Just a duck, nothing special. She (guess) was chilling in the pond just outside the Lincoln Park Zoo. I thought it made for a good picture. I took a few more, but on the shutter speed was roughly halved and they were mostly blurry. Too bad, because the second shot was framed slightly… Continue reading
This was the other decent fireworks shot I got – same show over Navy Pier as the previous. Picture taken with Sony a6000, SEL18200 lens @ 65mm, f/11, 10 sec shutter, ISO 100
I think this picture is only OK at best (in part because my tripod was a smashed down backpack) but I’ve never been good at getting pictures of fireworks that I think are even decent. I think this one is OK – low ISO, and a 4-6 second shutter. This… Continue reading
A Green Tree Python – from the Lincoln Park Zoo collection. I could do a bit more to fix the noise, but overall I think it’s pretty good for a shot taken at ISO 1600. Picture taken with Sony a6000, SEL18200 lens @ 112mm, f/9.0, 1/20 sec shutter, ISO 1600
The Hancock Building in Chicago, good only for it’s interesting perspective. Taken with my favorite camera to gripe about, the SX130. I can’t complain too much, as this was taken in the dark, handheld. Picture taken with Canon SX130 IS, lens at 5mm (36mm equiv), f/3.4, 1.0 sec, ISO 1600
This one’s part of the “I’ve spent way too much time wandering around Lincoln Park Zoo” collection. It’s of the zoo’s prized camel. I felt I should include a picture to offset the number of panoramas I will inevitably post. I’ve seen rationalizations as to why we, humans, like horizontally… Continue reading
The Cloud Gate – better known as the bean. Everyone who’s ever visited Chicago has posted a picture of this thing, BUT MINE HAS SNOW ON IT! OK, it’s not really new or creative, but I like the combination of snow on top, snow that has fallen to the ground… Continue reading
So, I made the comment that yesterday’s picture didn’t look quite right with the horizon made truly horizontal. Then I went to work and was questioned about that statement (that it was unclear, not that I was necessarily wrong, though that’s likely too). Here’s the same picture, “properly” aligned –… Continue reading
As long as we’re on the string of pictures from in and around Lincoln Park, here’s one looking South into the city. This was taken shortly after I got the 50mm f/1.8 lens for the camera so I was running around playing with it. Took a few shots toward the… Continue reading
I have no idea why we were awake for sunrise, but we were. And, I had a tripod and my camera, so I took a few brackets sets of pictures of the sun – obviously just after sunrise and behind a cloud. I attempted some HDR compilations, but they didn’t… Continue reading