Simple Clicks – Olympus 75mm f/1.8
Just a few odds and ends shots taken with the new Olympus 75mm f/1.8. As I mentioned before, I’ve only had a few days to work with it, but it is one seriously impressive lens. These shots don’t really fit in anywhere else, but I liked them enough to want to share them. I especially [...]
Unexpected birds
Drove out to Promised Land State Park for some evening hiking and shooting on Tuesday. I had some ideas in mind that I figured I’d be able to work on there, but in the midst of shooting landscapes I suddenly realized that there was some decent bird activity going on around me. Good timing met [...]
Some (minor) storm chasing
Okay, so storm chasing is a bit of an exaggeration, since the storm ran me down before I even knew it was there. It was a case of luck, pure and simple. I was just in the right place at the right time, with the camera in hand. Actually, I was down shooting at Hillside Farms [...]
A few more macros
I am NOT a fan of most insects in general – and especially not of arachnids in particular. But somehow these garden spiders don’t seem to bother me quite as much. And surprisingly enough, I’m okay with sticking a lens only a few centimeters away from them. Well, so long as they behave and don’t [...]
In The Backyard: Pretty Birdy – NOT!
The term “Pretty Birdy” isn’t something you associate with a grackle, but this particular species has its own sort of beauty — at least visually. The iridescent black and blue feathers, such as those on this one I captured on one of our feeders, are certainly attractive, and that distinctive yellow eye with its black [...]
Simple Clicks – What summer looks like
This is what summer looks like in my imagination. Early evening. Warm, low light and long shadows. A picnic table on a grassy hill by a lake. Just enough breeze to keep the bugs away. Every now and then I find scenes like this, that match my imagination so well that I think I could [...]
Simple Clicks – Thistles
Found these thistles down at Archbald Regional Park last Friday morning, just starting to blossom. The way they’re going about it was interesting to me, so I paused to make a couple of captures. Seems the flowers start in the middle and work outwards from there – unusual, but rather lovely in a contrasted sort [...]
More Eales Preserve Birds
Went back to the Eales Preserve yesterday morning at sunrise anticipating a decent sunrise and some more spectacular birding. I had hoped to make some stunning sunrise images of the heath barrens, with sweeping multicolored clouds and backlit foliage as the sun came up over the back of the mountain. At least, that’s what the [...]
Some Abington Birds
It’s not every day you find a Great Blue Heron in a tree. In fact, they seem rather out of place there and I’m always surprised to see them land on a branch – they don’t “alight,” it’s not nearly that pretty of a landing. More of a controlled crash, usually with the limb [...]
Simple Clicks – Aylesworth Park
Aylesworth Park is one of Lackawanna County’s parks, about 20 minutes up the valley from Scranton at the Jermyn exit off the Casey Highway. I used to drive past it on my way to work each day and always thought it looked interesting – well, at least what I could see of it, which was [...]
