This goose flew straight at me for about 100 yards, only veering off course when it was about 15 feet away. The beauty of this image is that it’s not cropped. Zoomed in you can make out every detail in the feathers and eye. Great shot to print and hang on the wall.
This is a lens I like to take on hikes where I’m trudging through water and couldn’t afford to slip and drop a more expensive lens in the creek. It takes outstanding photos, and can be had for around $100 on ebay!
Starting to look like spring. Took this pic with the legendary Contax Zeis 35-70mm zoom. Nothing spectacular about this photo but I like the rainbow lens flare. This is a great lens if you don’t mind manual focus and you have a mirrorless camera.
I say mirrorless because the adapters are cheap. I modified this lens to work on Nikon f-mount cameras but now that I’m using the Z6 it would have been easier just to keep the original Contax mount on the lens and buy a cheap $20 Contax-to-Nikon Z adapter. I don’t know of a better full-frame zoom that is this light, inexpensive, and contrasty; even all these years after it was introduced. I had the Contax 28-85mm in the past. Also a great lens but the 35-70 is a lot more compact.
Shot this at local pond with geese that usually fly to roost right after sunset. They held out until it was too dark for a shot. Better luck next time.
I shot this pic with my iPhone because I was setup with a long lens for wildlife and wasn’t expecting this view. I love the fog in the fields.
A shot of a hummingbird at Hashawha Environmental Center. Westminster, Maryland.
This one of those side-of-the-road shots where I was glad I hadn’t packed up my camera after leaving Hashawha. Shooting from the car has the advantage of resting the lens on the door and obtaining a crystal clear image with no camera shake. This is a heavy crop of the original image and yet it’s still clear.
Here is shot taken 7/14/2019 of a fawn crossing a two-lane road just outside of Hashawha Nature Center. I stopped to let the fawn across and took this pic through the windshield. The curvature of the windshield led to the lines on the road looking larger than they actually were. It almost makes the fawn look minature. It was small but not as small as it appears here.
A bracketed shot of Westminster at sunset, taken on 6/17/19. Perfect exposure of the sky left the town dark. Bracketing two shots together gave a better representation of what my eye was seeing.
Sunset from the old Wakefield Valley golf course. 3/10/19
Looking towards the Wakefield Valley golf course from Uniontown Rd.
