I was back in my old stomping grounds of northeast Ohio visiting my mother after dropping off my daughter at college. My Mom & I went for a walk through fields and woods that I used to spend a lot of time in as a kid. It was interesting to see how things have changed—trees grown, fields vanishing to thickets and woods, old paths disappeared. This shot of Joe Pye weed shows a bit of color coming to the maples as well.
Nikon D600, Nikon 24-120mm lens @ 120mm, ISO 800, f/4, 1/800″ exposure.
My 85 year old mother has been an avid and masterful gardener since I can remember. She’s still at it—planting, tending, weeding, watering—every day during the summer months at her home in northeast Ohio.
Nikon D600, Nikon 50mm lens, ISO 100, f/1.8, 1/500″ exposure.
Gorgeous cumulus clouds building above our house this early evening.
Nikon D600, Nikon 24-120mm lens @ 58mm, ISO 100, f/13, 1/125″ exposure.
I stopped by a local farm stand to buy some sweet corn. This row of sunflowers was growing between a harrowed field and the road. I spoke with Henry, the farmer, and he said that these were “volunteers” that had popped up on their own after he’d harrowed in the field this spring.
Nikon D600, Nikon 50mm lens, ISO 100, f/1.8, 1/3200″ 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 close crop of a marigold blossom in one of our upper vegetable gardens.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm lens, ISO 800, f/3.8, 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.
A somewhat creepy mechanical clown and reflections at the opening of the Pizzagalli Center at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont.
Nikon D600, Nikon 24-120mm lens @ 58mm, ISO 2500, f/4, 1/25″ exposure.
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