Early Bloom
Thanks to the crazily mild winter that we’ve had here in Eastern North Carolina, signs of spring are already showing up on some confused plant life. In the past couple of days, most of the flowering bushes around my house have bloomed. This morning I woke up and went outside to see that even my Crepe Myrtles were flowering. This is all great until I realize that the grass needs mowed already…
Although I am not sure of what this bush is, it has been my favorite. The flowers resemble roses, although I do know it isn’t a rose bush. There was a morning dew beaded up on its petals and with a beam of sunlight shining down on it, I had to go grab my camera and take a few frames.
The shot on the left was taken with my Nikkor 70-300 VR lens and the one on the right was taken using a Nikkor 50mm 1.8. Both with a Nikon D90 body.
Nothin’ Like A Cold Dew | New Bern, NC
No, I’m not talking about an ice cold Mountain Dew, although I do feel myself having a bit of a craving now… On this fall morning, downtown New Bern was under a thick, wet, humid fog. I had set out before it was light out in order to capture a sunset, but the before mentioned fog kind of ruined that plan. As the sun came up and it lightened up a bit, I was able to grab a few shots of the fog bathed boats in the marina that I really liked. I then walked over to the North Carolina History Center to try to shoot the waterfront from that angle. After a few not-so-exciting shots there, I was getting my gear packed up when I noticed the tall grass that usually goes overlooked. It was covered in little droplets of water and was bending under the weight of the water drops. It looked so neat to me that I got my gear back up and set up to shoot some macros. I don’t do a whole lot of macro photography, but sometimes it’s nice to change things up a bit! Hope you enjoy the little change-up for today.
The shot: Nikon D90, 18-105mm VR Nikkor lens shot @ 105mm. Tripod held, remote fired. 3 exposures blended in Photomatix Pro, finished in Photoshop CS4 with various layer masks bringing back original exposures.
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‘Hello, Spring’ | New Bern, NC
I shot this yesterday while working on an assignment at Tryon Palace. The tulips are in full bloom and the gardens look amazing! I’d highly recommend a visit this week, and bring your camera!
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Macro HDRs, Jeep Style.
Today was the warmest day of the year so far. It reached the mid 70’s here in New Bern. This was the perfect opportunity for me to do a much needed wash and wax job on my Jeep. After the task was done, I snapped some close up shots. This short photo set is a collection of some of these macro shots…processed in HDR to boot. It’s something a little different, I usually concentrate on landscape and nature shots. It was fun to do this quick shoot. Hopefully I can find some car shows this summer to more extensive work like this.
