The first photo was taken from the backyard last Sunday at sunset. The spectacular colors lasted for roughly five minutes. I am glad that I did not try to go find a better foreground!
The second photo was taken yesterday morning while I was out doing the weekly errands. The folks at the transfer station crush and bale the aluminum cans that are dropped off to be recycled. The bales are roughly 4 feet by 4 feet by 3 feet and weigh about 600 pounds. There is often a bale or two sitting near the dumpster where we deposit our trash. I have been pondering the photographic possibilities of these bales for some months now. Yesterday I had the Nikon V1 with me and business was slow, so I got the camera out with this result!
The third photo was made on our dining room table this afternoon. I had noticed the flowering Christmas cactus earlier in the day and used the nice soft window light to make this photo.
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The first two photos were made with my little camera (the Nikon V1).
Initially, I also picked up the V1 to use for the last photograph. I was interested in exploring how close I could get (with either lens) and I was interested if I could get a nice shallow depth of field with the flower in focus and an out of focus background; the latter is always a problem with a small sensor camera and proved so again in this case. Additionally neither lens was capable of focusing in close enough to fill the frame with the flower. The V1 is a nice camera but it is not macro capable! The last photo was made with my 90 mm macro lens on the “big gun”.
Hi Frank
Greetings from Cambodia! No snow shots here but plenty of crushed cans and plastic bottles! I love the sunset shot and I got to scan back over some others I have not be able to see recently. Also love the oak leaf in the snow and the lake shore shot with the snow and trees. That one looks like an Ansel Adams. Hope you are flattered! Great stuff.
Blessings to you and Joan. See you in two months
K
Comment by Kevin — 24 February 2013 @ 2:13 AM
I am impressed with the recycled one as it is in color! It would not have made a good B&W. I’m sure there are many other great grabs at the transfer station which you can frequent daily in about 80 days!!!
So the trusty P&S is paying off – you can be discreet and still pull off the shot.
Comment by Just Joe — 24 February 2013 @ 10:51 AM