Total Internal Reflection

Fishing season is over in Washington for the winter. Hopefully the trout will be biting in the spring.

Camera = Canon 20D
Lens = Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro
Shutter = 1/13 second
Aperture = f/5
Focal Length = 100mm
Exp Comp = -0.3 ev
Flash = -1.3ev
ISO = 100

Well, no sense denying it, fall is here. I went to the Washington Park Arboretum to take pictures. The light was perfect but I missed the morning dew by about an hour. I seem to recall that standard macro equipment for nature photography includes a spray bottle of water. If I'd had one, I could have put some extra water drops in this shot for good effect.

I really am not all that happy with this picture. It's just OK. I under exposed it trying to keep from losing the top of the loose leaf from being over exposed. Sometimes I wonder how I would do with a roll of film compared to my digital shots. HDR didn't work for me either due to the subtle wind that kept shifting the branches.

Camera = Canon 20D
Lens = Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro
Shutter = 1/10 second
Aperture = f/3.2
Focal Length = 100mm
Exp Comp = -2.0 ev
Flash = Off
ISO = 100

Here's one from the vault. This is the view from my hotel room in Port Balintrae, Northern Ireland. It's a great little town without much of the tourist buzz of other areas in Ireland. I had to ride 3 trains, and two buses to get there. One of the trains was so old the floorboards were rotten and you could watch the tracks go by through the floorboards. The doors were so old you had to pull down the window and reach through to open the doors from the outside. The people here were great but there was a lack of a good local pub... other than the one in my hotel.

Camera = Canon 20D
Lens = Canon 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Shutter = 1/320
Aperture = f/10
Focal Length = 38mm
Flash = Off
ISO = 200

Another shot from the Marymoor Park PeaPatch.

Camera = Canon 20D
Lens = Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro
Shutter = 1/2500 second
Aperture = f/3.2
Focal Length = 100mm
Exp Comp = 0ev
Flash = Off
ISO = 100

The Pea Patch is a public garden in Marymoor Park in Seattle, Washington. I didn't even know there was a public garden in the park until I happened to walk by it. There are several plots there for rent. They are 10 x 40ft plots so you have plenty of space to grow things. Lots of people have their areas all pimped out, looks pretty cool.

Met some really nice people who graciously allowed me to walk through their little plot of land to take pictures. I took the macro lens out and got some good flower shots. Found a couple of pumpkin patches that I'll post soon. The flower shots are getting old... I wonder if I can find a car show to take pictures at?

Camera = Canon 20D
Lens = Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro
Shutter = 1/125 second
Aperture = f/4
Focal Length = 100mm
Exp Comp = -0.7ev
Flash = Off
ISO = 100

The wild flowers are in bloom along the Burke-Gillman trail near my apartment. Here's another one that I found nestled in a bunch of wild grasses that had dried up and gone to seed.

Camera = Canon 20D
Lens = Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro
Shutter = 1/80 second
Aperture = f/5.6
Focal Length = 100mm
Exp Comp = -1/3ev
Flash = Off
ISO = 200

These flowers are just starting to come out on the Burke Gillman trail in North Seattle, Washington. They look like some crazy ancient plant, especially with the red center. When they are more fully open they are far more plain.

Camera = Canon 20D
Lens = Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro
Shutter = 1/125 second
Aperture = f/2.8
Focal Length = 100mm
Exp Comp = -1/3ev
Flash = Off
ISO = 100