Orchid
Orchid, Paphiopedilum cultivar. Taken with Rokinon 8mm fisheye lens. Related articles Lily and Orchid Rainbow Room: Rokinon 8mm Fisheye
Category Archives: Photomiser Gallery
Gallery of photographs using the Nikon equipment recommended at this Photomiser website.
Snow Trillium Bouquet
Image taken with a Nikkor 70-300mm AF-S telephoto zoom. A telephoto is handy for wildflower shots. It reduces the temptation to get off the trail to trample the habitat inadvertently. It also compresses the perspective on the image front-to-back, tightening up this bunch of snow trillium (Trillium nivale) to appear a bit fuller. Related articles […]
Rainbow Room: Rokinon 8mm Fisheye
This conservatory room is the most successful fisheye photograph I have taken thus far. The subject is everything. Well, it’s always everything in photography, but more so with a specialty lens like a fisheye. The trick is that the fisheye (or whatever specialty lens you are using) should actually “enable” the photograph, to enhance the […]
Bloodroot in Black
I find what a blue filter does to the color yellow to be fascinating. It creates a very striking effect, as in this stand of bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis). Bloodroot is just approaching its bloom finish this year. Our early wildflowers are about two weeks late compared to recent years. However, the trillium grandiflorum are catching […]
Trout Lily with Beetle
Today’s factoid: 88% of insect-pollinated flowers are pollinated by beetles. Much more in the tropics than in temperate zones, but it happens. This trout lily and soldier beetle species are demonstrating that it indeed does happen in Pennsylvania. Beetles, being generally more crawlers than a fliers, sort of lumber through, bodies smeared with pollen. They […]
Mittens
Mittens. Taken with a Micro-Nikkor 60mm AF f/2.8
Dutchman’s Breeches
Dutchman’s Breeches herald spring. At last, the ephemeral wildflowers are with us again after a very, very long winter! Taken with a Nikon D90 and a Micro-nikkor 60mm f/2.8 macro lens. Related articles Dutchman’s breeches Some spring wildflowers ~ Dutchman’s Breeches
Prayer
Our one photo a day has been on hiatus. After a solid year of publishing one new photo every day, I have been taking a break. It’s more like one photo a week or less at the moment. Here’s a prayer that the muse will return. Taken with the latest lens acquisition, a Rokinon 8mm […]
Hope for the Future
I have chosen a shot from the archives for this last post of the year. (Today’s One Picture a Day is posted elsewhere illustrating an eBay auction.) This was taken in the summer of 2012. The monarch butterflies were a routine sight that summer. This summer was another story; the monarchs were nowhere. I saw […]
Turkeys on the Pond
The turkeys are gone, but the footprints remain. This is as close to being waterfowl turkeys will every get.