color to Match
Linda placed some poinsettias around the house for the holidays. One sunny but cold day, I decided to shoot some of the plants in order to keep cabin fever at bay. Three of the best plants were in the sunroom backlit with the early morning light. I set up the 70-200 zoom and clicked off [...]
For Fun Part 2
By and large horizontal images tend to be more mellow and soothing while vertical images are more rigid. The last post had me trying to make the horizontal image more vibrant while this weeks post would be a vertical image and more mellow. I was working inside a Japanes maple with a zoom lens on [...]
Just for Fun – Part 1
As photographers we spend our time behind the camera looking for scenes that seem to ‘fall in place’. We look for compositon that works. The ever famous ‘leading line’, ‘rule of thirds’ and ‘S’ curve are touted over and over. But what about getting an image of one of the composition giants where it was [...]
Point & Shoots
The Mohonk Mountain House, located just outside of New Paltz, NY, celebrated its 74th Garden Holiday week this year. Held the week before Labor Day, Linda and I were asked to return for the sixth time to do an evening keynote presentation and a morning garden walk. Over the years that we have been part [...]
Digital , Digital , Digital
We finished up (until further notice) all the projects our landscape architects and designers assigned us this season. As I was reviewing the images I realized that many would not have been attempted or even possible if we were still shooting film. For example, when we have a swiming pool involved, we had to get [...]
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