Author Archives: Mike

Tall or Wide?

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Somewhere Along Route 96

Overcast, rain and a general blah start to the day but I chose an adventure. A friend had told me about the Museum of Aviation next to Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, GA (south of Macon). I enjoyed the museum in Connecticut last fall and I knew I needed to check this one out. There was a chance the day would improve but the museum has four buildings full of aircraft, so weather wasn’t going to be problem. Anyway, more on the museum later…

On my way back home I had to stop along the road to capture this scene when the sun broke through the clouds. My issue is deciding if I like the landscape or portrait view better. Any thoughts?

Clouds Over Trees – Landscape
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z 24-70mm f/4 S, 1/800s, 70mm, f/8, ISO 100

Clouds Over Trees – Portrait
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z 24-70mm f/4 S, 1/800s, 70mm, f/8, ISO 100

These are the same image. The portrait version is a different crop from the same file as the landscape version. I’m generally a fan of my landscape images being in landscape orientation but the vertical lines of the trees have me thinking the portrait “feels” better. And that is the thing… each has a different feel.

The more I look at the second image I’m wishing I had put the 70-300mm lens on the camera and really zoomed in on the center opening to see how it looked. The zoom would have brought the background closer but I’m thinking I would have lost too much of the clouds, which would make the image a little boring. Oh well…

Peeking

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Silhouette Saturday
Flat Rock Park, Columbus, GA

Yes, yes, I know. I’m pushing the concept of a silhouette. But, this is very silhouette like, so I’m throwing it out there today… 🙂

Good eye! This is the same tree and table from an earlier post. I couldn’t resist the sun peeking around the tree, the light on the grass and the highlighted edges of the table. What can I say, the scene screamed click the shutter now!

Peeking
Nikon Z f, Nikkor Z 28mm f/2.8, 1/100s, f/11, ISO 100

Spring Herald

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Squared – SQ205
Floral Friday
Columbus Botanical Garden

Spring Herald
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S, 1/100s, f/5.6, ISO 100

Floating

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Wordless Wednesday
Columbus Botanical Garden

Floating
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S, 1/800s, f/3.5, ISO 100

Unexpected

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Flat Rock Park, Columbus, GA

My walk at Flat Rock Park on Sunday brought me an unexpected surprise. I didn’t anticipate the recent rains would have created enough water flowing down the rocks for a waterfall. I had the 28mm lens on the camera and the tripod was back in the car but by decreasing the aperture to f/16 I was able to get a 1/15th shutter speed. Not quite the silky smooth look I prefer but I’m not going to complain. I spent most of my time in this area exploring all the possibilities. How could I refuse the one with a reflection as well…

Unexpected
Nikon Z f, Nikkor Z 28mm f/2.8, 1/15s, f/16, ISO 100

Oops… Again!

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When the fat finger keeps hitting the shutter release

Typically, I throw these away once I import the files to the computer. There is an idea floating on the outskirts of my mind which is probably why I didn’t trash these pics. We’ll see what happens…

Oops One

Oops Two

Oops Three

Potential

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Art
Columbus Botanical Garden

Potential Imagined
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S, 1/125s, f/8, ISO 180

It is the second Sunday of the new year, so I’m not too far behind getting this posted. I have droned on about themes in a few posts recently and have called out the associated theme a couple of times already. Today is the day for me to list the themes I enjoyed years ago and plan to use as motivation this year.

  • AbstractMonday
  • LeadingLinesMonday
  • MacroMonday
  • MonochromeMonday
  • BokehTuesday
  • GrassTuesday
  • TreeTuesday
  • BridgeWednesday
  • WetWednesday
  • WildlifeWednesday
  • InMotionThursday
  • LongExposureThursday
  • StairsThursday
  • BuggyFriday
  • FloralFriday
  • FarmFriday
  • SilhouetteSaturday
  • SongbirdSaturday
  • SunsetSaturday
  • SunriseSunday
  • DoorSunday
  • SignSunday

Again, these have been shamelessly “borrowed” from Google+, don’t give me credit for this creativity. Play along if you find one or two that interests you. It appears some of these themes are still being used here on WP. In the reader you can search for a theme to find others already playing.

Well, the sun is almost up so I need to get out and start exploring…