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.
In which Pooh finds an Easter friend.
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).
In which Pooh finds the sprouting tulips.
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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