fotos on a Friday

trying Kodak Ektachrome 100G slide film in the Nikon F5. love the 105mm and sun rays maximal bokeh sunset through the tree and Natalie being the “tall girl in the middle.”

phridae phoatoes

more black and white film from the Nikon F4e. this is ilford delta 400. I like the grain and contrast of it. big yawn flowers the little Canon Powershot S90 is an exceptionally good point and shoot camera.

phriday photos

the sky was a little bit strange Tuesday evening here is the same picture as the one from last week on 35mm film to show the full 17mm. (compare to D300 17mm which is more like 24mm) and I always love the flowers

phridai photoes

love depth of field, bokeh and flowers rediscovering film photography with a Nikon F5 and Fuji velvia 100. wide angle lens and a polarizer

foto friday

afternoon bokeh Black and White sunstar Black and White dandelion

God in nature

Challies put up an excellent post yesterday about the nine things he learned about God from nature. Take some time this weekend to read it. I have also been struck by this fact when I take pictures: …A GOD OF DETAIL God overlooked no detail in creating this world. While humans like to declare that [...]

friday fotoes

a pelican swooping over the water last Tuesday morning more macro flowers and a monochromatic sunstar from the old film camera

foto friday

here is bokeh from the 105mm on Film and Joseph is back out at Camp Peniel for two weeks of work camp. This is the shower and sink facility and here is some lightning from last night’s storm. This was my first attempt at lightning capture. I want to have another go at it.

photo phriday

some more hot weather sun loving flowers wider view

foto friday

UPDATED to put this on Friday where it belongs. Sorry about jumping the gun yesterday. still water 360 bridge isolating the subject from the background

foto friday

we went camping last weekend. he caught one these daisy looking flowers had less diameter than a dime waiting for a bite

photo phriday

I am really enjoying this spring.

this morning

it finally stopped raining, so I took some pictures this morning.

foto friday

spring is springing. here is a bee on a redbud on the Capitol grounds. My new spring header came from this. Love the determination on 2′s face: and I just can’t seem to get enough of flags:

photo phridai

Here is the uncropped version of this picture that was the first one I posted on this blog. I am entering this uncropped version in a photography contest. and it is basketball season defense rebound

Friday Fotos–Bokeh

Bokeh is the out of focus “oof” area on a picture. smooth creamy oof areas are generally felt to be more pleasing to the eyes. here is a mosquito on a landscaping log taken with a 105mm f2.8 nikkor and here is a short tree in winter with the 80-200mm f2.8 nikkor and here is [...]

poinsettia

trying another direct upload now that wordpress 2.7 is out.  

Happy Thanksgiving

happy Thanksgiving to everyone. In spite of the recent economic crisis, we continue to live in one of the most blessed nations in the history of the world. God, in his sovereignty and to praise of his glorious grace, has allowed this nation to prosper in a material way far beyond any previous nation’s prosperity. [...]

friday feautaux

a couple of macros. and a sepia of Daniel checking his pictures

friday fotos

adam and the cat looking comfortable fall leaves from which I cropped my current header. pushed the saturation to max to blow out the red and emphasize the color.

package arrived

I had a package waiting for me after work today. an innocuous brown box. As anyone would do, I opened it only to find another box. this one white and much less innocuous. I opened the white box to discover a bit of shrink wrapped brown papery goodness. removed the wrap. opened it up. Hmmm. [...]

enjoying the cool morning

the birds were really frolicking today.

Friday photos

here is the moon from the other night and here is a 3 second exposure look down the line from last saturday morning early.

fall leaves

morning sun

messing around this morning. I love taking pictures.