Walks

It's been almost a month since I've posted one of these; some habits are so fragile. I had an incredibly busy October and just couldn't keep posting semi-daily like I was, and with the weather turning colder my resolve to pick

There are moments that are about movement, that are lost with a still image. A leaf rhythmically swaying in the wind, like a metronome keeping time. The swirl of foam at a lake's edge

I picked up a D600 this week, and spent some time downtown yesterday putting the new camera through its paces. I have to live with new equipment when I get it, familiarizing myself with it enough that it gets out

Here's an image from a nature walk today. For this one I wanted a nice shallow depth of field, but I also wanted the leaf to be nice and sharp. Even the best lenses aren't their sharpest wide open, so I

I had a good walk this afternoon and made some nature images, but couldn't resist also making a few more snaps of Effie. Her fur is a little matted in this one, she just got done eating some avocado, she

I did get out for a little walk today, but haven't had a chance to work on those images. Here's two from a morning walk at the Marian University EcoLab a couple weeks back.