I’ve recently had the chance to play with the high-speed continuous shooting capabilities of my Canon 40D, and I’ve learned about a few things that affect its speed — some of which were pretty surprising to me. My experiments started a couple weeks ago when I shot some pictures of a trebuchet my son built […]
Helping Hands
My son’s Scout Troop has been helping out at running races for several years now. Usually, we’ll work a water station, handing out water and/or sports drinks to the runners. Today, we worked a large-ish half-marathon, with over 1,000 runners participating, which made it one of our larger efforts. We had close to 40 volunteers […]
Blackhand Gorge
I went for a hike today at the Blackhand Gorge nature preserve just east of Newark (OH). I’ve got quite a few photos I’m working through yet – I’ll get them posted to the gallery as soon as I can. In the meantime, here’s a photo of a quarry just off the route of the […]
Dogwood
I’ve completed a pass through the photos from my Blackhand Gorge hike this weekend – they’re in the gallery if you want to take a look. This is a dogwood, which along with Eastern Redbud, is the main flowering tree you can see growing natively in central Ohio. I think several of the shots from […]
Ohio Central
Here’s another shot from Blackhand Gorge. This is an Ohio Central trestle over the Licking River. I liked the contrast of the red maple buds and the blue-ish bridge in the background. From the looks of the rails on that line, it still sees traffic, but not a ton of it. Be sure to check […]
Soon
It’s springtime in Ohio, and I had a chance to stop by the Franklin Park Conservatory last week to shoot some of the spring blooms. I got some nice shots of flowers in full bloom, but I thought this one was sort of interesting because this one lone bud was obviously late to the party. […]
Guarding the Parking Lot
I’ve seen this hawk hanging around work on and off for around two years now. I’ve tried a few times to get some shots of him (her?), and so far, I think these have turned out the best. I’m just about positive this is a broad-winged hawk, though I’d happily accept identification from a more […]
How much better?
I read a review of Canon’s 135mm f/2.0 lens last week, and it looks like a spectacular lens. As you might imagine, it’s a really large chunk of glass, and the sample images in the review look fantastic, but one of the things that struck me was the crazy cost difference between equipment like this […]
On the Wing
A couple weeks ago, I spent a little time at a Columbus metro park called Blendon Woods. It turned out to be a worthwhile trip. There’s a large pond there with a pretty dense population of waterfowl, but the best features there are two blinds built right on the water. These blinds are built to […]
Why shoot RAW?
One of the features found on quite a few high-end P&S cameras, and all DSLR’s (as far as I know) is the ability to output RAW files. This feature tends to be pretty confusing for new users, but power-users and pros love it. What are RAW files, and what’s all the confusion about? RAW files […]