The need to read

Today marks the end of my post Holy Week vacation. I take this week off every year because I’m often not fit for human interaction by the end of Easter Sunday.

Signs of spring

Spring has been rather reclusive in 2018, so when I went out this afternoon to drop off something at a friends house I brought my camera with me. Even though it was chilly it looked like spring, and I want some photographic proof spring had arrived 1 I captured some typical spring photos of new…

Morning Moon

I rolled out of bed this morning, and as my vision cleared from the “just woken up drowsies” I caught sight of something in the window. A sliver of a crescent moon, partially obscured by morning fog, was peeking through the newly budding branches of a tree. I stuck with my usual practice and headed…

Spring In My Step

Today is the first day of spring, so I decided to head out on the town with a new lens 1. A few months ago my neighbor picked up an old Quantaray 28-92mm AF lens. Unfortunately, when I mounted it on my Nikon I got the dreaded “fee” error. The lens has a manual aperture…

Duck!

Colder weather has settled back in to our area, so I wanted to celebrate our unexpected Spring with an image from warmer days. This mated pair of mallards happened to be at the perfect spot for us to capture their image. The Sun was at a terrific angle, so I didn’t have to do too…