July 06, 2007
I was expecting more from this park. There are
ponds/lakes but, not much open land, it’s all
forest right to the water line. Good amount bugs
and loud people camping in close quarters. I might
go back at a different time of year when it’s not
so busy.
The extreme angle on
the road may be my favorite in this group. Yellow
flowers always look good to me. I also learned a
Photoshop trick to darken the over exposed sky in
the third picture.
July 03, 2007
I walked over to Carver Pond today. Tons of
dragonflies and lilly pads. I saw one heron but, it
was too far away to get a picture of before it flew
away. I'll have to try again another day.
Nothing is better than
puffy white clouds on a deep blue backdrop for
landscapes. It almost looks fake sometimes.
June 02, 2007
This is a mix of photos taken over the last month
from all over the place. I found taking pictures of
flowers to be one of the easiest things to
photograph and most always look good. The
risk/reward ratio is very good.
I enjoy macro
photography the most right now. Getting in tight
focus and making the bright colors really pop out
is the best. I need to be faster to get more
insects pollenating.
May 05, 2007
Down to Fall River’s Battleship Cove to take some
pictures before and after seeing Spider-Man 3. Good
thing we stopped on the way back from the movie.
That sunset was sweet after being overcast all day.
Little bit of
everything today. Sunset, texture, depth of field,
and animals.
April 21, 2007
Back again with JB for some more baseball fun.
After almost two hours of not much happening in the
game we walked away to see the other fields to see
what was going on. Then came a succession of hits
that we missed out on and could only hear from
afar.
Did the same thing at
this game as the last. I got a little more
interested in capturing the feeling of the game
rather than just the action. The players
interacting and their expressions are important
too.
April 14, 2007
The college athletic fields are right across the
street from me and the baseball games are free to
attend. I had not taken any action shots with my
SP-510UZ before this. With the 10x zoom I could get
in pretty close and the lens fit in-between the
chain-link fence perfect.
Set the SP-510UZ to
sport mode and you can zoom and shoot with one
hand! Just had to time pressing the button right
and got some super action shots.
April 08, 2007
This park is so well hidded in the middle of a
neighborhood that I drove by the entrance twice. It
looks like the driveway to somebody’s house in the
front then becomes full on forest once you get in.
Unfortunately, the day was overcast and nothing
started growing yet besides moss and mushrooms.
More macro and texture
shots. Not much else to say here.
March 24, 2007
Back for more here. This time with a new camera and
JB joined me with his new DSLR too. Explored more
of the leftover structures this time since the
place hadn’t become overgrown yet.
New camera here, a
SP-510UZ. It has a 10x zoom, more megepixels, and
scene pre-sets. Macro works well to get a shorter
depth of field in a few shots.