Upde Designs

I had a different set of images to post today but I had a fun thing happen at work yesterday so I thought I would talk about that instead.  A friend told me that something special was going to happen around 2:00 pm and could I be ready with my camera.  “Well of course I can and would be delight to do so.” 🙂

So at 2:0 pm a group of young people from the Maquoketa High School Choir showed up and sang a melody of love songs to one of our employees.  The gift of song and the flowers above were from their spouse.  The Music Department raises money for equipment and other needs by renting out the singing ensemble on special occasions.  What a neat idea.    I took a lot of images to preserve this wonderful sentiment forever.

On another note.  My 3rd Sigma lens came yesterday.  I hope that number 3 is a charm.  If this one doesn’t work I’m going back to a Tamron.  Much cheaper lens but at least it worked.  Anyway the above image is right out of the box and hand-held (which I don’t do very well.)  But it demonstrates that it will at least focus reasonably sharp, which the first one would not do.  So now with some practice and testing I’m hopeful my long lens saga is finally over.  More on that this coming weekend.  🙂

Well that’s it for today.  If you want to see some great eagle pictures head over to Andreas’ Blog.  He was at Lock and Dam 14 both Saturday and Sunday.  He sent me a nice article this morning on sharpness (what we all strive for.)  It was a great article written by noted wildlife photographer Moose Petersen.    Thanks Andreas.

Thank you for stopping by.  Enjoy your Wednesday and be careful.