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A few images taken of the Totem Poles at the Cold Lake Marina in Alberta Canada. Getting sharper at this manual focus thing. Having to learn to read they hyperfocal gauge on the lens. And manual exposure by juggling ISO, Shutter and Aperture. Lots of trial and many errors. Glad I'm not...

Just joined the Fisheye Owners club. Bought a Lensbaby 5.8 Fisheye. Circular Fisheye - Professional Creative Lens for Canon and Nikon SLR Cameras Arrived yesterday. Have only taken a few images - but in addition to the new way of seeing things I"m having to learn to shoot manual as this is a...

My Lensbaby 5.8 Fisheye arrived today Here it is mounted on my D610. It is a fully manual lens. I never shoot manual - now I guess I need to learn. My first shot - in the parking lot of the post office. These two give you an idea of the sharpness - or lack thereof. Keep in mind...

Why go BI when you can TRI I ride a recumbent tricycle and would never consider a bike again. They are not cheap new (as in the price of a FX Nikon) But there is a used market and some do come in well under a grand. Under $500 - hmmm probably not.

Well, when we cycle, we don't BI-cycle, we TRI-cycle. And the camera is either around my neck - most of the time. Or in that black carrier on the back of the trike. I'm not sure how sure I'd be comfortable with my camera on a bicycle - I mean those things fall over.

I looked Didn't see the "Post Your Toy Horsey Pictures" - and I have a few. This is latest addition to my wife's Teddy Bear Collection (I know it's not a bear but her collection includes a few non-bear toys too). It's from the 1950's. _DSC1088-1950s Chiltern Pull Horse Toy-0001 by...

My wife didn't like the white plasticy drawer thing I bought just a month or so ago. She bought an antique sideboard. Not sure what to do with it. It has now become the photography credenza. It was built sometime between 1910 and 1939 - company sticker is still legible and that's when they...

A few old barns out our way. Yep, playing with the pictures - none right from the camera.

Crossing the North Saskatchewan in N.E. Alberta

Got time this a.m. for a couple of Train Shots. Taken in Lloydminster Saskatchewan.

Bought today on Amazon.CA Will be here in less than one month! Wow ETA June 3rd. Ordered May 8th. Gotta love the Canadian way eh Must be coming from China on the slow boat. Tells me it was sold to me by this company "http://amazon.com.ca/" OK .com.ca the Amazon double dot store.

OPTIC 2015 Live B&H livestream of Optic 2015 has started. Event runs May 3-4-5 Next best thing to being there. Watching Ralph Lee Hopkins - Great Voyages: Photo Expeditions to the World's Wild Places Wonderful Wildlife Photography most of us can only dream about. I think it is best to...

Some Touristy Images HDR'd for fun. Loved that "iron horse" - its' about a block north of the Calgary Tower

Took my brand new (as in an hour in my hands) Tamron 24-70 2.8 to the Edmonton Parrot Show. It was a pure stroke of luck finding the place. Pulled into a hotel parking lot to check an address on my phone and saw "Parrot Show Here Today" sign. It was loverly.

After much back and forth on which lens to get, I think I tired my dear wife out with lens chatter and she bought me the Tamron 24-70 F 2.8 VC today at the McBains Camera show in Edmonton. "Happy Early Birthday, Anniversary and Christmas" she says to me. She is a keeper We really lucked...

Does this count? Taken at a display at the "SuperTrains" Model Train Show in Calgary

Another day in the city, another "latest purchase" A deal from the clearance bin I could not pass up. Lowpro Vidcam 5 - not that I have a video camera, but now I need to buy one eh? Makes for a great walk about bag over the shoulder messenger bag style. Holds my 200-400 old long Tammy...

Shooting fish in a barrel - or BIF in a cage Still trying to get the hang of this BIF photography This little Atticus Finch flits about so fast that you can't really see if "flying" when you stand by the cage and watch. On the road - pp adjustments done in a few free online photo programs, had...

my new Manfrotto 680B with a Jobby Head (running out of cash for a much better head - that will come later but the salesman at "The Camera Store" assured me it was more than strong enough for my D610 and a 200-400 lens (total weight about 5.5pound).