Another shot from the Knoxville Botanical Gardens today…
Butterfly Closeup
Knoxville Botanical Gardens
Shooting in Boone reminded me that once upon a time, I actually took pictures. Since it’s that time of the year, I decided to head out to the Knoxville Botanical Gardens. Some fun shots from the afternoon.
Boone, NC
We were in Boone, NC this weekend for a good friend’s wedding, and our hotel happened to have an incredible selection of flowers on the grounds. Perfect time to play with the Olympus and see how it handles with the 60mm macro.
No longer puppies…
The puppies are growing up. And growing up means more lounging around. And maybe fewer pictures. But here are a few from the past couple of months.
Pima
Ok, so it’s been a month, but I went and visited James and Marin in Tucson. For those of you who don’t know, it never rains in Tucson. Ok, well, almost never. And there’s no humidity in Tucson. Which is to say, it’s one of the premier places in the world to store airplanes if you’re not going to fly them – in fact, the U.S. Government has a few parked there.
From a practical level, this means that one of the top air museums in the country is located in Tucson – the Pima air museum. This is a place my father would go and fill up a few 32GB memory cards. It’s a place I went and took about 60 pictures. But here are 5 of them.
Sleep and snow
A couple of new pictures, two from the great snowstorm of 2013…
More Panasonic 35-100 2.8
After playing a bit with the 35-100, it’s certainly a nice addition to the kit. Quite sharp under good circumstances, the only nitpicks I would have center around the minimum focus distance, which is a bit too far for taking pictures of dachshunds. Still works reasonably well though. All in all, excited to be able to carry a very good ILC with two f2.8 zooms and a macro for less weight than my 70-200 f2.8.
Panasonic 35-100 f2.8
I got my Christmas and birthday present yesterday, so thought I’d post a few quick shots…
Olympus 60mm Macro
Spent some time Wednesday with the new 60mm Olympus macro. Working distance isn’t great, but all in all seems like a nice lens… now if only there were more pretty things to take pictures of…
Smoky Mountain High
Spent some time in the Smokies today looking for leaves. Missed by a bit, but still some fun stuff there. Hope to take some long exposures later this week – if I can motivate myself to get back up there. Here’s to hoping?
