Heart on a String
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/200s, 70mm, f/7.1, ISO 200
Heart on a String
Dad’s Storm
We arrived at my dad’s house in the early afternoon this past Saturday. My nephew’s graduation party was on Sunday but due to the 4 hour drive I needed to get in a day early just to rest from the driving. Of course it is rare that the rest of the family doesn’t show up for a meal (I guess I should visit more often!) but the barbecue was in jeopardy due to the approaching storm. It was dancing all around us and eventually landed right as the food was coming off the grill.
I must confess that I am a sucker for a dark, moody sky when the sun is peaking through the clouds and illuminating the landscape. I was running inside every few minutes to grab the camera. Luckily, the family is use to me traipsing off in search of my next great(?) image…
Against the Storm
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/1000s, 17mm, f/8, ISO 200
In the Grass
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/1250s, 70mm, f/8, ISO 200
Ceydee
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/500s, 46mm, f/11, ISO 200
Storm Chime
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/500s, 42mm, f/11, ISO 200
Copper Reflected
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/125s, 38mm, f/16, ISO 200
Karma’s June Photo Challenge
All the way back on June 1st Karma (Karma’s When I Feel Like It Blog: Hearts -n- Flowers) introduced her readers to the iHeartFaces June Photo Challenge in which she encouraged us to play along. I have mentioned a few times in this blog that I started, stopped, restarted and tried but June just didn’t cooperate. I had a few pictures and tagged them accordingly for each day.
Karma wrote me this morning and gave me a gentle kick in the butt so that I would revisit the images I captured in June to see how they ‘fit’ into the categories. My hang-up was that I was thinking of images captured on the particular day for each topic, not all of June in general. So, after much review and a little creative interpretation I present my efforts for Karma’s June Photo Hunt…
Challenge: First Thing
Lily of the Morning
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/200s, 58mm, f/8, ISO 100
Challenge: Natural Light
Pastoral Sunrise
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, (1/10, 0.4, 1.3s bracket), 28mm, f/16, ISO 100
Challenge: Half
Half
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/200s, 100mm, f/7.1, ISO 400
Challenge: Line
Challenge: Clashing Colors
Challenge: Small Detail
Challenge: Mirror
just like glass…
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/2s, 17mm, f/20, ISO 100
Challenge: Silhouette
Challenge: Empty
Challenge: From Above
Challenge: Reminder
Challenge: Clouds
Interesting Night Ahead
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/400s, 70mm, f/16, ISO 200
Challenge: Flower
Against the Light
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/125s, 50mm, f/10, ISO 100
Challenge: Bokeh
Challenge: Water
Challenge: Summertime
Challenge: Laugh
Challenge: Teeny Tiny
Escape
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/125s, 150mm, f/5, ISO 200
Challenge: Grass
Challenge: Hug
If you have made it this far then congratulations! I probably should have put the images into a gallery but I like the ability to add captions under each image. To Karma… thank you. This was a great idea and I wish I had put aside a little more time toward it but in the end creative interpretation really saved me. Next time I’ll be less literal… 🙂
Dunkirk Lighthouse
On Saturday the kids and I headed to my Dad’s house for my nephew’s graduation party on Sunday. The weather when we left home was not that great and the drive along the thruway as we traveled to Bemus Point did not improve until we passed through Buffalo. Along the coast of Lake Erie we were rewarded with a break in the clouds and some beautiful scenery.
I really wasn’t on a set schedule and just had to make it to my dad’s house by 4pm so when we exited at Dunkirk, NY I took a right turn rather then the left. I knew there was a lighthouse on the lake in and considering the nice weather, I went exploring. It was only a 10 minute drive until we arrived at the parking lot for the historic Dunkirk Lighthouse.
The park closed at 2pm on the weekends which only afforded us 25 minutes to explore. I would have loved to take the tour which includes the keepers manor and the lighthouse itself. As it was I ran around trying to capture as much as I could. I definitely will have to make plans for a longer visit the next time I head back to my dad’s house.
Dunkirk Lighthouse 1
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/800s, 26mm, f/8, ISO 200
Dunkirk Lighthouse 2
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/400s, 19mm, f/11, ISO 200
Sailing on Blue Layers
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/1250s, 70mm, f/8, ISO 200
Rolling In
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/1250s, 46mm, f/8, ISO 200
Lean a little to the right
Lean a little to the right
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 35mm f/1.8, 1/50s, f/8, ISO 200
Rocky Silence
Rocky Silence
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/80s, 55mm, f/4, ISO 200
More Flowers Around the Yard
I finally broke down and purchased a new computer for myself. The unbearable slowness of the old one as I processed my images was driving me crazy. Wow! I didn’t realize how bad the computer had fallen. This new one is like lightning. No more sitting around and waiting for me…
The continuous rain has kept me close to home the last few days so I have only been able to sneak out into the yard between the rain drops. I did manage to capture a few of the new additions to the floral displays. The first is the hydrangea that was planted to help spruce up the flower bed at the end of the house for the graduation party.
Pink Rookies
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 35mm f/1.8, 1/200s, f/2.8, ISO 200
I have to admit that the decline of the peony bushes in the yard is largely my fault. The darn lawn mower had a mind of its own, I swear. The one surviving bush had the most blossoms I have ever seen on it this year. It hasn’t been able to withstand all this rain.
Peony Surrender
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 35mm f/1.8, 1/60s, f/8, ISO 200
Wordless Wednesday: Orange
Orange
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/500s, 55mm, f/8, ISO 200
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