DJI Mini 2 – 1/400, f/2.8, ISO 100, CWA Meter Holy Cow! The U.S. Drought Monitor Map has us in an Abnormally Dry area, but not a drought, yet. I looked at my weather station this afternoon and saw the temp was 99 degrees and the heat index was 119! In light of this, I thought I’d take the drone up to get a shot of my, once pretty, grass. The PotD is a pic of the backyard taken at […]

Canon 5D Mk IV – EF 16-35mm f/2.8L – 25 seconds, f/22, ISO 100, Eval Meter Happy 4th of July! Today went from what was going to be a bland PotD to something pretty exciting. Roxie and I changed out the overhead fan in our bedroom today, and that was going to be the PotD – a picture of an overhead fan. I know, right? I was going to take a time delay pic to capture the motion of the […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/1250, f/4.5, ISO 125, Eval Meter Today’s PotD is unique in that it was a two-person collaboration. I set up the camera, and Roxie took the pics. We went golfing today and I brought along the trusty G7 X. I was hitting it off the tee pretty good today. This was a par 3 at hole #9 and I’m using a 6 iron. I set up the camera for high speed continuous shooting, positioned […]

Canon 5D Mk IV – EF 16-35mm L – 1/250, f/2.8, ISO 100, Partial Meter Today we woke up to a heavy fog warning. I believe this is the earliest I’ve taken a PotD; this was at 0730 hours. I got up and went on the back deck and was amazed how thick the fog was; I hadn’t seen fog like this since 1985 and I was at Castle AFB in California. Visibility appeared to be only a couple hundred […]

Canon 5D Mk IV – EF 16-35mm F/2.8 L – 1/100, f/2.8, ISO 100, Eval Meter Today was an ‘Oddities in Pictures’ type of day. I switched up lenses to my 16-35mm landscape lens and went outside to initially take some photos of the sky. We were expecting storms earlier, but when I went out to take pics, it didn’t seem so bad. As I was walking around the yard, I glanced at a tree that had a rope around […]

Canon %D Mk IV – EF 70-200mm f/2.8L II – 1/60, f/5, ISO 200, Eval Meter Lots of action on the lower deck today. That’s where the PotD and the backup were taken. Neither photo is very technical or ‘artsy’. Let’s just call them documentary photos. The hardest part about the PotD was getting the exposure correct without using a flash. I had to bump the ISO up a tad bit to help with the shadows while keeping the bright […]

Canon 5D Mk IV – EF 70-200mm f/2.8L II- 1/250, f/4, ISO 400, Spot Meter So the PotD is the same little Robin that was visiting yesterday. This time he was on the top deck railing. He was not on the deck this morning, but somehow found his way back. No idea where he spent the night. I got the shot by opening the sliding door to the deck just a bit and putting the lens though the opening. Normally, […]

Canon 5D Mk IV – EF 70-200mm f/2.8L – 2X Extender – 1/80, f/5.6, ISO 100, Spot Meter Well this little baby robin showed up yesterday afternoon when I was done mowing the lawn. He hung around the yard for awhile and when we woke up this morning, he was on the deck screeching and hollering (like at 5am). The whole damn neighborhood heard him and his mom. At one point, he went back out into the yard, but eventually […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/60, f/1.8, ISO 320, Eval Meter Ok, call me lazy, but, yeah, this is kind of a lazy shot. Let’s face it, the PotD can be tedious – day in and day out of thinking “what will the pic be today”? Oh well, this photo was taken at the end of my work day. I got out my iPhone and was playing a game called Woodoku when I thought, ‘why not take a pic’? […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/1250, f/4.5, ISO 125, Eval Meter Today was a fun day in that it was the first time this year we’ve been to the golf course. In fact, for Roxie, this is the first time since July 5, 2020 that she’s been on the course. We did a challenging par 3 course. The course got new owners and they’ve made some upgrades, and it looks like they continue to make improvements. This shot was […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/60, f/4, ISO 125, Art Bold Scenic Mode Well today was a very busy day. I got up early to check on the brisket, then family started arriving, followed by golf hitting practice, then brisket checking, more family time, etc, etc,. In any case, like always, I was wondering what the PotD would be when we were all on the upper deck and the granddaughter was catching bubbles. I thought this is a great […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – Art Bold Scenic Mode – 1/60, f/3.5, ISO 125 Look what I got in the mail today! This was such a nice present from Zack and Izzy. The next best thing to adding a great hot sauce to a meal is reading the names of hot sauces. I mean who doesn’t like ‘Red Rectum Revenge’? LOL. But, oh boy, look at the hot sauce powder – it’s Mad Dog 357! Damn, I have the […]

Canon 5D Mk IV – EF 50mm f/1.2L – 12mm Ext Tube – 1/2000, f/1.2, ISO 100, Eval Meter Ok, I know it’s another macro shot. This has a bit of a technical twist. I took the PotD with my 50mm L lens but added a 12mm extension tube. I tried to use a 36mm tube at first but the distance between the lens and the subject was literally millimeters. I switched to the 12 mm tube and this gave […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – On Board Flash – 1/1000, f/5.6, ISO 125, Eval Meter Do you remember the old saying “Knee high by the fourth of July”? Well we are still over two weeks out from July 4th, and the corn is already knee high. I first tried to get this pic with the 5D but I had a very hard time focusing, and I wasn’t going to lay on my stomach. I got the little G7 X, […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/100, f/1.8, ISO 125, Eval Meter This PotD was actually going to be the PotD several months ago on Day 84 (March 25). I kind of forgot about it until today when I walked out back and saw the wood pile. I used the small, but trusty, G7 X because it was hot and I didn’t want to go through the time time required to get the 5D camera acclimated to the heat. However, […]

Canon 5D Mk IV – EF 100mm f/2.8 – MT-24 EX Macro Twin-Lite Flash – 1/200, f/4.5, ISO 100, Eval Meter The PotD was a crapshoot today. I am almost halfway through this project and some days are easy and some days are a struggle to get a shot. Things like vacation and travel make it easy to put up a photo. When most days are spent at home, that’s when it gets difficult to identify a photo. Today I […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/250, f/11, ISO 125, Eval Meter Well today was a Panhandle Pathway Bike Ride type of day. Roxie and I did almost 31 miles on it today. What a great bike trail. You don’t have to worry about riding in traffic. The scenery is very pretty. And you are out in nature and the country. The full trail goes 22 miles and through four small towns – very quant. The biggest hazard I had […]

Canon 5D Mk IV – EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro – 1/1250, f/2.8, ISO 100, Eval Meter This PotD was infuriatingly difficult to take. The subject of the shot was brought to my attention by Roxie (I’m so proud of her – she told me it was going to be a macro shot). The spider set up a web between two rocking chairs. It was midday and I had just finished mowing the lawn but we still had to seal the […]

Canon 5D Mk IV – EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro – 1/60, f/3.2, ISO 400, Eval Meter Busy day so not a lot of time to focus on photos. This PotD came late in the day – around 8pm. Today was work, then grocery shopping, then more work, then out for supper, then gold hitting into the net. I was practicing with my driver – that’s probably the least used club in my bag. I typically hit this around 200 yards […]

‘Raining Daisies’ Canon 5D Mk IV – EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro – 1/6, f/2.8, ISO 100, Eval Meter Today’s Photo of the Day is artsy. I’ve done a few bland raindrop photos and I thought I’d spice things up a bit with each ‘raindrop’ containing a daisy. I call it ‘Raining Daisies’. While it looks complicated, this was a rather easy photo to take. I actually read a very un-detailed article on a similar concept and thought I’d give it […]

Canon 5D Mk IV – EF 70 – 200mm f/2.8L II – 2X Extender – 1/250, f/5.6, ISO 400, Eval Meter Today’s PotD was intentional. I wanted to go outside and get some bird/animal pics around the new birdbath and the bird feeders. I did not want to shoot through a glass window. To prepare, I had to put the camera and lenses in large, sealed plastic bags and set them outside to acclimate. Since it’s so hot out, bringing […]

DJI Mavic Pro – 1/800, f/2.2, ISO 400 Well, well, well, the PotD is another one of grass stripes! The difference is this one was taken at 30 feet with my old workhorse, the Mavic Pro. Hard to believe she is 5 years old. But I tell you, she was HOT when I landed her and her fan blew for quite a while afterwards – but more on that in a second. Back to the stripes – I was concerned […]

Canon 5D Mk IV – EF 50mm f/1.2L – 1/60, f/1.2, ISO 1600, Eval Meter This was a lazy day – photo wise. We are beginning a heat wave were and the heat index is supposed to get well over 110. Today I went and looked at the Davis Weather Station and saw the heat index was 117! I grabbed the camera and by the time I got the exposure set correctly (I wasn’t using a flash and had to […]

DJI Mini 2 – 1/800, f/2.8, ISO 100 Today I managed to get the drone up, something I’ve been trying to do for the past couple days but the weather wouldn’t cooperate. I got in 4 flights today after the rain stopped. Today’s PotD is of the town of Brookston. Taken with the Mini 2 drone at an altitude of 399 ft, this is actually 2 images stitched together. I currently have 39.4 hours of drone air time. This is […]

Canon 5D Mk IV – EF 50mm f/1.2L – 1/60, f/2.2, ISO 100, Eval Meter Who doesn’t love grass stripes! I mowed today and was wondering what the PotD would be when I realized that I love grass stripes. Granted, my aren’t Wrigley Field straight, but then again, my lawn needs a steam roller to run over it to help level out all the bumps. In any case, I still like looking at grass that has nice grass stripes!

Canon 5D Mk IV – EF 50mm f/1.2L – 1/1250, f/1.2, ISO 100, CWA Meter The Photo of the Day first started out as I only intended to take one pic, and that was going to be of the back patio. We are currently refurbishing it. We have power washed it extensively, a few days ago I filled in cracks with concrete, and today I painted in between the aggregate blocks. Next we’ll apply a semi-gloss sealer. After painting today, […]

Canon 5D Mk IV – EF 50mm f/1.2L – 1/125, f/3.2, ISO 250, CWA Meter Rainy day today, and chilly. We actually turned the heat on – the temp is down to 63. Anyway, sometimes opportunities just appear. I was standing at the bedroom back door looking out over the upper deck and the rain hitting the deck boards. I thought, why not? I then grabbed the camera and started snapping. I first started with the 70-200mm lens but was […]

Canon 5D Mk IV – EF 70 – 200mm f/2.8L II – 1/250, f/2.8, ISO 200, Eval Meter It was a busy day at the bird feeder this afternoon. At one point a HUGE woodpecker with a really big tuft of hair on its head landed on it. Unfortunately, I was not quick enough with the camera. Between that, and the instability of the feeder with that huge lummox on it caused him to quickly fly off and I missed […]

Canon 5D Mk IV – EF 70 – 200 F/2.8 L II – 2X Extender – 1/125, f/5.6, ISO 1250, Eval Meter The Photo of the Day, and related pics, are not perfect. Using the 2X extender causes a reduction of 2 f/stops. Also, it was cloudy outside, and the focus of the shot was under a tree which exasperated the darkness. I had to up the ISO, and reduce the shutter speed to get a proper exposure. This leads […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/120, f/11, ISO 125, Eval Meter Today was kind of a down day; not sure why. Did the lawn – picked up sticks, weed whipped, and mowed. Then we went to Prophetstown to drop off Andie at the swim park, and then went for a 12 mile bike ride. It just seemed that there weren’t many photo opportunities today. Could have just been me though. This is a pic close to the east terminus […]