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Camera: Sony Alpha 100
Lens: Tamron AF 28-75mm f2.8 XR Di
Cockrell Butterfly Center
A challenging photographic opportunity is the Cockrell Butterfly Center.
It’s very warm and humid in there which causes the camera lens to fog up until it accilmates. Then there’s the sweat rolling into your eyes. Of course the better looking butterflies aren’t sitting totally still. I want to go back and try again but I must remember to bring something to mop my brow with…
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Camera: Sony Alpha 100
Lens: Tamron AF 28-75mm f2.8 XR Di
I’m so happy, I feel 10 inches tall
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Out of all the ornaments we have on our tree, this one is my absolute favorite.
I suppose it might have something to do with the fact that “Mouse” was Cynthia’s childhood nickname and that stamp collecting was my childhood hobby.
Grupo Fantasma
Jose Galeano (click image for larger size)
Gilbert Elorreaga (click image for larger size)
Jellyfish
Sony Alpha 100
50mm f/2
ISO 800
Callistemon (Bottlebrushes)
Sony Alpha 100
Tamron 18-200mm
Focal length 200mm
Rising above the roof of our one story home are 3 seperate bottle brush trees.
They bloom spectacularly in the spring, giving the appearance of a cascading red and green fireworks display frozen in mid-kaboom.
We have one that has decided to bloom here in the middle of December.
Say I’m the only bee in your bonnet
For the last several months Cynthia has been working on a quilt as a Christmas present for her mother. It was originally going to be a green and white traditional birdhouse style quilt.
Before Cynthia got started on it we went to the Gee’s Bend show and it inspired her to do something a little less conventional.
Cynthia decided to design her own non-traditional pattern and ended with this spectacular original creation:
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The pieces are all machine sewn together, but all of the quilting is meticulously and painstakingly done by hand. All in all it took Cynthia about 4 1/2 months to complete this project.
We shipped it last week and Cynthia’s mother received it on Friday.
She was very excited and says she loves it!
Still singing where the weeping willows wave
Acquired a Tamron 18 – 200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR DI-II LD lens for my Sony.
Extremely versatile lens. It allows me to go from a nice wide angle to a reasonable zoom without changing lenses. This will be the perfect travel lens.
Took it out to Terry Hershey Park over off the Beltway. It was just too nice a day to spend indoors. The hike and bike trail extends all the way to Highway 6 and is very pleasant.
Cynthia and I saw many Warblers, a few Woodpeckers and this Mockingbird:
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Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 400
Focal length: 200mm
The image stabilization in this camera is very helpful at these extended focal lengths.