Considering that we’re moving out of this house in a little over 3 months, we sure have been putting money into making it look good! This time around? $120 at Lowe’s for some new shrubs, including a few azaleas. At least they look pretty!
105mm macro lens, 1/1250 sec @ f/5.6, ISO 200
That’s exactly what I’m using this for. Fun with pharmacology!
105mm macro lens, 1/10 sec @ f/4.2, ISO 800
Nothing much to say about this one, just seeing something from a different perspective for the first time…
18-105mm lens @ 52mm, 1/200 sec @ f/5.0, ISO 200
It’s spring, I think there’s an unwritten photographer’s rule that says we have to take pics of flowers!
105mm macro lens, 1/125 sec @ f/3.2, ISO 200
Here it is, the starting line for the Boston Marathon, along with a view of the first several hundred yards of the course.
18-105mm lens @ 38mm, 1/800 sec @ f/4.5, ISO 200
Two random observations-
From the runners perspective, the words painted on the starting line are upside down. For the benefit of the cameras at the start of the race, as runners are toeing the line?
The cops kept stopping traffic so runners (and others, I guess) could come stand in the road and have their photo taken while standing on the starting line. Some drivers didn’t look too happy about having to wait. Umm, you’re passing through the town common where the oldest (modern) marathon in the world starts, the day before the race, wtf do you expect?
Sometimes photo ideas occur spontaneously, other times there’s a little help. This one was actually suggested by Princess Persistent, after she “helped” me rotate the tires and wash my truck.
I like how the fence is reflected in the bumper
18-105mm lens @ 75mm, 1/400 sec @ f/5.3, ISO 200
I love my macro lens!
To give you a sense of size, an 18 gauge needle is 5/100 of an inch in diameter. There are some images that a regular lens would really have trouble capturing
105mm macro lens, 1/30 sec @ f/4.2, ISO 200
When I first set up this divider, it was to create a visual barrier between the kids playroom on the left and the room on the right. Why? Because the room on the right is where the futon is and where we entertain certain friends 
Now? It’s coming in handy as a divider between Darling Boy’s “bedroom” and Princess Persistent’s “bedroom”, since this is where they’re sleeping while the bedroom floors are being refinished this week
18-105mm lens @ 52mm, 1/3 sec @ f/5.0, ISO 800
It’s a painters best friend, perfect for taping off trim molding that you don’t want to mess up
105mm macro lens, 1/13 sec @ f/3.0, ISO 200
But you know what really sucks? When you discover that the previous owners of the house did not use primer on the trim molding, so that some of the paint comes right off with the tape :-/
105mm macro lens, 1/25 sec @ f/3.2, ISO 200
Anyone who’s been reading my blog or following me on Twitter since last summer knows that I love relaxing in the yard on my hammock. Yesterday I pulled it down from the attic and set it up. It may still be a little cool out, but I don’t care!
18-105mm lens @ 105mm, 1/25 sec @ f/5.6, ISO 200
