Category Archives: macro

Brrr!

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Barge Canal Area

It was a little cold this morning, just below freezing, but I wanted to stop before groceries to grab some images.  My original thought was to get nice, moody images as there was a lot of fog in the area.  My plans quickly changed as noticed the great frost on everything as I was driving down to the canal (the canal is my go to place for foggy, moody images).

I switched lenses to my macro lens and went out exploring around the parking area for the canal trail.  It didn’t take me very long to find some beautiful subjects.  I have a habit of going for the simple subjects but I think it definitely works for these.

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Frost One

Frost One
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro, 1/30s, f/2.8, ISO 200

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Frost Two

Frost Two
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro, 1/8s, f/3.2, ISO 200

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Frost Three

Frost Three
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro, 1/8s, f/5.6, ISO 200

I did manage to grab those moody shots as well but I will save those for another post. I tried a new location along the canal and it paid off for me… 🙂

Not Waiting on Spring

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Although the weather was the best it has been in quite a long time I was tired of waiting for some color to arrive here in Upstate NY. I decided to bring home some flowers from the store to brighten up the place and give me something to photograph. Still think I need to play with the photography part of this plan but the touch of color did make me feel better… 🙂

Not Waiting on Spring Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 0.6s, 70mm, f/8, ISO 100

Not Waiting on Spring
Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 0.6s, 70mm, f/8, ISO 100

Pumpkin Spice

Posted by Mike on

Thirty in Eleven – TIE04

I’m not sure it is a good thing that I was thinking about making these cookies all day at work. I knew with the sun setting early that my time outside would be limited and that if I made the cookies I would have a good subject for the fourth image in my project. Oh, and I could also eat some of them if they turned out OK.

Pssstt… they did! Quite delicious. Pumpkin spice cookies with cream cheese frosting. Just a little past Halloween but definitely in the fall spirit. My department at work will be happy as they get the bounty of my cooking experiments. No way I can leave these at home, they wouldn’t last long and I would be putting on the pounds.

Pumpkin Spice Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/20s, 24mm, f/5.6, ISO 800

Pumpkin Spice
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/20s, 24mm, f/5.6, ISO 800