Winter Trail

Hopefully this will be one of the last images in the Monochrome Winter series…

Winter Trail Nikon D5100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/200s, 200mm, f/8, ISO 200

Winter Trail
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/200s, 200mm, f/8, ISO 200

The Blues

Sunday was a great day! Not only was the day gorgeous with warm temperatures and sunshine I was able to bookend the day with photography. Due in part to daylight savings time occurring Sunday morning I had plenty of time for a walk with the camera before anyone else in the house woke up. There were a few clouds in the sky willing to highlight the sunrise and a long absence from the field across the road combined for some great early morning captures.

After a busy day filled with grocery shopping and a trip to the movies with my daughter I ended the day at Delta Lake state park for some sunset delight. Once again there were cooperating clouds, no wind and practically no people. The ice on the lake has started to melt and the water pools added to any composition I wanted to create. You might be flooded with pictures from the fun last night. I’ll apologize ahead of time! 🙂

Morning BluesNikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/160s, 26mm, f/5.6, ISO 800

Morning Blues
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/160s, 26mm, f/5.6, ISO 800

Evening BluesNikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/100s, 32mm, f/11, ISO 200

Evening Blues
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/100s, 32mm, f/11, ISO 200

Weekly Photo Challenge: Forward

“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths” – Walt Disney

Forward – this is the Weekly Photo Challenge over on The Daily Post. To me, the start of every day is the point where you put that next foot forward on your journey.

Morning's Light Nikn D5100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 3s, 65mm, f/22, ISO 100

Morning’s Light
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 3s, 65mm, f/22, ISO 100

Wordless Wednesday: City at the End of the Line

City at the End of the LineNikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/15s, 70mm, f/25, ISO 200

City at the End of the Line
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/15s, 70mm, f/25, ISO 200

Industrial

This week over at A Word in Your Ear the Word a Week Challenge is all about industrial images. You can check out the original post here AWAWC: Industrial. My intent was to get out and capture a few new images but once again work and the weather have made that a challenge unto itself. Hopefully, a recycling of a few images from July 2012 will not offend anyone.

I had been driving past each of these buildings/structures for years and when I caught the photography fever I always wanted to capture them in the early morning light. I was fortunate enough one morning in July to get the sunrise I was looking for and the time to visit each location. I was very happy with how each image turned out and have been keeping my eye open for additional subjects, but surprisingly it isn’t as easy as I thought. I keep looking though…

Awake! Rock beast Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, (1, 4, 15s bracket), 26mm, f16, ISO 400

Awake! Rock beast
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, (1, 4, 15s bracket), 26mm, f16, ISO 400

From a forgotten time Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, (1/125, 1/30, 1/8s bracket), 21mm, f16, ISO 400

From a forgotten time
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, (1/125, 1/30, 1/8s bracket), 21mm, f16, ISO 400

Nature takes back Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, (1/80, 1/20, 1/5s bracket), 32mm, f22, ISO 200

Nature takes back
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, (1/80, 1/20, 1/5s bracket), 32mm, f22, ISO 200

The business end Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, (1/40, 1/10, 1/3s bracket), 58mm, f22, ISO 200

The business end
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, (1/40, 1/10, 1/3s bracket), 58mm, f22, ISO 200