Tag: 300mm
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The “big” camera
During “Covid Times” I retired my Pentax K-50 – which had an unfortunate aperture block failure. I even shipped it out for a fix which did not last – so sometime in Covid I made the hard decision of retiring it after only 6 years. Not enough to turn me off the brand – the…
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Day 19 – Choice – Hawk problems
This hawk was hanging out in the front yard – and accidentally stepped on a leaf. Turns out those big talons have a slight drawback when the leaves are falling!
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Day 3 – The Jay
Did you know.. that blue jays are NOT BLUE? Turns out they have quite unique feathers that simply look blue thanks to the sky. Kind of like polar bears – who are not really white. Crazy world this is. Also, blue jays are related to CROWS, which explains they smarts as well as absurdly annoying noise…
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Day 27 – Choice – Moon
A not-quite-full one. I forget if it was waxing or waning.. but I learned out to edit moon shots to make them stand out a bit. Yay.
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Day 9 – Choice – So long, sun.
A solid ending to a nice weekend in August… the sun dipping into Cape Cod Bay from Skaket Beach.
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Day 22 – Choice
Coming in for a landing. Shot at a very fast shutter speed, still couldn’t ‘freeze’ the propeller as cleanly as I wanted to.