NOT IN FLORIDA !!!!!!!

I know I'm a whimp...but it was cold

The stand off.

Enterprise Dog Park,Clearwater, Fl

Finally got out yesterday and did some shooting,Enterprise is the closest to me,so Enterprise it was. AND IT WAS DRY....TOO BAD Bear  :-)

New Equipment

Received my Canon Battery grip yesterday.

Nice feel to the Shutter Button

New Canon 60d arrived yesterday

Can't believe Canon is NOT including lens hood.I ordered one from Amazon about an hour ago. Spare battery and another backpack were ordered a couple of days ago.On the wish list is the battery grip.

I'll take it for a spin today.

Black Friday Visuals

Yankee candle is with me all year long.

"Pristine" rose.One of my favorites,this and "Mr.Lincoln"

" Mr Lincoln"

New camera on order Canon 60D

Well I did it again.....another camera

But it is an upgrade !!!!!

I've been waiting some time for Canon to come out with their first articulating LCD screen.

Dailey chores

The daily routine is get the front bird feeder set up.I get plenty of help from help from my pals "Bear" and "Paws".

Paws will then sit and watch from inside the activity at the feeder.Every now and then curling her lip up and making funny sounds. Maybe she is telling the sparrows on the other side of the glass, "If I was out there you guys wouldn't be so smug"

Mike Lamberti

Ride with the wind my friend...!!!!!

Mike gave me a butt wooping !!

Update

I took advantage of the soft mulch the county had just put down in one of the "Paw Playgrounds"

Got lazy that day and shot with the little walk around camera.

Wet Squirel

Light House Project...Started Sept. 16,2010

I've had this project on the back burner for some time and Friday Sept 17th I got a chance to maybe at least get it started.

To be honest, I'm a little disappointed in the Light Houses here in Florida,as I did my background research,I found what is out there, is not what I'm used to. However I started anyway,in spite of the photographic quality I ran into in the research.

Out in the field 2  days, in the northern most part of the east coast of Florida,I shot 5 lighthouses,from Amelia Island south.

GPS sure made my life easier and less stressful,got me to where I wanted to go without missing a beat,even on the ferry crossing "She" I call her her "Miss Jared" was barking out directions.

30 LH's if my count is correct. Some because of seasonal restraints I may not be able to visit.

Ok first venture out:


Sept 17--18  2010

Mal,Bear and I left Clearwater at 6am and arrived at Ponce De Leon Inlet  LH and started working the shutters at 0839. Speaking of shutters,I had a task at hand,I wanted to compare shots from 3 CAMERAS.The 3 where, the little Panny ZS7

The Panny GF1 with 20mm lens

                                        

And the Panny G1 with 45x200mm

The drill was to take the same capture with each...hmmmmmm

Don't laugh it worked out pretty well.

Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse                                      
 The Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse is located at 4931 S. Peninsula Dr., Ponce Inlet, FL at the end of the peninsula, south of Daytona Beach.
Latitude: 29.08063
Longitude: -80.92806

 

                                                   
                                         

Helping a friend get started with photography

It is a little work,if you do it correctly...but the rewards are astounding.

We're working on the work flow.

The equipment...all the buttons......the correct names for things...what to do at what time.....may seem a little over powering now but it will fall into place after....REPARTITION,REPARTITION,REPARTITION

New Lens 55x250mm

Mother Woodpecker finally got chick out of house.

New Woodpecker chick in neighbors yard