Friday, June 30, 2006


Nikon D200
Sigma 30mm f1.4 EX HSM
ISO 100
F5, 1/60 second
Brentwood, CA

My shelf of camera crap... Another low effort day.

Thursday, June 29, 2006


Nikon D70IR
Nikon 28mm f2.8 series e
ISO 1600
F4, 1/25 second
Brentwood, CA

Crappy no effort shot.

Wednesday, June 28, 2006


Nikon D200
Nikkor 30mm f1.4 EX HSM
ISO 100
F3.5 1/250 second
Brentwood, CA

Orchids

Tuesday, June 27, 2006


Nikon D200
Nikkor 70-200 f2.8 AFS
ISO 100
F5.6, 1/125 second
Pleasanton, CA

Canada Geese

Monday, June 26, 2006


Nikon D200
55mm f1.2 (reversed)
ISO 200
F16, 1/60 second
Brentwood, CA

Looking to trade for a 97-99 Corolla with under 100k miles.

Sunday, June 25, 2006


Nikon D200
Sigma 30mm
ISO 125
F8, 1/250 second
Brentwood, CA

Saturday, June 24, 2006


Nikon D70
Nikkor 55mm f1.2 (reversed)
ISO 400
F16, 1/60 second
Brentwood, CA

A little bug.

Friday, June 23, 2006


Fujifilm Finepix S2 Pro
EL-Nikkor 63mm f3.5
ISO 800 (pushed +1EV)
F8, 1/60 second
Brentwood, CA

Ultraviolet shot of orchids.

My Vivitar flash crapped out on me, and this is the only shot that it actually fired on. I have a loose connection that I need to solder back together.

Thursday, June 22, 2006


Nikon D200
Nikkor 55mm f1.2 (reversed)
ISO 400
F16, 1/60 second
Brentwood, CA

It was too hot to go outside today.

Wednesday, June 21, 2006


Nikon D200
Nikkor 70-200 f2.8 AFS VR
Nikkor TC-17EII 1.7x Teleconverter
ISO 100
F7.1, 1/250 second
SB800 iTTL
Brentwood, CA

Burrowing Owls (Athene cunicularia)

I went chasing around those same owls again. I'm sure they're getting sick of me.

Tuesday, June 20, 2006


Nikon D200
Nikkor 70-200 f2.8 AFS VR
ISO 100
F9, 5 frame HDR
Brentwood, CA

Monday, June 19, 2006


Nikon D200
Nikkor 70-200 f2.8 AFS VR
Nikkor TC-17EII 1.7x Teleconverter
ISO 250
F7.1, 1/250 second
Oakland, CA

Oakland Zoo

Sunday, June 18, 2006


Nikon D200
Nikkor 70-200 f2.8 AFS VR
ISO 3200
F2.8, 1/60 second

I robbed the lens of my holga for use on my D200. I still haven't finished the mount for my D200, and now I want a new holga.

Saturday, June 17, 2006


Nikon D200
Nikkor 70-200 f2.8 AFS
ISO 2100
F2.8, 1/13 second
Brentwood, CA

Free to good home. Just be careful, he bites.

Ben went on vaction and left hamsty at the house. Hopefully he finds a place for it before he leaves for Texas.

Friday, June 16, 2006


Nikon D200
Nikkor 70-200 f2.8 AFS VR
ISO 200
F4, 1/60 second
Brentwood, CA

Orchids

Thursday, June 15, 2006


Fujifilm Finepix S2 Pro
EL-Nikkor 63mm f3.5
ISO 400
F8, 1/2 second
Brentwood, CA

I wish I had a better picture to show that I'm now able to focus this lens at infinity.

Wednesday, June 14, 2006


Nikon D200
Nikkor 50mm f1.4 AF D
PK-13 extension tube
ISO 100
F16, 1/60 second
Brentwood, CA

An orchid

Tuesday, June 13, 2006


Fujifilm Finepix S2 Pro
EL-Nikkor 63mm f3.5
ISO 800
F8, 1/6 second
Modified Vivitar 285HV
Brentwood, CA

A plant in ultraviolet.

Monday, June 12, 2006


Nikon D2x
Nikkor 70-200 f2.8 AFS VR
ISO 200
F8, 1/160 second
Brentwood, CA

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

This guy was easy to shoot. He was just floating in the breeze moving pretty slowly. I do need a longer reach. I used high speed crop mode, and I still cropped the picture significantly in photoshop.

Sunday, June 11, 2006


Fujifilm finepix S2 Pro
EL-Nikkor 63mm f3.5
PK-13 extension tubes
ISO 200
F16, 15 seconds
B+H 403
Brentwood, CA

My first ultraviolet flower shot

The same flower in visable light

Saturday, June 10, 2006


Nikon D200
Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 AFS VR
ISO 100, F8
7 Frame HDR (CS2)
Brentwood, CA

Mt Diablo

Friday, June 09, 2006


Nikon D200
Nikkor 70-200 f2.8 AFS VR
Nikkor TC-17EII 1.7x Teleconverter
ISO 320
F11, 1/640 second
Brentwood, CA

Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)

That's either a really small owl or a really big lamp post.

Thursday, June 08, 2006


Nikon D200
Sigma 30mm f1.4 EX HSM
ISO 800
F1.8, 1/40 second
Brentwood, CA

Flowers

Wednesday, June 07, 2006


Nikon D200
Nikkor 70-200 f2.8 AFS VR
Nikkor TC-17EII 1.7x Teleconverter
ISO 220
F5.6, 1/200 second
Brentwood, CA

Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)

Tuesday, June 06, 2006


Nikon D200
Nikkor 70-200 f2.8 AFS VR
ISO 100
F5.6, 1/90 second
Brentwood, CA

I went out looking for a new birding spot. This doesn't seem to be a very good one.

Monday, June 05, 2006


Nikon D200
Nikkor 28-70 f2.8 AFS
ISO 200, F4
7 shot HDR image
Brentwood, CA

I finally got the adapter to mount the 63mm on my Nikon, but I ran into a slight problem. The lens goes back too far into the camera, and it's focusing past infinity. That, and it's so far back that the mirror would hit the lens. (No mirrors were damaged in the discovery of that fact) I need to space it forward a half inch or so. So the Ultraviolet images will have to wait another couple weeks while I find some parts to make it work.

I also found that I like photoshops HDR better than photomatix. It doesn't look fake or plasticy. But I do need to give it a try on a shot that has a wide difference between the highlights and the shadows.

Nikon D200
Holga 60mm f8
ISO 500
F8, 1/90 second
Brentwood, CA

Not a great shot, but I was playing around with putting a holga lens on my D200. I need to shrink the size of my vignetter. I should probably crop these down to square to make them look more like hogla shots. Not a very good shot, but at least I found that it'll work.

Saturday, June 03, 2006


Nikon D200
Nikkor 70-200 f2.8 AFS VR
Nikkor TC-17EII 1.7x Teleconverter
ISO 400
F16, 1/60 second
Brentwood, CA

There's a wasp in the bathroom.

Friday, June 02, 2006


Nikon D200
Sigma 30mm f1.4
ISO 400
F2.8, 1/250 second
Brentwood, CA

I got my flash today, but I ran into a few problems with it. It won't fire with a remote cord or with my SU-4. I have to buy a special pc to vivitar cable to be able to fire it off the camera. This little project I'm doing is nickel and dimeing me to death.

I also need to figure out how to take it apart. I have some moding to do with this flash.

Thursday, June 01, 2006


Fujifilm Finepix S2 Pro
Nikkor 18-70 f4.5-5.6 DX
ISO 200
F5.6, 1/125 second
Brentwood, CA

Sally