Daily Posts
Happy Tuesday!
I’m normally not one to be on the other side of a camera but yesterday I had lunch with my beautiful daughter and she snapped this image of me and one of my favorite ladies on the planet. Addie and I had a great time with Angie yesterday at Champs.
Enjoy your day and be careful.
Happy Monday!
Fun afternoon yesterday. Gabby’s gymnastics class had their presentation and we got to watch them go through their paces.
It was actually very interesting. There were three age groups all performing in different areas of the gym and so you could get an idea of the development by age group.
Gabby really enjoys gymnastics class and it shows in the effort she puts into it.
I was very impressed with her routine on the balance beam.
Enjoy your day and be careful.
Happy Sunday!
I can’t believe it’s been 15 days since I’ve posted a blog. I’ve been taking pictures but none that I can show on the blog. Some corporate head shots and fun snapshots of events.
Something I’ve wanted for a long time but just couldn’t make myself pull the trigger on arrived this past Thursday.
My friend Burt, who shoots a lot of eagles and wildlife images purchased one about 5 years ago and that is when I started thinking about one.
I purchased the Sigma 500mm f4.0 lens first because if was significantly less money. When it arrived I did some extensive shooting with it and many of the images were soft. They were static images and I was on a tripod but they were just soft.
So I sent it back and got the Nikon 500mm F4.0G ED VR AF-SWM Super Telephoto. I put it through the same test shots that I did the Sigma and not one soft image in the bunch. So it is a keeper. 🙂
This beast weighs in at 8.55 pounds so it needs to be on a tripod even though it has image stabilization.
Hope to be able to show you some images from this lens in the near future.
Enjoy your day and be careful.
Happy Sunday!
A short post today with only one image. Last Summer we had a really bad windstorm that cost us most of our trees in the back yard. We plan to plant new ones next Spring but as I was outside yesterday afternoon lamenting the loss of those trees the idea for this image formed in my mind.
The light was soft and beautiful and after some searching I found a full leaf on the ground. I placed it on top of one of the tree stumps. Symbolic of what once was a beautiful tree, standing mighty and tall.
Enjoy your day and be careful.
Happy Monday!
I had a fun Thanksgiving weekend. We spent Thanksgiving day with Angie, Ben, and the grands. Had a wonderful (too much) Thanksgiving feast and then watched episode 3 of Star Wars, “Revenge of the Sith.”
On Friday I did a photo shoot for a family friend and enjoyed that a great deal. Although I enjoy photographing people, I find it to be challenging sometimes.
Then on Sunday I was honored to take the family photos of Angie, Ben and the Grand Children for their Christmas Card. I’m not sure I could make a business out of child photography. My hats off to those who do it so well.
I do think that when I retire I’m going to hang out my shingle as a portrait photographer. 🙂
I got some exercise in over the five days I was off and so even though the scales say I’m still to heavy, I at least feel better.
Enjoy your day and be careful.
Happy Tuesday!
I have three images today. It was a beautiful afternoon yesterday and so I took camera in hand and went wandering through the countryside looking for things to photograph.
I found this tree sitting in a harvested field looking very lonely so I had to capture its image against the pretty sky.
This is the first year that I can remember after starting this blog seven years ago that I haven’t posted some harvest images. I did come across this combine sitting in a partially harvested field waiting until there was time to finish the job.
I’ve photographed this old church before sever years ago but the way the sunlight was hitting it appealed to me so I grabbed this image.
Nothing else on my mind. Enjoy your day and be careful.
Happy Sunday!
Yesterday, we celebrated the seventh birthday of Joshua. Angie and Ben hosted a light lunch and birthday celebration for the grand parents and uncles.
Josh is really into Star Wars and most of his gifts revolved around that theme. He is very good at taking complex Lego® projects designed for 8 – 12-year-old children and completing them in quick fashion.
Gabby consoled herself that this was Josh’s day and so she watched attentively while he opened and awed at each of his presents. 🙂
Austin found other ways to amuse himself with all the balloons. He would pull them down from the ceiling and then let them go. He had a great time doing this while Josh was opening his presents.
Happy Wednesday!
Saw this on the way to work yesterday morning. No place to park so I just took a chance and captured the image. No incidents. 🙂
Enjoy your day and be careful.
Happy Tuesday!
Nice weather yesterday and so for the first time in a long time I decided to go in search of images. I have a couple for you today. I had nothing particular in mind as I wandered through the countryside yesterday.
I tend to see the same things and go the same places, which is the definition of a rut. 🙂
I happened by this small park off a county road so I walked around it for a while. I enjoyed the crisp air, the blue sky and the clouds. Just enough color in the trees to make it interesting. I hope you enjoy them.
Enjoy your day and be careful.
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