Noisy Little Finch

I don't actually know what kind of bird this is but it sure was noisy. I had a hard time even seeing it because I was looking for something much larger. f/8, 1/30 sec, ISO 110 zoomed way in with the 70-300 lens.  LYLE

faces in strange places

this is what happens when lightning strikes a salt water tank in the gas feild. I am thankfull I wasn't location when it happened. The tank on the left is a replacement for the damaged tanks.  ISO 400, 1/125 sec f22 full manual 28mm.  Bruce

Urban Quail

I was out at noon today (April 27) and saw this little quail on Temple Square.  I got a pretty good angle on him and he let me take quite a few shots.  Sorry I didn't take the time to look up the info on the settings. The ivy is growing around the base of a tree and the family of quail seemed to be living there.  LYLE

Pink Blossoms

Judi thinks this is a Japanese tree of some kind, I really couldn't tell you. I shot the HDR's at 8:30 pm so that is the moon up there. I used the 10-24 lens again at f/4.5. LYLE

Future Plums

This tree is standing in the school yard next door, it is a flowering plum (I think), they don't acutally bear fruit. Lots of them in the neighborhood. I took the HDR set about 6:30 pm. I used the 10-24 wide angle set at f/4.5.  LYLE

The Play Set

NIMBY

This is in my back yard. The house on the left is mine. The photo is HDR with 0 step set at f/8, 1/2 sec, ISO 1600, +1.7 EV, 10 mm at about 8:45 pm. LYLE

Original Train

This is the original photo that I used to do the next one. Not a bad photo by itself, just not real creative.  LYLE

Its a Black and White World

It is really amazing what can be done in Photoshop.  LYLE

First United Methodist church

I really wasn't satisfied with this one but didn't get a chance to shot another time with the tree in bloom I will have to wait untill next year. I think this is one of the prettiest buildings in Marshall.   1/450 sec  f5.6 ISO 200 at 35mm  Bruce

Wasatch Front-HDR Step 0

This is the 0 step of the next HDR photo. It was shot at f/5.3, 1 sec shutter delay, ISO 1600, +0.7 step at 70 mm. I also set the camera in shutter priority. After it was tonemapped and photoshopped it looks like the next posting.  LYLE

A Night Shot

This photo was taken about 30 minutes after sunset, it was totally dark. I took it with a 1 second shutter delay, a -0.7 EV and 5 shots. I messed with it in photoshop and equalized the histrogram, I also changed the curves to enhance the color. I was pleasantly surprised that there was so much detail when it seemed that there was so little light.  LYLE

Is it STILL Snowing?

You may recognize this from a photo I posted on Oct. 25, 2009, it is the same park. You would think that by April 6 the snow would stop, but NO!, not here in SLC. ISO 100, f/8, 98 mm, 1/160 shutter with -0.3 step. LYLE

Welcome to Trolley Square

This is an entrance to a shopping mall in SLC called Trolley Square. I was concerned when I went over there during my lunch hour that it would be filled with people. I guess the economy has taken its toll. This is a 5 shot HDR set at +1.7 EV and 1 full f stop in aperture priority.  LYLE

Nuts No Snow

This one is hard to look at like a pin stripe shirt your eye dosn't know where to focus.  I almost over looked these ACORNS and SWEETGUM BALLS  I'mglad I didn't because this is the only photo I got at this location worth posting. 1/800sec. f6.70  200 ISO 34mm Bruce

White Rose

This beautiful rose was in the center of a lovely boquet. I was not sure if I could get a nice picture of it due to the lack of a macro lens. I used my 18-135 lens at the 135 end of the spectrum and stood way back. I shot it without the use of a tripod so I was happy that it didn't come out too blury. I also opened up the aperture all the way and set the camera on dynamic metering and manually chose the focus spot. f/5.6, 1/40 shutter, ISO 800 with a +1 step. LYLE

the wood shed

This exposure was a mistake I had my camera in manual mode and couldn't see the meter in the veiwfinder. I took a couple of shots before checking to see how they looked I didn't think it would be worth messing with but after I adjusted some of the others I tried to save this one and wouldn't you know it I liked it the best . I allways heard of getting punished behind the wood shed but I don't remember getting punished behind one myself. Bruce