Early this year I posted a couple of close-up images of the well winterized Job’s Tears plants we had growing in the yard. This year’s plants were especially nice, and catching them before the winter rains set in makes for cleaner looking seed pods and dry leaves. The pods are commonly used as beads.
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II. 1/80 second at f/2.8, ISO 100.
Canon T2i working the Nifty Fifty.
“Stop complaining about the weather on your blog!” says Maggie. “OK!” says I. Today, it was picture postcard beautiful at the Golden Gate.
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm at 15mm. 1/125 second at f/11, ISO 100.
Canon T2i going wide and long.
These days in coastal Northern California it’s well into December before we begin to feel a real season change. I say “these days” because not so long ago it would start to get cold in early November. Regardless of the changing climate, the old, deciduous oaks continue to drop their leaves more or less on schedule–and that means winter is coming.
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm at 85mm. 1/40 second at f/8.0, ISO 100.
Canon T2i admiring an old tree.
Maggie recently scored a sweet, faux fur/suede jacket off eBay. She had cleaned it today and had it hanging on the clothesline to air out. Since the sun had already passed over the horizon by the time I got home, I put the “Nifty Fifty” on my camera, set it to f/1.8, and took some shots–faux fun.
The profile.
The abstract.
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II.
Both shots: 1/50 second at f/1.8, ISO 400.
Canon T2i hanging with the laundry.
This kind of urban view on an overcast day demands black and white. I took the shot on my knees through an iron gate on the track side of Gastown in Vancouver, BC.
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm at 50mm. 1/80 second at f/9.0, ISO 200.
Canon T2i through an iron gate.