Still on the Olympic Peninsula, a couple of shots that felt like a B&W treatment was in order. First some beach art I came across near the mouth of the Elwha, – with the big white mass of Mt. Baker in the background – followed by a wooden shed on a pier at Port Gamble. […]
One of my favourite places has to be the Olympic Peninsula, Washington State – with very many great photo opportunities. Here are a couple from a visit earlier this year – sunset at Ruby Beach and sunrise at Crescent Lake. I keep wanting to straighten the horizon on this one – but just an optical […]
Today’s picture is from a lunchtime walk – just to get some food – when I come across a bird I’d not seen before. This enforces my view that the best camera is the one you have with you – so pulled out my Windows Phone 7 (Samsung Focus) and snapped a picture. The quality […]
This one I took a while back, nearly six years ago, with my first Digital Camera (which was already a few years old by then) a Canon PowerShot G2. Great camera – I could even be tempted back to the series with the new G1 X, but it isn’t as small as some of the […]
Had a great weekend away in the Olympic Peninsula – some wonderful locations and this was one of my favourite shots from the second day. A serene waterfall, and not far from the road – near the junction of 101 and 113, at Sappho. I wanted to get a somewhat milky look to the water, […]
Even the rainy days give good photo opportunities. One oft quoted photo statement is that best light for photography is before 10am and after 4pm, and while I wouldn’t disagree – it does somewhat make for a strange lunch time – so the grey days can give a break from the overhead direct light conditions […]
One of the other challenges I set myself for Lunch With a Lens, was to go out with a zoom and take the same subject at each end of the zoom range – so taking a long shot – then zooming with my feet to get close enough to the subject that it appeared the […]
One of the reasons for choosing the Pentax K-5, as well as the great reviews it was getting, was that I already owned lenses from the film days for my ME-Super and with the shake reduction built in to the body I get that feature even with my old lenses. This shot was taken with […]
From one of my first Lunch With a Lens excursions. Lucky enough to have some good subjects within walking distance, and this uprooted tree caught my attention when I was out with my 15mm – probably one of my most used lenses (until I bought the 18 to 135mm weatherproof). I use Adobe Lightroom for […]
My first posting at Lunch with a Lens – and the idea came to me a while back as a means to get me away from my desk and get some fresh air – and also take some pictures! My first round of pictures centered on going out with a specific lens and finding subjects […]
