Category Archives: The Homestead

Images taken of my living space.

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Old man cactus

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This past weekend I payed around a bit with my prime lenses set at various shutter and ISO settings at f/4 and below. This example is a tweaked crop of the top of the old man cactus on our patio. When I took the shot the cactus was in full shade and the backdrop was a totally hot midday sunlit field. Obviously, the depth of field was VERY shallow. I used Photoshop to pull the detail out of the shadows which, in turn, homogenized the background. Why not?

Top of the old man cactus

Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM. 1/1000 second at f/2.8, ISO 400.

Canon T2i playing with extremes.

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Neighbors lights at night

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Neighbors. In my immediate vicinity, both of the two closest ones like strong, harsh night lighting and more often than not forget to turn them off. Drives me crazy because I like going out into my yard at night to look at the sky. Alas. So I got creative with it last night. And… It’s now 5:30 PM the next day and these lights are still on–they’ve been on all day. Happens all the time. And, yes, I’ve asked.

Neighbor's BBQ lighting

Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm at 28mm. 3.2 seconds at f/5.6, ISO 800.

Canon T2i looking over the fence.