This is a new flower for us. They were planted last year, and blooming for the first time. A beautiful flower that grows from a long narrow stem.
Camera: Nikon D7100 • ISO 640 • 300mm • -0.67 ev • f/5.6 • 1/640
Delicate Flowers
Category Archives: Making Pictures
My work and play in photography and other graphic arts.
Moon Rise over Cooper River
Photoshop to enlarge the Moon and create its glare on the water. In the forground is the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Camera: Nikon D7100 • ISO 160 • 28mm • -167 ev • f/6.3 • 1/15
Crossing Gum Swamp
It’s the nicest part of my drive to Four Oaks, where my brother and sister-in-law now live. I stopped and walked onto the bridge to capture this image using my X100 camera and then spoofed it up with Snapseed on my iPad.
Camera: FujiFilm X100 • ISO 200 • 23mm • -167 ev • f/5 • 1/250
Solitude Over the White
I really like this one. I had to wait until the snow stopped to fly my drone up to take a look. This is our neighbor’s horse pasture. I don’t recall how I did it, but one of this photo’s pluses is the graininess that give it more of a sense of bleakness.
Camera: DJI FC300X • 20.7mm • ISO 100 • 3.61mm • -2.34 ev • f/2.8 • 1/1050
The Goldfinches are Back
It’s just turned February and the feeders are under attack by a dozen or so Goldfinches, which we haven’t seen in months. They are pretty good at hovering while they wait their turn at a feeding post while others wait in the nearby trees. I caught this guy waiting on a branch in a brisk breeze.
I had to crop the picture pretty dramatically to get this framing and pump up the vibrance and reduce the noise a bit to reach this final.
Camera: Nikon D7100 • ISO 640 • 300mm • -0.67 ev • f/5.6 • 1/640
Two Deer on the Lookout
These two were taking some time out in the day to digest their food and observe the wonders. They lounge out here quite often, noticed as we walk by a window and glanced.
Camera: Nikon D7100 • ISO 6400 • 300mm • -0.67 ev • f/5.6 • 1/500
Resting Fawn
This fawn was resting near her mama on the path down to our lake dock. We see them around most of the year as the graze around and then find a spot to lay and digest. The horse pasture is one of their favorite grazing areas
I capture this image from our dinning room window with a 300mm Nikon lens.
Camera: Nikon D7100 • ISO 6400 • 300mm • -0.67 ev • f/5.6 • 1/500
A Lush Garden
I ran across the scene during a walk to North Hills, a walk too long for my condition. But I did get this photo out of it. The brilliance of color is the result of some HDR post processing.
Fujifilm X100 • f/11 • 23 mm • 1250 ISO • HDR
Dry Leaf on a Wet Lake
This is one of my favorite photos, capturing those moments before a leaf gets wet enough to act like a wet one.
Camera: Nikon D7100 ISO 6400 300mm f/14 1/30
Finally, Some Color
Leaves are finally starting to turn in Cleveland County. I included a print of this image as part of an art exhibit at the Cleveland County Arts Council in Shelby. The exhibit featured aerial photography.
Camera: DJI FC300X • ISO 192 • 24mm • f/2.8 • 1/25
