Posted in Cats, Our Place, People on Dec 6th, 2009 13 Comments »
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Posted in Cats, Our Place, Stories on Dec 2nd, 2009 26 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. Today was one of the roughest days of our lives. Anne and I had to put Kitty, a cat we’ve had just shy of twenty years to sleep.
She’s been living with a worsening case of kidney disease for over a year and in the past month she started showing signs that it had [...]
Posted in Flowers, Our Place on Nov 27th, 2009 2 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. We’re feeling rather wiped out today from a big Thanksgiving dinner, guests, and the inevitable cleanup, and it’s gloomy out so out comes the tripod and macro lens for a different perspective on the world. This flower is not doing well but has some nice little blooms on it.
Posted in Objects, Our Place, Photo Gear on Nov 6th, 2009 6 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. I decided to rent a Canon 1D Mark III for a week just to see what it’s like to shoot with a "serious" pro camera. I knew it was big but for crying out loud, the thing is BIG. However, in about ten minutes it feels great in one’s hands. Setting it up [...]
Posted in Food, Our Place on Nov 1st, 2009 3 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. While Anne was at school giving SATs I peeled the rest of the fruit. Get some good driving house music on the iPod, sharpen the paring knife and dig in. Fruit peeled in no time (well, two hours).
Anne came home and made up enough crust dough for eight pies (our guestimate, about right). [...]
Posted in Food, Our Place on Oct 30th, 2009 3 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. My wife Anne and our friend Joy Brown finishing up the first batch of what turned out to be ten apple pies (ten more to go). My job was already done, I peeled all the fruit and at this point my hands are so tired I can hardly hold the camera.
Some of the [...]
Posted in Cats, Events, Our Place on Mar 27th, 2009 13 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. Our wonderful old black cat who is now all gray had her nineteenth birthday today. She’s quite arthritic and has a tough time getting around these days and her thyroid needs medication twice a day but she does have her moments and we do our best to keep her happy. The Kitty was [...]
Posted in Cats, Our Place, People on Dec 25th, 2008 7 Comments »
Our friend Gary is visiting and took this picture. The Kitty is getting very old and fragile and is shedding like mad for some reason but she’s still kicking at 18 and a half.
Posted in Birds, Our Place on Nov 1st, 2008 9 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. Nuthatches are my favorites of the birds on our feeders. They’re the only bird that can walk straight down a tree although like woodpeckers, they’re insect eaters as well as seed eaters.
You can see how awkward this dude is on the feeder perch, his claws are really grasping to stay on.
This shot is [...]
Posted in Birds, Our Place on Nov 1st, 2008 3 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. I always wondered how these birds can get enough purchase on a round peg to hold themselves up given that their little feet and claws aren’t built for this kind of perch. Some can but others feel the need to hold on elsewhere so they can pig out with abandon.
Note: This is an [...]
Posted in Birds, Our Place on Nov 1st, 2008 2 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. This feeder is on the north side of our house and it’s tough to shoot given its proximity to the sun’s arc. However, I was able to get a few interesting shots including this one of a nuthatch who, upon landing immediately took off when she saw me. I love her little [...]
Posted in Birds, Our Place on Nov 1st, 2008 No Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. More than any of the other birds on our feeders chickadees seem to have little problem with me standing ten feet away taking pictures. I suppose food trumps fear when the nights are getting colder and winter approaches.
Note: This is an extreme crop as a test of the Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L [...]
Posted in Birds, Our Place on Oct 30th, 2008 No Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. As the temperature drops the songbirds on our feeders eat more and the more they eat the more often I have to fill the feeders. My wife thinks the birds put hobo signs on our house: "humans keep feeders full here, empty fast for fresh seed."
Posted in Flowers, Landscape, Our Place on Oct 27th, 2008 6 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. This is just a quick test of my 135mm f/2 L lens with my 1.4x extender which makes the resulting combination 189mm with a max aperture of f/2.8. I’m considering the Canon 200mm f/2.8 L lens and wanted to see if what I have already with this combo might do the job.
Alex thought [...]
Posted in Landscape, Our Place on Oct 21st, 2008 4 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. The sun is coming up behind me and lighting up the trees behind our small pond. It’s cold out and we have a fire burning this morning. These clouds are the preface of supposed rain later today. I love fall but it’s a heck of a lot of work: leaves, firewood, garden to [...]
Posted in Birds, Our Place on Jun 29th, 2008 No Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. I decided to see if I could stand six feet away from this tube feeder for long enough for birds to ignore me and come in and eat. It took two minutes for this chickadee to swoop in and pick up a seed.
Posted in Flowers, Our Place on Jun 27th, 2008 No Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. I feel like this daisy looks: wilted in the humidity. It’s hard to find the energy to get out and shoot when the dog days come, and it’s not even August yet.
Posted in Cats, Our Place, Photo Gear on Jun 19th, 2008 7 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. So, could the Canon EF 180mm f/3.5 L macro lens be used as a general purpose telephoto? Yes.
Posted in Flowers, Our Place on Jun 18th, 2008 4 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. Another gerber daisy, this one pink. Yeah, I know, enough already with these weird flowers. We bought six plants though, all different colors, so I have to document them, right?
Posted in Flowers, Macro, Our Place on Jun 15th, 2008 4 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. Two things that took me too long to learn about photography: overcast days can make for better color saturation and easier exposure setups, and flowers going by can be as interesting as flowers at their peak.
I’m still using a rented Canon EF 180mm f/3.5 L macro lens and enjoying it.
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