It is interesting how the tulips come up a little different each year. This tulip couple wasn’t around last year, which leads me to believe that I will be able to get a whole new set of photographs from the same garden. This obviously makes me very happy.
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In which Pooh finds an Easter friend.
The tail of a manatee at Homosassa State Park in Florida.
In which Pooh tries to celebrates Easter.
He Scores!
This was taken in Florida (home of the Tampa Bay Lightning) while Dave and I were on vacation. His parents took us to a hockey game versus the Montreal Canadians. Though I do enjoy hockey, I took my camera along with me to try and get some nice shots to send my dad as the Habs are his favourite team. I of course sent him this one the next day as his favourite team is currently getting scored on. He didn’t find it nearly as funny as I did.
I've been playing in Photoshop with Chris' portraits again. The above photo took me about 45 minutes to do (it was the first time I have done this on my own) and I am pretty happy with how it came out.
One of the first images from my garden this season. It isn’t a very diverse garden, in fact it consists of only tulips in two beds – but they do come in a variety of colours.
This guys was truly determined to get through the earth (and snow) – so much so that he pushed right through this little stick that was on the ground (presumably stuck there with ice and/or snow).
I decided about a month ago that my birthday present this year from myself (and anyone who gave me money as a gift) would be a new lens – a 50mm lens to be precise. I did some research and learned that the one I likely wanted was the the AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G. At $579.99 from Henry’s, it was a pretty big investment as far as a fixed focal length lens goes, but it is something I have had on my list for quite some time now.
I bought it and so far, have been very pleased with my purchase. I have taken a few shots with it, but I won’t be able to truly see how it performs until I get some portraits done with it, as that is the ideal setting for this lens.
At f/1.4, it is the largest aperture lens I own. Until now, I have been dealing with f/3.5-4.6 which severely hindered my low light opportunities. I either had to use some form of flash or increase my ISO resulting in a grainier image, if I was able to take photos at all. This lens will enable me to take some lower light photographs without those aids, though it is a fixed focal length so I will need to deal with that feature for a little while longer.
The photo on the right is the first real photograph I took with the new lens, it is of the box it came in and some of the packaging as well.
A few last things of note about the AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G lens:
- filter thread = 58mm;
- close focus =1.5’ (0.45m)';
- Diaphragm comprised of 9 rounded blades (this will result in some nice Bokeh);
- stops down to f/16;
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