Waiting Soon the hammers will start at the top and take it down, brick by brick.Farewell MSC smoke stack.

Intruder

Art brings color to life This is a photoshop effect.  I liked the picture to start with but as I was looking at it I thought this might make an interesting ad for an art gallery or studio.  The 1212 … Continue reading →

Turner Dodge house This must be the week for large buildings.  Again I liked the natural framing by stepping back under a tree.  Using HDR might have helped bring out the shadows in the front but I think it would … Continue reading →

Spartan stadium. Sometimes natural framing or available framing helps create the effect you want.  Ten feet closer to the stadium and I would have been out of the trees.  But the effect of having the branches framing the building was … Continue reading →

Don’t move.  I think someone is coming.

No diving yet

Magnolia bloom Here is an example where you don’t want a very deep depth of field.  Using a higher shutter speed you can make the f stop lower which will make the background out of focus.  The green grass becomes … Continue reading →

Spring blooms This was shot with a reverse mount adapter on my 18-55mm lens.  The f8 and 1/160th of a second.  I really needed the speed to stop the wind from blurring the picture.  Even with f8 the depth of … Continue reading →

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