Daily Archives: July 17, 2012

Fun With Clouds

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While I was cooking dinner on the grill tonight a great storm front rolled into the area. I stood in the yard watching the clouds move and transform in an almost hypnotic fashion. I finally got my head together and grabbed the camera. It still had the telephoto lens attached so I decided to work with that lens. I wanted the pictures to be about the light, shapes and colors of the clouds and not as an enhancement to a landscape or background to another object.

I had so much fun running around the yard trying to get different views of the clouds all around me!

Light Within
Nikon D5100, Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/800s, 200mm, f5.6, ISO 100

Streaming Light
Nikon D5100, Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/1000s, 116mm, f4.8, ISO 100

Cloud Wall
Nikon D5100, Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/400s, 200mm, f8, ISO 100

Over/Under
Nikon D5100, Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/125s, 70mm, f8, ISO 100

Into the Light
Nikon D5100, Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/500s, 200mm, f8, ISO 200

The Lite Fluff Between
Nikon D5100, Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/250s, 200mm, f8, ISO 200

Nothing but Bokeh

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Nothing but Bokeh…
Nikon D5100, Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/200s, 200mm, f5.6, ISO 400

I got hooked on playing Grass Poker on Google+ quite a few months ago. Maybe it was because I had plenty around my house or maybe I liked finding interesting or unique images from such an ordinary subject.  Either way, I enjoy it and it allows me to practice and experiment.

Last night I went out with the telephoto lens to practice some more.  We haven’t received much rain lately which allows only certain types of grass to grow in my yard.  I liked this lone stalk with the little bug on it. He was quick though, no matter how I moved he moved to be on the opposite side from me.