Morning sunshine kicks up heat waves causing some interesting distortion in this vanishing-point view of railroad tracks in Jonesville, VT.
Panasonic GX8, Lumix 100-300mm lens @ 218mm, ISO 800, f/20, 1/250″ exposure
The bright purple stems of elderberry fruit heads certainly catch the eye this time of year. The nutritious berries are sought out by many critters including birds, bears, and homo sapiens.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro lens, ISO 800, f/3.2, 1/1600″ exposure.
The eclipse at its maximun (60.5% of totality) here in Huntington. Note the sunspots on the lower left…
Nikon D600, Meade LX90, 2000mm, Mylar solar filter, ISO 100, f/?, 1/1250″ exposure.
There’s a clutch of pagoda dogwood along Taft Road that have been beckoning my to take some photos. The dark purple-black berries on their bright red stems contrast so well with the green foliage. A shallow depth of field allows for some ethereal bokeh of the blue sky beyond.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro lens, ISO 800, f/5, 1/640″ exposure.
Spider web strands hold beads of dew like stings of pearls. The drops cling to the sticky material that spiders place at intervals along their webs to capture prey.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro lens, ISO 640, f/8, 1/1000″ exposure
Morning dew forms perfect beads of water on the tip of a sensitive fern leaf.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro lens, ISO 1250, f/16, 1/500″ exposure.
I hike the Franconia Ridge in the White Mountains the other day. Two ravens were mingling with the other hikers atop Little Haystack Mountain looking for dropped food or handouts—no doubt a pretty reliable source of food for the birds. Ravens are very intelligent birds (like all corvids including crows and jays). I got the impression that these two birds hung out on the summits a lot as they were quite used to people (not necessarily a good thing…) They let me get within about 3′ of them!
Panasonic GX8, Lumix 14-140mm lens @ 140mm, ISO 800, f/18, 1/400″ exposure.
Daylilies are in bloom now and the bank of naturalized blossoms along East Street are putting on a good show!
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro lens, ISO 200, f/3.3, 1/4000″ exposure
There’s an unnamed brook that cascades down from Taft Road to the Huntington River. There are a series of small waterfalls and cascades along it all under the cover of a mature hemlock forest. This falls had no name so I took the liberty of dubbing it “Hemlock Falls”.
While scoping the site for the best angle, I noticed the tiny mushrooms growing on a hemlock trunk. I framed the shot and cranked down the aperture to get everything in focus. The lighting was tricky for this shot as well. It was just past midday on a partly cloudy day, and a hole in the dense canopy was allowing sunlight to fall directly on the water and right side of the scene. I had to wait for clouds to cover the sun to get any kind of worthwhile shot.
Panasonic GX8, Lumix 14-140mm lens @ 14mm, ISO 100, f/22, 2″ exposure.
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