One should not macro and hand hold. I got back from an early appointment and saw the raindrops sitting on the spring blooms. So quickly grabbing my Canon 7D with 100mm L f/2.8 lens, I went out to grab a few shots. It’s a busy day today, and […]
Some little treasures secretly tucked away in a large garden. Where thousands of bulbs have been planted, and over the years are the few survivors. Canon 7d, 100mm L Macro f/2.8. f/6.3, ISO 500, Cloudy white balance, Aperture Priority. Edits in Nik Color Efex Pro. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The garden […]
Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings. Victor Hugo Canon 7D, 500mm L, Auto ISO, f/7.1, various shutter speeds. Daylight white balance, -1/3 exposure compensation, centered focus points. Minor […]
Where the cloudy skies stood threatened by the warming spring day and blue skies. The farm animals at Kinder Farm Park want to wish you a wonderful Easter weekend. To this lovely mama goat who is now two months pregnant. Her baby is expected in May. To the […]
It was a challenging morning today. Starting off with not being able to find my car keys, I ended up having to take a secondary car. I had wanted to go birding at Swans Creek, but had forgotten the wind forecast for the day. Upon arrival, I opened […]
This is going to be a challenge to show you my walk about in just a few photos as I ended up with a number of beauties. I first headed towards Annapolis with an overlook at the World World II Memorial. A walking history tribute to the 6,454 […]
To photographers, this screams “Photo Op”! So I’m packing my bag and heading down to Annapolis to see what I can see in the snow. Hope you’re having a better spring day than I.
The first person that can correctly name each and every one of the following Birds of Prey will receive an 8 x 10 print of the bird of their choice. Here it goes! AND WE HAVE A WINNER ! Quiet Solo Pursuits named all of these birds of […]
Thanks to Lynford Morton of Phototour DC and creating his Photo Project 2013 on Google +, this week I’ve been given a new photography assignment. The project? A composition and perspective challenge to photograph a subject by going around 360 degrees. Trying to find a perspective that goes […]
With a hop, a skip and a jump from Annapolis, Maryland one can witness one of the greatest marvels in Mother Nature. Along the bird migration route on the eastern seaboard of the United States, known as the Atlantic Flyway is the resting place for migrating Snow Geese, Tundra […]
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 