I have been really wanting to try out my new lens but came down with a bad cold the day after it came in the mail. I was feeling slightly better this morning and since the sun was out, I was itching to give it a whirl. Guess who I got to pose for me? All four cats: Phoenix, Pharaoh, Isis and Dusty!
SIDENOTE: I have blogged about the cool stuff you can do with Flickr before, but Flickr is my new absolute favorite website. I plan to blog more about Flickr again very soon, but one example of the amazingness is that the following photos I was able to pull into my blog directly from my Flickr photostream…. with all of the photo EXIF information stored to them. That way you can always see what settings I used without me having to do a single thing (Sorry if that annoys you but I like it and think it is helpful to other photographers so deal with it!). You can also click on any photo and it will take you to my Flickr Photostream where you can leave me a comment on any photo if you have a Flickr acct. I love it! (Just another example of the amazing capabilites of using a Wordpress installed blog. FYI- the Plugin I am using is called Flickpress. If you use Flickr and have a Wordpress installed blog…….I highly recommend!!
| Camera: | NIKON D5000 |
| Exposure: | 1/160 |
| Aperture: | f/2.5 |
| Focal Length: | 50 mm |
| Exposure Bias: | +2/3 EV |
| ISO Speed: | 250 |
| Flash: | No Flash |
Isis by sweetsauer
| Camera: | NIKON D5000 |
| Exposure: | 1/2500 |
| Aperture: | f/2.5 |
| Focal Length: | 50 mm |
| Exposure Bias: | +2/3 EV |
| ISO Speed: | 400 |
| Flash: | No Flash |
| Camera: | NIKON D5000 |
| Exposure: | 1/1000 |
| Aperture: | f/2.5 |
| Focal Length: | 50 mm |
| Exposure Bias: | +2/3 EV |
| ISO Speed: | 250 |
| Flash: | No Flash |
| Camera: | NIKON D5000 |
| Exposure: | 1/2500 |
| Aperture: | f/1.6 |
| Focal Length: | 50 mm |
| Exposure Bias: | +2/3 EV |
| ISO Speed: | 400 |
| Flash: | No Flash |
| Camera: | NIKON D5000 |
| Exposure: | 1/250 |
| Aperture: | f/2.5 |
| Focal Length: | 50 mm |
| Exposure Bias: | +2/3 EV |
| ISO Speed: | 400 |
| Flash: | No Flash |
| Camera: | NIKON D5000 |
| Exposure: | 1/320 |
| Aperture: | f/2.5 |
| Focal Length: | 50 mm |
| Exposure Bias: | +2/3 EV |
| ISO Speed: | 400 |
| Flash: | No Flash |
| Camera: | NIKON D5000 |
| Exposure: | 1/2000 |
| Aperture: | f/2.5 |
| Focal Length: | 50 mm |
| Exposure Bias: | +2/3 EV |
| ISO Speed: | 250 |
| Flash: | No Flash |
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Last weekend Brian and Michelle had our families over to celebrate my nephew Bennett’s 2nd birthday. Boy did this kid have fun!
Everywhere we looked he was opening a new present of a cool new TRUCK or SPORTS stuff.
This kid is 100% BOY!
Active Boy!! Every 2 minutes he had something new and cool to play with…
Auntie Erin and Bianca
Bennett also had a really cool messy, chocolatey cake….. inside the back of this truck!
More cake…
Happy Birthday Boy
One of the my favorite things Bennett got was this Rapping Frog……. how cute is he??!!
Glad you enjoyed your birthday, little Dude!
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Remember a few months ago when I sought advice and opinions about camera lenses??? Well after a lot of research and getting opinions from some awesome professional photographers, I decided to start saving my money to buy the fancy Nikon 50mm f/1.4 G series. It took me a few months (car issues were a major set-back) but I was finally able to purchase my new lens last week and it arrived last night!
I have a lot of practicing to do but did snap a few photos last night. Just look at that blurred background, I LOVE it!!!
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Spring is indeed right around the corner, the rain is a sure sign!!
Here is my list of favorite things to do on a rainy day. Kind of boring and lazy, but isn’t that what rainy days are all about?
1. Sleep late
2. Read a good book
3. Watch a movie or Tv
4. Snuggle
5. Put together a jig-saw puzzle
6. Bake something sweet and delicious
7. Listen to music
8. Play cards or other game
9. Tell/listen to ghost stories or watch scary movies
10. Catch up on tons of Computer/Internet Stuff
What do YOU like to do on rainy days??
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I know I am not the only one who has gotten McDonald’s new fish jingle in their head over and over! ha ha
Anyway, here I go posting my food photos again! We enjoyed a hand-caught walleye dinner with our dear friends on Friday night, so I used the opportunity to practice one of my assignments for my photography class.
Veggie medley
And now the question of the day…….. what do YOU call the object that the spoon is on?
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Spring is indeed ahead and I am looking forward to the longer daylight hours and warmer weather!
The snow here has pretty much melted due to temps in the 40’s and rain all of last week. Now that the ground is clear again, I spotted some of my lilies already starting to sprout
Can’t wait to see all my pretty tulips come up soon too; I planted several new varieties last fall.
Just hoping that we don’t get one of our regular March snow storms now (but I wouldn’t be surprised considering this is Minnesnowta)
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During the month of February (2010) I hosted the 6th Photo Hunt over at one of my other blogs, Photo Hunt Challenges. Ever since the very 1st Photo Hunt I have been choosing my favorite photos for each category and posting them together, with a poll for people to vote for their favorite. It is incredibly hard to pick favorites from after looking at all the fun photos of the Participants and very time-consuming as well. I was afraid I wouldn’t have time to do all the work myself this month so I asked for a little help and got Ang and Carly to help me out with picking favorites. So here they all are!! Please go look through the photos……. talk about eye-candy!! I promise you will enjoy looking at them and have a very hard time choosing your favorites! Anyone is allowed to look and vote. If you want to copy this list of links to post on your blog or elsewhere, feel free!
Favorite B & W with selective color
Favorite “Something Homemade” Photos
Favorite “Something Sweet” Photos
Favorite “Something Pink” Photos
Favorite “Symbol of Love” Photos
Favorite “Mirror Image” Photos
Favorite “Your Own Reflection” Photos
Favorite “Two of a Kind” Photos
Favorite “Something Romantic” Photos
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Time sure flies, doesn’t it? I mean surely I can’t have already been two years since my nephew Bennett was born!! Indeed, my little buddy turns 2 today. Happy Birthday Bennett! Looking forward to seeing him and the rest of my family at the birthday party on Saturday…
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