Summer 2010 Trip to the Zoo

Summer 2010 Trip to the Zoo

Colorado Sunet

This sunset is the real deal! We were traveling down the highway in a rented RV near Fort Collins, Colorado and couldn't believe our eyes when we saw this poetic sunset going down over the Rocky Mountains. God is wonderful in his creation!

Black-eyed Susan Yet Again

Not focused well but I still liked it since it had the insects.

Black-eyed Susan Again

Same Black-eyed Susan but different settings. Shot with 70 - 300mm lens, 133mm focal length, ISO 100, f/8, shutter speed 1/200. A shame the fly moved around too quickly for me to get the full image of him...just barely got his wings.

Black-eyed Susan

One lonely Black-eyed Susan was in my field of wild flowers so I had to photograph it. Using my 70.0-300.0mm lens at a focal length of 130mm, I shot it with f/5.6, shutter speed of 1/100 and ISO of 100. Photoshop and Camera Raw were used to sharpen, crop and add borders and stroke.

Double Daylily Again...

This is the same image of my transplanted Double Daylily transplanted from my Uncle Vernor's home in Arkansas. This image was not processed using Photomatix, only with Photoshop. I used the 70-300mm lens, 130mm focal length; f/7.1; shutter speed 1/100; ISO 100. After doing the HDR image then this one I think this is my favorite. What do you think?

Uncle Vernor's Daylily

This double daylily is an important plant because of its ties to my family and remembrances of my Arkansas roots. It is a transplant from my Uncle Vernor's house in Arkansas. Originally, I guess it was my Grandpa Carter's land, so its roots has been around a long time. The metadata for the photo shoot is as follows:
Canon EOS Rebel with lens 70mm-300mm; focal length of 133mm; ISO 100, f/7.1, three shots using 1/25, 1/100, 1/400 then used Photomatix to create an HDR image. Photoshop was then used to complete the canvas size and stroke around the image.