‘Field of Dreams’ Canon 5D Mk IV – EF 50mm F/1.2L – 1/1000, f/3.5, ISO 100, CWA Meter This Photo of the Day is titled ‘Field of Dreams’. I had taken well over 250 photos today when this opportunity presented itself. Toward the end of the day, Andie gravitated to this spot in our backyard and just stared at the windmills. As I was taking the photo, I knew this would be the PotD out of all the other pics […]

An Apple A Day Canon 5D Mk IV – EF 50mm F/1.2L – 1/1000, f/1.2, ISO 100, Eval Meter This weekend we have our granddaughter so let’s start the weekend with a pic. This Photo of the Day is called ‘An Apple a Day! I took over a hundred pics in fairly rapid succession. There were several very good pics, but this one caught my eye immediately and I knew it would be the Photo of the Day.

DJI Mini 2 – 1/1600, f/2.8, ISO 100 I’ve been wanting to take a pic like this for awhile but had to wait for the right opportunity. Well today was the day. This is a common sight in Indiana during planting season. I’m assuming they were putting some fertilizer or weed killer on the corn. What’s amazing is they drive these huge vehicles down the rows of crops and don’t run over any of them. The challenging part of this […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/200, f/7.1, ISO 125, Eval Meter Another busy day. Worked for 6 hours then went outside and put on the Weed and Feed fertilizer via a push behind lawn spreader. After that, Roxie and I went to Prophetstown for a bike ride. We took the Turbo Vado’s but neither one of us used the assist (<4% over 10 miles). These bikes are heavy weighing about 51 lbs each so pedaling them without any assist […]

Canon 5D Mk IV – EF 50mm f/1.2L – Multiple Exposure Setting – 1/1250, f/1.2, ISO 100, Eval Meter Thought I’d experiment some more with multiple exposures. The camera has 4 blending settings to choose from, and additional shooting settings. The problem is there is not much in the way of instruction or documentation on what these settings do. So, it’s generally trial and error. For this shot, I used the ‘average’ setting. This is a 7 shot exposure. The […]

Canon 5D Mk IV – EF 50mm f/1.2 L – Multiple Exposure – 1/800 and 1/500, f/1.6, ISO 100 Today’s Photo of the Day was more experimentation with multiple exposures. This is a pic of a bird feeder superimposed with flowers that were planted yesterday. I like how it appears the flowers are growing out of the house. I have an idea for a multiple exposure shot, that, if it works out, should be pretty neat. It will take a […]

‘Tiger Stripes’ 5D Mk Iv – EF 50mm F/1.2 L – 1/100, F/3.5, ISO 100, Eval Meter Today turned out to be a cleaning day – outdoors to be exact. The Photo of the Day originally was going to be the runner-up photo below. Roxie and I power-washed the back decks and patio, and the front patio. The pic below shows the deep contrast between the cleaned decking and the dirty decking on the front porch! Now about the Photo […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – Scenic Fisheye Setting – 1/60, f/1.8, ISO 400, Eval Meter Busy day today. Took a long time to do the yard – weed whipping, picking up sticks, blowing the driveway and decks, and mowing (twice). Then we went to Jacob Walter’s graduation party in Indy, then on to Sam’s Club for Cowboy Steaks, finally Lowe’s for flowers to plant. This left limited opportunities to focus on photography. In fact, I only took 5 photos […]

Canon 5D Mk IV – EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro – Einstein 640W Strobe – 1/250, f6.3, ISO 100, Spot Meter It was a rainy and chilly day today; pretty much rained all day. So I decided to stay inside today. I was talking to Roxie and she suggested that I do my incense shot for the Photo of the Day. The reason for this is I purchased some Mainichikoh sandalwood incense at the Byodo-In Temple in Hawaii when we visited […]

Angry Sky DJI Mini 2 – 1/8, f/2.8, ISO 800 The area south of us was under a tornado warning a little bit ago. We are under a severe thunderstorm watch. I took some ground level pics of the sky but didn’t think it did justice to the stormy sky. I was able to get the drone up, barely, before it started raining. I took 3 shots and merged them together in Lightroom to form a panorama. I call this […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/1000, f/1.8, ISO 640, Eval Meter We returned today from our 2 week Hawaii vacation. Mason had been staying with Becky and Ted (and Bailey and Willow) for the past 2 weeks. When Roxie got out of the car to greet Mason, he was not sure what was going on (or who were these people). After a few sniffs and hearing Roxie’s voice, I captured the instant he recognized her. From a technical standpoint, […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/250, f/2.8, ISO 800, Eval Meter I had to get this Photo of the Day done, and posted, early since we are leaving in a few hours. This is Tango and Cleaver of the Fit60’s gang; Gangnam Style of course. I intentionally wanted a grainy black and white. Goodbye Hawaii! Had a great time!

GOPRO Hero 10 – 1/950, f/2.5, ISO 223 Today was our last full day in Hawaii. It was also underwater scooter day. In the Photo of the Day, you can see Roxie enjoying riding her Scuba Scooter across the reef enjoying all the underwater scenes. The pic itself was kind of hard to get since I was also on a scooter and was holding and controlling the GoPro with my left hand while the right one steered the scooter. I […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/4, f/7.1, ISO 125, Eval Meter Well I said I’d do some more water pics and here you go. I really want to try this technique with my DSLR since I will have much more control over the Neutral Density filter. This is not bad, but once again, I’m only limited to about a stop and a half. You be the judge, do you like this waterfall pic? In order to get the water […]

Canon G7 X Mk Ii – 1/30, f/3.5, ISO 125, Eval Meter I focused on taking a number of pictures before noon today. The end result is I really struggled to pic a Photo of the Day. In fact, any one of these could be a Photo of the Day. I picked the Ukuleles for sale because it just seems unusual for us back on the mainland to see these for sale in a convenience store. In Hawaii, it seems […]

GOPRO Hero 10 – Screen Grab Today was a down day – we stayed around the resort – so there were limited big photo opportunities. We decided to go snorkeling on Waikiki Beach. It was a challenge. Lot’s of current, surge, and rocks made it difficult to swim. In any case, that’s where the Photo of the Day came from, but this time it was a screen grab from a video I was taking. We did manage to see several […]

GOPRO Hero 10 – f/2.5 , ISO 131 Loooooong day. Just got back a bit ago. I’ll try to come back and fill in the blanks with the other pics but suffice to say that these are all about the Polynesian Cultural Center luau we attended. I try at times to tell a story with my Photo of the Day. Here we have a variety of emotions going on. We are in a large outrigger type canoe going for a […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/320, f/6.3, ISO 125, Eval Meter Today started out as a light day. We were originally going to Haunama Bay to snorkel. However, the weather wasn’t cooperating – it was windy and spitting rain. We decided instead to hike Diamondhead Crater. Better to do it today than in the blazing sun. It turned out to be a challenging hike , but fun. It was all uphill through a combination of rugged rock path, stairs, […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/200, f/4.5, ISO 125, Eval Meter We did a lot today, but I knew from the start the Photo of the Day would be representative of the USS Arizona. The last time I was here was in 1985, and this is Roxie’s first time. This photo is called the Memorial Wall and lists all the names of the 1177 servicemen killed on the Arizona. The hard part of the photo was making sure it […]

GoPro Hero 10 – 1/1700, f/2.5, ISO 100, Average Meter This was a little slower day. We got up and eventually went out to get breakfast (more on that later), then went to Wal-Mart for supplies. When we got back, we rested for a bit before going down to the pool and lagoon. The Photo of the Day was taken this morning on the way to breakfast. The bridge we crossed goes over a channel that empties into a small […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/1600, f/3.2, ISO 125, Eval Meter We circled the entire island today. The tour was 10 hours long, so long day. I took a ton of pics, and many could be considered the Photo of the Day. Unfortunately, there can only be one, and this is it. This is actually a stitched panorama of three pictures. This is the Nu’uanu Pali Lookout, Oahu, Hawaii. This was an overlook on our trip today. Gorgeous view. […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/400, f/8, ISO 125, Eval Meter Another very long day. However, since this is our view for the next 10 days, I’m not complaining! We are on the 28th floor of the Grand Waikikian hotel. This view is looking south over Waikiki Beach and the Pacific Ocean. Weather is perfect, scenery is perfect. This will be another short post since we’re pretty tired. Hopefully, once we recover from the travel fatigue, the posts will […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/640, f/6.3, ISO 125, Eval Meter What a loooonnnggg day. Spent most of it indoors – airports, airplanes, hotels, and casinos. Very tired but did manage to get a few picks snapped. Nothing fancy, but enough to show off Las Vegas. The Photo of the Day is taken closer to the southern tip of the Las Vegas Strip. The picture is looking north. Just the size, scale, and number of Casinos is amazing. It’s […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/250, f/11, ISO 125, Eval Meter Needed to get this out quick since we’ll be heading out to Indy to meet Tony and Nima. This photo represents the start of the warm season. Farmers are now out prepping and planting their fields. If I recall, last year was soybeans so this year should be corn. The photo was not hard, nor technical. It just represents the changing seasons.

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/160, f/1.8, ISO 125, Spot Meter Another wasp picture. I walked out back, unsure what the Photo of the Day would be. I happened to notice a wasp flying around that went behind the cable box attached to the house. I know last year Roxie removed a large wasp nest from that location, and a smaller one earlier this year when it was still cold out. I saw the wasp on a small nest […]

Google Nest Doorbell Camera Screenshot – Settings Unknown This might be one of the more unique photos because it was taken from the doorbell. I was actually outside hitting golf balls when I got a notification that someone was at the front door. I walked through the garage and didn’t see anybody and figured Roxie had let Mason out and back in. Later, Roxie told me about a bug being on the camera of the doorbell. I pulled up the […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – 1/1250, f/4, ISO 125, Eval Meter It got into the 80’s today! Nice weather is finally here. As you know I got a new hitting net and it is set up behind the garage. I was looking at the ball holder and how I had stacked the golf balls up in it when I realized I was looking at the Photo of the Day. For this pic, I used the G7 because you can […]

5D Mk IV – EF 70-200mm f/2.8L II – 1/640, f/4, ISO 400, Eval Meter I had a hard time deciding which one of these pictures would make the Photo of the Day. I took a lot of pictures today – mostly of bees. Neither of these pictures are macro, but they look it. I took them with the 70-200mm lens several feet away and then cropped. They were hard to get into focus – little buggers buzz around so […]

5D Mk IV, EF 70-200mm f/2.8L II – 2X Extender – 1/125, f/9, ISO 100, Eval Meter Most of the time I’ve taken shots of the moon have been at night. I happened to look up this afternoon and saw this Waxing Crescent Moon 36% against the backdrop of the tree. It was about 5pm so I got the 5D with the 70-200 and 2X Extender, set the focal length to 400mm, exposed at an aperture of f/9, and snapped […]

Canon G7 X Mk II – Onboard Flash – 1/250, f/5.6, ISO 125, Eval Meter The weather today was exactly the same as yesterday and I, once again, fretted over what the Photo of the Day would be. However, I remembered from a walk around the house the other day that there was a patches of mushrooms growing on the side. I got the G7 X, set it to Macro mode, popped up the flash and snapped some pics. I […]