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It's getting late my friends so let me jump right into today's photo. Here we see a couple of roses from the bouquet I gave Kim for her birthday today. Happy Birthday Sweetie :)

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Cropping and color adjustments were made in Photoshop.

Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma 18-250mm Lens at 51mm
- Aperture Priority
- Aperture F8
- Shutter Speed 1 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 250
- Center Weighted Average Metering

Here is the "Before" image.

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Yesterday's View...

Thursday March 30, 2017

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Today I am almost wrapping up a weeks worth of flowers shot at Longwood. I say almost because I may have one or two more. It really was a good day. So please enjoy these lilies. Another one of my favorites. In fact I hope to have some of my own this Spring. Stay tuned.

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Cropping and adjustments were made in Photoshop.

Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 61mm
- Aperture Priority
- Aperture F11
- Shutter Speed 1/25 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 200
- Center Weighted Average Metering

Here is the "Before" image.

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Yesterday's View...

Wednesday March 29, 2017

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Today's photo is another "I'm not sure what it is" flower pic. It's of course another from Longwood last Saturday.

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I don't like the composition as much as my other efforts this week but I love the detail.

Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 43mm
- Aperture Priority
- Aperture F9
- Shutter Speed 1/80 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 320
- Center Weighted Average Metering

Here is the "Before" image.

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Yesterday's View...

Tuesday March 28, 2017

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Today I am posting yet another flower photo. And there is no doubt about what kind it is this time.

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One of my favorites. And what a wonderful display. It makes me look forward to when our large orchid blooms. And it won't be long.

Cropping and color adjustments were standard and completed in Photoshop.

Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 51mm
- Aperture Priority
- Aperture F10
- Shutter Speed 1/13 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 400
- Center Weighted Average Metering

Here is the "Before" image.

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Yesterday's View...

Monday March 27, 2017

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Continuing with our Longwood trip I am sharing another "Mystery" flower. Well, it's a mystery to me. I think it's an Orchid. It was "Orchid Extravaganza" after all. And there are many breed of Orchid I am not familiar with. Once again any help identifying it would be awesome.

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Normal adjustments made in Photoshop.

Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 51mm
- Aperture Priority
- Aperture F10
- Shutter Speed 1/25 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 200
- Center Weighted Average Metering

Here is the "Before" image.

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And now...

Yesterday's View...

Sunday March 26, 2017

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I need your help today friends. You can probably figure that I will be sharing some flowers that I shot while at Longwood yesterday. And like most trips to Longwood I didn't record the names of many of the flowers. You would think that after so many visits and so many photos, literally thousands, I would be somewhat of an expert. Not even close! I am usually concentrating on framing the image and camera settings. And of course driving those who are visiting with me nuts. They often have to wait while I shoot obsessively. Anyhow here is my offering to you for today. Any help identifying it would be awesome.

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Cropping and color adjustments were performed in Photoshop, as usual.

Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 73mm
- Aperture Priority
- Aperture F9.0
- Shutter Priority 1/40 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 320
- Center Weighted Average Metering

Here is the "Before" image.

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Yesterday's View...

Saturday March 25, 2017

And that will about do it folks. As I said any help identifying today's flower would be greatly appreciated.

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Wow, what wonderful weather we had here today. The temperatures rose above 70° F ((21° C) and for most of the day the skies were clear. And after over 3 months Kim and I finally found the time to drive down to Longwood Gardens. Our good friends Rich and Marion joined us too. To add to the fun Longwood's Orchid Extravaganza is still in full swing. So there were lots of orchids, of course. It should be no surprise that today's photo is an orchid.

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Cropping and color adjustments were made in Photoshop.

Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 87mm
- Aperture Priority
- Aperture F11
- Shutter Speed 1/25 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 400
- Center Weighted Average Metering

Here is the "Before" image.

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And now...

Yesterday's View...

Friday March 24, 2017

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Today we re-visit a Cafe guest that I shared a couple days ago. This is a closer look at the female Downy Woodpecker from Wednesday afternoon.

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Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 87mm
- Shutter Priority
- Aperture F5.60
- Shutter Speed 1/640 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 800
- Partial Metering

Cropping and color adjustments made in Photoshop.

Here is the Before" image.

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And now...

Yesterday's View...

Thursday March 23, 2017

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During my daily morning routine of filling the cafe feeders and just checking things out in our back yard I saw another sunrise that I just had to shoot. But I was also feeling a little creative. So taking a risk of today's photo turning out just a bit too different I processed it in HDR using Photomatix. Basically it blends three or more frames that were shot at different levels of brightness to give a somewhat unique result. I tried not to go overboard. What do you think?

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I also did some touch-up in Photoshop.

I am forgoing the technical info and "Before" image today since this was made with different frames at different settings. I don't do a lot of HDR but once in a while I like to play around with it.

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Yesterday's View...

Wednesday March 22, 2017

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Today's photo isn't my best work but I had to share it. This girl was hanging around our front yard enjoying some peanuts I put out plus some acorns from one of our trees.

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Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 250mm
- Shutter Priority
- Aperture F6.30
- Shutter Speed 1/500 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 800
- Center Weighted Average Metering 

Here is the "Before" image.

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And now...

Yesterday's View...

Tuesday March 21, 2017

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At the end of a stressful workday I find it rather therapeutic to just relax outside with nature and of course grab a shot or two. And that was just what I needed this afternoon. Fortunately the weather was rather pleasant and the birds were abundant. As such I was able to get this cool shot of a female Downy Woodpecker at one of the feeders.

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She must have been hungry because she stuck around for quite a while.

Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 87mm
- Shutter Priority
- Aperture F5.6
- Shutter Speed 1/640 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 800
- Partial Metering

Here is the "Before" image.

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And now...

Yesterday's View...

Monday March 20, 2017

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Today I am sharing one more shot from our quick overnight trip to Atlantic City. This is a row of houses along the water at Gardner's Basin.

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I guess this can be in celebration of the first day of Spring. Pretty soon the warm weather will be upon us and this scene will go from desolate to packed with the fun of Summer.

Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 31mm
- Aperture Priority
- Aperture F18
- Shutter Speed 1/60 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 200
- Center Weighted Average Metering

Photoshop was used for cropping, color adjustments and brightening.

Here is the "Before" image.

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And now...

Yesterday's View...

Sunday March 19, 2017

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Today I am carrying on with yesterday's theme. This yet another photo from Atlantic city New Jersey and like the empty boat docks seems a bit lonely. Spring however is a mere hours away as I type this and with it hopefully warmer weather. And when it does I hope to return to AC and report back with some nice sunny and fun filled shots. But until then...

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Over the past few years I have been drawn to this scene time and again. If that bench could talk it would probably have a good story or two. And perhaps some not so good ones.

I cropped this in Photoshop and converted it to black and white with the help of Silver Efex Pro 2. Part of the wonderful NIK Collection of filters available at no charge from Google. Click here to find out more.

Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 22mm
- Aperture Priority
- Aperture F18
- Shutter Speed 1/50 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 200
- Center Weighted Average Metering

Here is the "Before" image.

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Yesterday's View...

Saturday March 18, 2017

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Today I am sharing a photo that I made during our overnight trip to Atlantic City New Jersey. This is where private boats dock at Gardner's Basin just off the Absecon Inlet. You can see the Atlantic City Aquarium in the background. Looking kind of lonely isn't it?

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Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 18mm
- Aperture Priority
- Aperture F18
- Shutter Speed 1/40 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 200
- Center Weighted Average Metering

I didn't do any cropping but did make some color adjustments in Photoshop. I also brightened it up a bit.

Here is the "Before"image.

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Yesterday's View...

Friday March 17, 2017

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Please excuse today's short post. But I am in kind of a hurry. So for now it's just the photo. But I should have some good stuff next time.

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This morning as I stepped into our backyard I was greeted by the most wonderful sunrise I have seen in a while. Now that the day is almost done and the sun has set in these parts I thought I'd share it with you.

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Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 18mm
- Aperture Priority
- Aperture F20
- Shutter Speed 1/25 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 200
- Multi Segment Metering

No cropping was done but I did adjust the colors and brightness.

Here is the "Before" image.

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Yesterday's View...

Wednesday March 15, 2017

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I like to call today's photo "Coming In For A Landing". If you look closely I think you'll see why.

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Growing up just six miles from here I used to see bluejays all the time. Then in the ten plus years I lived at my second home just two miles away I never saw them. Not even one. Now in our new home just four more miles away I have a family of them living in the trees in our backyard. I see several each day. Go figure.

Technical Info

- Canon EOS 80D
- Sigma 18-250mm Lens at 250mm
- Shutter Priority
- Aperture F7.10
- Shutter Speed 1/800 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 200
- Center Weighted Average Metering

Normal cropping and color adjustments made in Photoshop.

Here is the "Before" image.

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Yesterday's View...

Tuesday March 14, 2017

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I am nicknaming today's photo "This Explains A Lot".

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A few times over the last week or so I would come home in the afternoon only to find this feeder messed up. I would find it hanging open and of course empty. And I would fix it only to find it hanging open again the next day. But I think I have found the culprit.

Technical info

- Canon 80D
- Sigma DC 18-250mm Lens at 250mm
- Shutter Priority
- Aperture F6.30
- Shutter Speed 1/800 Second
- ISO (Film Speed) 200
- Center Weighted Average Metering

Cropping, White Balance and general color adjustments made in Photoshop

Here is the "Before" image.

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And now...

Yesterday's View...

Monday March 13, 2017

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