Tag Archives: bokeh

View 323: Spring Sports in Central New York

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Scott Thomas Photography

The calendar has turned to Spring but the weather here in central New York is still fluctuating between it and Winter. I photographed my first outdoor field lacrosse game of the season over the weekend. The weather started out windy and … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports, Weekly View | Tagged 80-400mm, baldwinsville, bees, bokeh, cazenovia, central, faceoff, game, helmets, high school, lacrosse, lakers, new york, nikon D700, players, safety, snow, spring, sticks, turf, vr | 4 Comments

eBook Review: Sharp Shooter

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Scott Thomas Photography

In Craft & Vision‘s latest $5US eBook entitled Sharp Shooter, author Martin Baily teaches about focusing techniques you can use to take sharper photographs. It is an in depth look at not only focusing techniques but the theory behind how … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged bag pipes, baldwinsville, bokeh, color guard, craft and vision, ebook, firemen, focus, memorial day, mustache, new york, parade, piper, sharp, sharpseries, sunglasses | 3 Comments

Eastern Bluebird

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Scott Thomas Photography

It was a windy, cold Spring day when I visited the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge near Seneca Falls, New York last week. The Wildlife Drive was not completely open yet with a turn around and two way traffic on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals | Tagged 80-400mm, birds, bokeh, eastern bluebird, female, montezuma national wildlife refuge, new york, nikon D7100, outdoors, seneca falls, sialia sialis, spring, vr, wildlife | 3 Comments

Finding Color in Your Compositions

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Scott Thomas Photography

As I mentioned when introducing this month’s assignment on Color Composition, I was surprised how little I used color that way even though I shoot it exclusively. Upon perusing my photo library, I found the following photographs I remembered taking … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged 1000 islands, 18-200mm vr, 28-300mm, atlantic, beach, bokeh, bridge, color, composition, covered, lake george, marker, new jersey, new york, nikon D70, nikon D700, ocean city, pier, prospect mountain, red, reflection, trail, vr, water, wooden, yellow | 7 Comments

View 224: Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Scott Thomas Photography

In the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, I watched the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite after supper. Cronkite would introduce stories and maps of this area half way around the world called Southeast Asia where the Vietnam War was … Continue reading →