Although my reference is the Christian tradition, I want to wish all of you the best of this holiday season, which for me is the greeting, “Merry Christmas.” Whether you celebrate the birth of the Christ Child, the Festival of Lights (Hanakkah), the Winter Solstice, or any other celebration of significance to you and yours [...]
I thought this shot was appropriate for the Christmas season when I ran across it as I was reviewing my archives. This was shot 9 years ago with my very first digital camera, a Kodak DX3600. This 3mp camera took remarkably good photographs and I got a lot of use out of it for the [...]
Actually, this is more of a pseudo-HDR image because it was created with two exposures that were shot without a flash, and then with the flash. Normally, HDR images are created using bracketed exposures. I think this turned out pretty decent, but it’s not the best example of what is possible with HDR imaging.
I’m continuing the series of images shot with the Sigma 70-300mm zoom lens. I thought this was a cute scene with the angel cat appearing to be leaning into the frame.
Things are very festive around the Rambler manse, so I decided to play around with my new Sigma 70-300 macro zoom lens. Technically, they are far from the best images I’ve ever produced. But I did end up with some interesting images. I especially like the star effect around the lights. I will share a [...]
