February 2009

Time out

Nikon D80, ISO 100, f5.6, 1/125 sec, 100 mm, Capture NX2

Sun altar

Nikon D80, ISO 100, f11, 1/15 sec, 87 mm, Capture NX2

Old meets new

Nikon D80, ISO 400, f11, 1/350 sec, 105 mm, Capture NX2

Colour in the dark

Nikon D80, ISO 100, f11, 13 seconds, 75mm, Capture NX2

Why is it ...

Nikon D80, ISO 100, f1.8, 1/350 sec, 75 mm efl, Capture NX2, Paintshop Pro

.. that I can wake up with a list of things to do, see something beautiful outside the window and then have my whole day subverted to the purpose of photographing, printing and framing said object of beauty? It was like that when I was sixteen; it is still like that at sixty. I don't think it will change. Is that what it means to be a photographer?

Lake Lyndon

Nikon D80, ISO 200, f11, 1/180 sec, 120 mm efl, Capture NX2

Through a glass darkly

Nikon D80, ISO 100, f2.8, 1/60 sec, 75 mm efl, Capture NX2

Still wet outside

Nikon D80, ISO 100, f2.8, 1/60 sec, 75 mm efl, Capture NX2

Tomatoes

In between the day job and the rain, I've been testing lenses this last week. Here are a couple of baby tamatoes taken with a Tamron AF 70-300mm f4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro. You've gota love that skinny depth of field - even at f8.

Nikon D80, ISO 400, 1/20 sec, f8, 450 mm efl, macro 1:2, Capture NX2

Chess in the Square

Canon PowerShot A590 IS, ISO 80, f5, 1/200 sec, 40 mm efl, Capture NX2