Meet my Sister-In-Law’s dog, Max. Max is a Cockapoo and a cute little guy. He wasn’t sure about the lens I was pointing at him as he sat in his owner’s lap. The flash reflected off the sweater she was wearing and gave Max a nice colored fringe about his head.
March is a transition month in upstate New York. One day holds the promise of Spring with warm breezes and sunshine while the next brings cold, blusterly winds and inches of Lake Effect snow like yesterday. The sun still managed to poke through in the late afternoon to stream through the woods behind my house. I emphasized the blue light of the snow with my camera’s white balance. I get shivers looking at it.
Took in another Syracuse University Orange Women’s Basketball game last week. It was another exciting game with SU winning on a three-pointer by Erica Morrow with eighteen seconds left to play.
At one point, SU was losing by twelve points with eleven minutes to play. The coach took a time out and challenged his players to dig down and win. With the help of the crowd, including the four girls who sat behind me (pictured above), SU came back for the victory. My ears rang all the next day from their screaming when the scoreboard operator asked for noise!
Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) howling at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, New York, on Sunday, February 24. This was the first time I had heard a wolf howl in person. It was a beautiful, soulful sound which touched my spirit even if it wasn’t the deep woods. Sadly, his species was just removed from the Federal Endangered Species List allowing states to allow hunting of these magnificent animals.
All these photographs were taken with the Nikon 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D AF VR Zoom Lens I recently purchased. I did not use a tripod and enjoyed the ability to move quickly to capture a photo opportunity. I highly recommend this lens for it’s versatility, zoom focal length and to get sharp images even at 400mm (600mm 35mm) without a tripod.
to my personal journal through my viewfinder. A place where I leave the world behind and try to find the spirit of what I am seeing.
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