The Old Guy Takes A Spin

I'm just taking a little time
to enjoy the spring flowers.



Not too bad for my old camera
and scratched lens, eh?



I haven't been using my lighter and
older Canon 50D and Tamron 17-270 mm lens very much
because I put a nasty scratch on the lens.
:(
Those two make such a good walk around pair.



But sometimes I just don't want to lug
the big guns around with me all day
so this day I took the old guy out for a spin.

He's still got it. 

And I was thinking of selling him. 

Pfffft. 

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Candy Canes

I've been busy buying, shopping, wrapping ...

and I am happy to say, I am finished.

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My One and Only

I'm snowed in...again. 

Instead of snow photos

enjoy a little heart bokeh instead. 

A Bowl of Love 

Hearts on Fire  

The Tiara 

It's Getting Steamy 

My First Love 

Randomness...About Love and Cameras
❤ 

The First Love (above) just so happened to come with a husband. 

I am happy to say, I still have them both.
❤❤ 
I would have neither
- the camera or the husband -
if I hadn't fractured my foot
running to the oven to keep brownies from burning.
The fractured foot caused me to meet my one-and-only.
❤❤❤ 
My one-and-only and I
will be married 30 years
in December.
(I am planning a big trip to celebrate.
He'll learn about that when he reads this. )
❤❤❤❤  

In those 30 years
my one-and-only
has given me 6 cameras
and tons of camera gear.
❤❤❤❤❤ 

And that's why he is still my 

one-and-only. 

;)

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Playing with the Christmas Lights

For me it is Christmas lights,  

but any lights will work!
Here are some things you can do with lights.

You can make lights seem to twinkle
by using a higher aperture setting.

f25, ISO 400, 30sec on tripod 

If you can attach a filter to your lens,
try using a star filter for this effect.


 
f 2.8 ISO 1250, 1/60 sec on tripod 
using a 4pt star filter 

Below is an outdoor tree  

covered in blue lights.
If you have a zoom lens you can do this one. 

My camera was on a tripod, 

I selected a slow shutter speed  

and turned the zoom on my camera while  

the shutter was open.  

1/6 sec, ISO 100, f2.8 on tripod
rotating zoom.

And of course, everyone's favorite these days...

bokeh!
The out of focus lights in the background create bokeh.
Use a wide aperture
and add distance between your subject and the lights.

f1.8, ISO 640, 1/200


Do you have any tips for shooting lights?
Please share them,
I'd like to try something new!