This cherry tree is a stalwart next to Fargo Brook. Given that the brook has been rather unruly in the past couple of years and jumped its banks due to flooding rains, I wonder how long the tree will last before its hold is eroded and it falls like many other trees before it.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro, ISO 800, f/4.5, 1/2500″ exposure.
Sometimes a spider’s web will catch more than just dinner…
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro lens, ISO 640, f/8, 1/160″ exposure
As the sun rose above the trees this morning, shafts of light cut through the knife-thick humid air above Fargo Brook.
Nikon D600, Nikon 24-120mm lens @ 35mm, ISO 800, f/8, 1/160″ exposure.
This photo really demonstrates a shallow depth of field with the focus being limited to a narrow band across the leaf and including the rain drop. And I didn’t even have the lens wide open!
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm lens, ISO 800, f/8, 1/800″ exposure.
A line of dew drops reflect the the morning sunlight on this blade of grass out in our front field.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm lens, ISO 800, f/6.3, 1/1600 second exposure.
The morning dew was heavy today, and this daisy fleabane blossom seems to have every millimeter of its surface covered with it—almost as if it had gotten the Fabergé treatment!
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm lens, ISO 800, f/20, 1/250″ exposure.
Nikon D600, Nikon 50mm lens, ISO 1250, f/1.8, 1/1250″ exposure.
As the rain came down off of our front porch roof, it dripped on to the hostas growing below. Water was pooling on the leaves and cascading from their very functional tips. I struggled with the proper shutter speed to capture this as the leaves themselves were moving quite a bit as the rain hit them. This 1/500″ exposure just about captures it…
Nikon D600, Nikon 24-120mm lens @ 68mm, ISO 2500, f/6.3, 1/500″ exposure.
I saw this morning glory blossom floating on the surface of our pond, but it wasn’t until I’d zoomed in close that I noticed the fine puckering of the water around its edges due to the surface tension. I was about to change lenses when I heard a rush of wind and the roar of rain coming in over the hill above our front field. I made it to cover just as the sky let loose. By the time the storm had passed, the blossom had been submerged.
Nikon D600, Sigma 140-400mm lens @ 400mm, ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/250″ exposure
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