5D Mk IV – EF 24-70 F/2.8L – 580EX II SpeedLite – 1/125, f/22, ISO 100, Eval Meter This is going to be short. I don’t have an internet connection to my website – blame it on ComCRAPS. Instead, I am forced to use a one bar cellular hotspot so bandwidth is very limited. The PotD was at Roxie’s suggestion. The plant on the front porch has started blooming very large flowers. This is one of them. The interesting thing […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/200, f/4, ISO 125, Eval Meter I took some internal backlash over this PotD, but I never promised that this project would be without controversy. This photo comes with a warning: Graphic or explicit content – viewers be advised. Anyway, this black cat has been seen in our yard several times over the past several days. Today, we saw it in the front yard with what we originally thought was a mouse or a […]

Canon G7X Mk II – 1/30, f/1.8, ISO 320 This very well may be the worst picture of the PotD series. I mean that from the technical standpoint. Dan and Alex came to visit this evening and we went to LBC for supper. I was very busy today and did not have time for any pictures. We went to LBC and I asked the waitress to take a pic. I set it to auto and the rest is history. It […]

5D Mk IV – EF16-35mm f/2.8L – Variable shutter, f/8, ISO 100, Partial Meter Well today I had an official real estate photo shoot. The photos I took will hopefully help it get a premium price. I brought a lot of my photo gear just to be ready, but found I used the 16-35mm lens, remote, flash, and tripod exclusively. Only a couple of shots were handheld – almost everything was done with the tripod given the slow shutter speeds […]

5D Mk IV – EF16-35 f/2.8L – Variable Shutter, f/5.6, ISO 100, Eval Meter This is an almost identical pic as the one I took on Day 74 (March 15). However, I did want to use yesterday and today to prep for the upcoming photo shoot. I took about 100 photos of the view out the back upper deck. Some of these were with a flash and the umbrella up. Some were of exposure bracketing 5 photos and merging them […]

5D Mk IV – EF16-35 f/2.8L – SpeedLite 580 EX II – 1/4 sec, f/7.1, ISO 100, Partial Meter Today was a practice day. Tomorrow will be too. You see I have a real estate shoot coming up so I need to review the techniques for that type of shooting. There are several options to choose from but generally you will need a DSLR with a wide angle lens. Also, flashes/strobes, a tripod, and a remote shutter control. Typically you […]

5D Mk IV – 16-35 f/2.8L – 1/250, f/5, ISO 320, Eval Meter Busy day and not a lot of time for photos. However, we are under a severe thunderstorm watch. It came out awhile ago so I grabbed the camera and ran outside hoping to get a cloud pic. As I got outside, the sky was dark to the north, but very low clouds were moving in fast from the Northeast. The wind picked up fast and it got […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/60, f/4, ISO 125, Eval Meter Today was a bit different. We went to visit Steph and Ryan and ended up doing some target practice. I set the camera to Auto Scene mode (Art Bold) and handed it to Ryan. He then took the pics and I was the model. Then I had everyone vote on the Photo of the Day and this is it. Have to work out some kinks with the Smith […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/320, F/5.6, ISO 125, Eval Meter I saw this truck today and wondered if I could re-image the picture as an old time tin-type picture in Lightroom. Taking the pic was just standard photographer stuff – set the exposure and snapped the pic. I then put it into Lightroom and processed using some different techniques I’ve learned, then modified those to what I thought looked good.For this to have that true ‘tin-type’ look, I […]

‘Tim-Berrrr’ 5D Mk IV – EF16-35mm f/2.8 L – 1/400, f/5, ISO 320, Eval Meter This PotD is called TimBerrr for obvious reasons. Our beautiful white oak is no more. On the bright side, all of the wood in the main trunk you see here, is going to a good home. There is an artist couple in Monticello who make nice things out of it (like decorative tables) and they will be taking it. The top of the tree came […]

GoPro Hero 10 Black – 1/4000, f/2.5, ISO 100, Average Meter Well tomorrow, this great tree won’t be here. This is a white oak, and it stands about 100 ft tall. It has been slowly dying over the last several years, and this summer, it had no leaves. It’s also been dropping some pretty big limbs which makes it a safety hazard. Every time I mow under it, I’m praying… Anyway, we have someone coming tomorrow to take it down. […]

5D Mk IV – EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro – 640 W Strobes (x3) – 1/200, f/6.3, ISO 100, Eval Meter Today was kind of a nothing day – didn’t even think about what I was going to take a picture of until late in the afternoon. And then I was like, ‘hey, let’s do some ammunition.’ So that’s what I did. I took 5 types of ammunition for 4 different weapons. This pic is similar to the cork picture I […]

5D Mk IV – EF 50mm f/1.2L – 1/1000, f/4, ISO 100, Partial Meter Well one of the aspects of the PotD is supposed to be experimental. Today is no exception. I walked outside and we have a line running between two trees. I thought taking a pic of the line with a wide aperture would be interesting. I initially set the aperture to f/1.2. Everything was literally so blurry you couldn’t decipher what the pic was. So I played […]

5D Mk IV – EF70-200 f/2.8L – 1/320, f/4, ISO 1250 Finally got a pic (actually a lot of pics) of our elusive hummingbird. From a technical standpoint, the pic isn’t perfect, but I attribute that to how I had to go about getting it. I went outside and stood on the deck out back. I had the lens maxed out at 200mm. I soon realized this was not a tenable solution – the lens is just plain heavy. I […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/320, f/11, ISO 125, Eval Meter This view of the sky, electrical grid, and a birdhouse caught my eye today. I would think having electric lines so close to the birdhouse would have some kind of negative effect on attracting birds. In any case, it was a quick pic taken with the G7 X. I didn’t want a silhouette, but I wanted it contrsting enough to emphasize the light aand the dark.

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/125, f/5, ISO 320, Eval Meter Interesting day today. Yesterday, Guba and I went to pick up his Maserati Levante. Today, we saw it towed away in less than 24 hours. While driving it earlier today, a ‘Check Engine’ light came on. We parked it and checked the oil – and the dipstick was bone dry! Guba was fuming and called the dealer. The short version is they sent a tow truck to pick […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/320, f/11, ISO 125, Eval Meter The PotD is Guba’s new car, a Maserati Levante S4. I am visiting Guba this weekend – going to the Kid Rock concert tonight with and his son Alex and future daughter-in-law Erin. I was wondering what the PotD would be and was taking random pictures of Chicago traffic – yeah, that sounds fun, right? But then we drove to a dealer and he picked this up. Said […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/80, f/1.8, ISO 125, Eval Meter Something kind of different today. This was taken in Macro mode on the G7 X. What is it? Well, do you remember the Smith & Wesson M&P 15 we bought a few days ago? This is the foam from the box the M&P was in. So what’s that lighter stuff at the top? Well I placed the foam on the bed of my truck. The camera was facing […]

5D Mk IV – 100mm Macro – 640W Strobes (x3) – 1/200, f/4, ISO 100, Eval Meter This little fellow cropped up today and Roxie thought it would make a good Photo of the Day. I’ve been begging for a good insect specimen for a while now. While this isn’t technically an insect, it is an insect exoskeleton. It was attached to a leaf so I brought both the leaf and it inside. I tried something a bit different with […]

Bones 5D Mk IV – EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro – 640W Strobes (x2) – 1/200/ f/22, ISO 100, Eval Meter Roxie came up with the idea to photograph a part of her latest crochet project. She’s making an Adoption Tote and Pet Food Mat. These 3 white bones will go on the front of it. This will be Mason’s travel bag. I put the real dog biscuit in there to set the scale. They are almost the same size! The […]

Acorns 5D Mk IV – EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro – 640W Strobes (x2) – 1/200, f/6.3, ISO 100, Eval Meter I grabbed these acorn and acorn remnants and thought they’d make a nice PotD. This pic is actually a stack of 53 images. I set them on a piece of glossy photo paper because I wanted to get a bit of reflection. This was a typical focus stack set-up: tripod, macro rail, computer tethered to camera, and remote control. I […]

The Mixtapes Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/250, f/5, ISO 800, Eval Meter This PotD is a bit different from the ordinary. I took this photo yesterday evening at the Mosey Down Main Street event in Lafayette. This may have been the last time The Mixtapes perform as a band; we’ll have to confirm with Ryan. It was a great concert once they got the sound issue resolved. I went in knowing I wanted to take the photo from […]

5D Mk IV – EF 16 – 35mm f/2.8L – Speedlite EX 580 II – 1/200, f/4, ISO 100, Eval Meter Well, we went and picked this up today for plinking and home defense. She’s a Beaut! This is a Smith and Wesson M&P 15 Sport II. Been wanting to get one for awhile and finally ordered it. I also got a Bushnell TRS-26 Red Dot Scope, two 42 round magazines and one 30 round mag, a sling, a case, […]

5D Mk IV – EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro – Einstein 640W (x1) – 1/200, f/2.8, ISO 100, Eval Meter I was out practicing chipping today. I started with a clean club; this is my Approach Wedge. It’s a nice little utility club, but I specifically like it for chip shots about 25 yards and closer. I got to looking at the club-head after I’d hit a few and couldn’t help but wonder how this would look as a macro shot. […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/250, f/9, ISO 125, Eval Meter Well today we worked until 3pm then took off to go golfing. Went to the par 3 Hollow Acres close by. I am consistently hitting in the 30’s. Today I made 3 pars and 3 bogeys, but had 2 double bogeys and an absolutely unforgivable 7. That should never happen. I practiced chipping all week and it really helped. I made some really nice chips. About the PotD. […]

Canon 5D Mk IV – Ef 100mm f/2.8 Macro – Einstein 640W (x2) – 1/200, f/4, ISO 100, Eval Meter Today I changed lenses to the 50mm and walked outside and…stood there. I then took stupid shots of nothing. And these shots were stupid: a dried up bug, a picture of the sky cuz I missed the airplane, a blurry car going down the road, dirt…you get the idea. And then I thought “I have to get out of these […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/30, f/1.8, ISO 640, Eval Meter Well it’s still the Dog Days of PotD. Today, I made another deep dish pizza in our cast iron skillet. I took a similar pic a few days ago. This one is of the whole pizza in the pan. I used a different crust mix, and the crust on the sides was really thick. I also used raw breakfast sausage for the main meat. Cooked to 425 for […]

Canon 5D Mk IV – EF 70-200mm f/2.8L – 1/400, f/4, ISO 100, Eval Meter It’s official. We are in the Dog Days of the PotD. I went outside this afternoon to attempt to get a shot of the elusive hummingbird. I got the exposure set. Remember it is in shade so I have to up the ISO considerably in order to get a shutter speed of 1/4000. Anyway, I waited and waited and waited. I then hit some golf […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/30, f/1.8, ISO 320, Eval Meter Well today was a special day in that it was Roxie and I’s 40th wedding anniversary! We should be on vacation somewhere, but, alas, we aren’t (yet). Hopefully we’ll be on a diving vacation soon. This weekend was also very busy and today was no exception. Yard-work (very hot outside) and housework, followed by taking Mason to get his regular furminator grooming treatment. While waiting for Mason, Roxie […]

1/250, f/2.8, ISO 125, Eval Meter Today was a Summit Day at Nima and Beave’s. It was a jam packed day. We practiced shooting with pistols and semi-automatic rifles, went to a Terre Haute Brewery for lunch. Came back and practiced golf, and spent a lot of time understanding a basic Astrophotography set-up. But this PotD was a gimme from the start. Shortly after we arrived, Beave, Megan (Beave’s daughter), and I went down to their ‘range’ and practiced. Shot […]