The sheer prodigality and variety of blooms in this part of the country amazes me – Spring in Maryland and Virginia is a cornucopia of beautiful blooms in succession and just when the dogwoods were peaking and the redbuds leafing out, I suddenly started seeing cascades of lavender-purple flowers tumbling over fences, drooping over country [...]
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Spring Flowers: Wisteria – Sony Alpha 700
Posted in Digital SLR, Photography, Sony Alpha 700, Sony SAL18200, Sony α, Zoom, tagged backroads photography, Landscape, Light, Maryland Spring, Montgomery county, Roadside flowers, Seasons, Spring, Spring Flowers, Wisteria on April 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Flowering Dogwoods, Mustard Blossoms and Redbuds in Maryland
Posted in 3rd party lenses, Digital SLR, Landscapes, Macrophotography, Minolta AF Mount, Photography, Sigma, Sony Alpha 700, Sony SAL18200, Sony α, Zoom, tagged Alpha 700, Carroll County, Flowering Landscape, Gaithersburg, macro lens, Mustard Blossoms, SAL18200, Sigma, Sony Alpha, Spring Flowering on April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mid-April is the time for flowering dogwoods and vast expanses of wild mustard growing in the fields all over Carroll County… later in the year, these fields will be planted with Soya beans or Corn, but for now, they are just a golden mass of flowers, gently swaying in the slightest breeze. The dogwoods are [...]
Colonial Beach, VA – Sony Alpha 700
Posted in Digital SLR, Landscapes, Photography, Sony Alpha 700, Sony SAL18200, Sony α, Zoom, tagged Colonial Beach, Hustoric Beaches, Potomac River, SAL18200, Sony Alpha 700, Tiffen polarizer, Virginia Beaches, Waterscape on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Colonial Beach is a little town on the Virginia side of the Potomac River, about 60 miles south of DC… it’s the second longest beach in Virginia (Virginia Beach is the longest). The town was founded in 1892, and served as get away for the residents of DC in the early years [...]
OM mount Kitstar 200mm f/3.3 on the Sony Alpha 700
Posted in 3rd party lenses, Bower α Adapter, Digital SLR, Manual Lenses, Photography, Sony Alpha 700, Sony α, Telephoto, tagged Kits Camera, Kitstar, Olympus, OM mount, Ritz Camera, Woodland on April 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Kitstar 200mm is a lens that I acquired very cheaply on Ebay last year – it was an impulse purchase, really, since I knew very little about the lens other than it had a OM mount, and I was intrigued by its unusual maximum aperture. My intention was to compare it with my [...]
