More macrophotography on my front porch



All images taken with a reversed Canon 50mm f1.8 lens. Recipe for the shots was the same: ISO 160, F5.6 (reversed), 1/250th of a second, flash fired at +2/3rd.

Cat on a rail

Blue Heron

Bald Eagle Over Spencer Island

(click image to enlarge it)

Went out to Spencer Island today with Cassandra and Bryson, we hid a new geocache there and also had a nice nature walk. This Eagle is part of a mated pair that are living near the island and flew overhead while we walked along. Cool!

Fly

Platyptilia celidotus, Plume Moth.

Canon 50mm F1.8 lens using a reverse mount ring with the aperture preset at f16. 1/160th of a second, ISO 100.

Dog

F1.8, 1/49th of a second, ISO 400, Canon EF 50mm F1.8 lens.

Totem Poles at Burke Museum, WSU campus


Went to the Burke Museum today with the family. Really great museum, but they don't allow photography inside the place. So, I shot these images outside the museum. Right now is a great time to go, they have a fantastic exhibit showing called the "Cruisin the Fossil Freeway", it combines the science of fossil hunting with the art of painting. Really neat stuff! Heres a link.

Tea Pot Service Station



Near the town of Zillah, Washington.

Spider Close Up

Found this guy hanging above my back door. Yecch!

Weathered Bark

Taken at Kubota Gardens, Seattle.

Red Bridge

O.K., I've been trying to get away from doing cheesy photoshop stuff like this, but I saw a large poster at Ikea that was in a similar style, and I just had to give it a try.

Red

Color version of wire and window

Looks surprisingly good actually.

Panoramic view of downtown Seattle as seen from the needle.

Three images, combined. Wish I had panned to the right to get more of Elliot Bay.

Portland Panoramic

This is a shot I did several years ago, I never put it out because I personally didn't feel that it was that good, but in light of the recent panoramic shot of Seattle, I figured I'd throw this out as well. There are many things wrong with this image. I was using a fairly cheap lens and there is all sorts of weird artifacts throughout the image that I cloned out, part of the panoramic shot is actually slightly out of focus.....ugh! But it still retains a beauty to it and it may have some interest to the viewer, so I'm throwing this out there. Hope you enjoy it!

Still Life - Golden Pear

F8, 1/85th second, ISO 100, Canon 50D w/ 17-40mm F4 L @ 40mm. Off camera flash shot from the side with a yellow filter. Flash dialed down -3 stops.

Seattle Panorama

A panoramic shot of Seattle combining two different images. Really, really compressed and tiny though due to the constraints of posting on Blogger. Make sure to click on it for a bigger version than the preview one!

Seattle at Night from Alki Beach


ISO 100, F16, 30 second exposure. 200mm.

Mukilteo Lighthouse in HDR

Using HDR to create this image of the lighthouse yielded unexpectedly cool results! I even went ahead and bumped up the color saturation to give it an almost 'cartoony' feel to it. I like it!

Clouds Near Ferry Landing

Skies over Puget Sound

Canon EOS 50D, Canon 70-200mm F4L zoom lens @ 91mm. F1/16 @ 1/50th of a second. ISO 500. Shot in "Aperture Priority" mode. Used in camera monochrome mode with a Cokin T2 Gradual density filter. 6:38 p.m.

Marquam Bridge

Going through my old images and I found an image of the Marquam Bridge from February of 2006. Rather nice! It also makes me homesick.

Inn at Port Gardner

A High Dynamic Range shot of the Inn at Port Gardner. I'm not happy with the composition of the image, but its quite colorful and a fairly nice shot. I did learn a lesson here though. Always, always be sure your camera bag is zipped up before picking it up! I nearly lost a Canon "L" series zoom over the pier! Fortunately I am imbued with cat-like reflexes and was able to intercept the errant lens.

Sunset at Port Gardner

A pretty scene, even if the sailboat is being towed in!

New items up for sale at my cafepress store!

Click on this link to check 'em out!

U-Pick

Taken at a Lavender Farm in Sequim last weekend.

1957 meets 2009 Hydroplane Racers of Yesterday and Today

In this image is a reconstruction of U-77 "Miss Wahoo" and unlimited class hydroboat that was originally built in 1957. Next to this boat is the 2009 Boeing hydroboat (U-787) that is also an unlimited class boat that runs on biofuel. It was really neat to see these two boats running together at Seafair!

2009 Seafair Images continued.....Boeing Hydroboat

This boat, sponsored by Boeing, runs on a new type of biofuel that they've been experimenting with as a jet fuel. It ran quite well!

Seafair Images continued...

"Oh Boy Oberto!" Unlimited class boat.

Seattle Seafair 2009 Photo Series

Stay tuned, more to come!

Preparations

Went to Seafair today on Lake Washington. Got a lot of really cool pix, I'll be putting them up in the next few days.