4 posts from February 2008

I was going through my images today to update my gallery site and build a print-sales site using PrintRoom.  Take a look at the sites and let me know what you think.  I've always been hesitant to sell images, but PrintRoom makes it easy.  You get an order and upload the high-res image.  They print, mail and collect payment.  They take a small cut and you get a check.  We'll see if anything happens!  Anyway, I was browsing my images and found this picture of the Moulton Barn...

Like the Moulton House picture I've displayed here in the past, it was taken at sunrise during a not-so-pleasant day.  I love the way the clouds look so nasty, but the barn is almost glowing from the new sun.  That was definitely a trip I'd take again.

What an interesting morning!  Instead of a nice leisurely 35 minutes listening to the Image Doctors I was experiencing this...

So, I got through a lot more than just Image Doctors.  Almost 2 1/2 hours later I came to the accident.  A tanker truck overturned on the roadway.  When I got there, I pulled off to the side, drove up to the accident scene (behind the truck with the flashing <--- ) and shot a few images of them righting the truck...

I always wondered how they did that.  Basically, it's three giant tow trucks, two to inflate air bags under the truck and one with a chain on the top to pull it over.  Once they started inflating the bags it was over pretty quick.

Lesson learned... always have your camera with you. 

Today, we took a quick trip over to Ott's Nursery.  Ott's is a large indoor/outdoor nursery that changes looks many times a year.  They're really nice folks and have never complained about my picture taking.  In fact, today they welcomed the cameras and even lent us some pads for our knees.  Of course, I always stay out of the "paying customers" way (I've actually purchased a number of things from Otts!).

I like what I got.  Many of the images I took today were hand-held and all with my new Tamron 90mm macro.  Overall, I'm VERY impressed with this lens.

This first shot was the last one I shot for the day.  I liked the way all the cactus were lined up with their price tags.  I shot this with a tripod...

In a separate room, they had a Calla Lilly standing alone.  Ahhh, perfect - a flower all by itself!

And a close up (after blowing the pollen off the stamen)...

Both of these were also tripod mounted shots.

Lastly, I thought these two leaves looked interesting.  Both were shot hand held, but I thought they were still very sharp.  Some of the out of focus areas is due to depth of field.

As I said, I'm very impressed with this lens.  I think the colors are fantastic and the sharpness excellent!  Just look at the lines in the calla lilly's stamen above.  I thought that was amazing.  Anyway, if you're looking for a (relatively) inexpensive macro lens Tamron has a couple.  This 90mm is amazing.

It's been almost a month since my last post and that's simply not good!  My personal and work life is taking up more time than normal so photography has taken a back seat for a bit.  The only pictures I've taken recently are some family and kiddo playing shots.  I did, though, take the plunge on my first non-Nikkor lens - a Tamron 90mm macro lens.  It got great reviews optically and cost significantly less than the Nikkor 105mm Micro.  With the current $90 rebate, this was too good to pass up.  I'll post some images once I get a chance to check it out.

For now I'll post and image I found from this past summer.  While walking along the beach in Cape May, New Jersey I looked down and shot this...

I'll do my best to post more than every few weeks.  For now, I hope you enjoy the image!