f/2.8 bokeh, around the store (and some f/1.4 bokeh for extra credit)

AKA: How I amuse myself on a slow night at work.


















and f/1.4 bokeh...



Date: 01.16.2008
Time: 8 PM

Of frizzles and the 50 mm

Playing and getting to know my 50 mm...as well as furthering my endless fascination with these tall grass "frizzles".

All f/1.4, baby, because I can!















Date: 01.12.2008
Time: 2 PM
Location: backyard

Foggy Barn

f/4, 1/125 sec., 35 mm, ISO-400


f/3.5, 1/800 sec., 28 mm, ISO-400


f/4.5, 1/400 sec., 53 mm, ISO-400


f/5.6, 1/125 sec., 135 mm, ISO-640


f/4, 1/20 sec., 28 mm, ISO-640

Date: 01.10.2008
Time: 11:30 AM

By the side of the road

I pulled over, on the way home from the grocery store, to get shots of this tree. I had passed it so many times, wanting to stop. I was drawn by the shape of the branches that curved so gently and the tiny pinecones. After getting out of the car I realized that I was not going to get any good shots because the tree was much higher than I thought and I was unable to get an interesting perspective.


f/5.6, 1/1000 sec., 90 mm, ISO-400

All was not lost, though, because I was able to spend another twenty minutes shooting the weeds, and other vegetation, as well as the infrastructure around the nearby telephone pole. I am so easily amused. (All shots are straight from the camera.)


f/11, 1/125 sec., 70 mm, ISO-400


f/11, 1/125 sec., 135 mm, ISO-400


f/5.6, 1/2500 sec., 135 mm, ISO-400


f/5.6, 1/500 sec., 135 mm, ISO-400


f/5.6, 1/1000 sec., 135 mm, ISO-400


f/5.6, 1/1600 sec., 135 mm, ISO-400


f/5.6, 1/1250 sec., 135 mm, ISO-400


f/5.6, 1/320 sec., 135 mm, ISO-400

Date: 01.09.2008
Time: 1:42 PM

North Creek Lake

f/22, 1/40 sec., 35 mm, ISO-400


f/22, 1/50 sec., 35 mm, ISO-400


f/8, 1/100 sec., 135 mm, ISO-800


f/8, 1/100 sec., 135 mm, ISO-800


f/22, 1/30 sec., 35 mm, ISO-640

Date: 01.07.2008
Time: 9:30 AM (And I just got so lucky with the light.)

Early Morning

f/11, 1/100 sec., 50 mm, ISO-400


f/11, 1/250 sec., 50 mm, ISO-400


f/1.4, 1/640 sec., 50 mm, ISO-400


f/22, 1/200 sec., 50 mm, ISO-400

Date: 01.06.2008
Location: a fluffy-clouded, winter's day in the neighborhood.

A local walk

I remember this day, way back in winter, but probably over sixty degrees. It was Sunday morning and I got to work before the store opened. I was quite grumpy (a common occurence, sad to say) so I went out for a walk with camera in hand. I shot anything and everything, and returned full of good cheer and amazed at all there is to see in this world of ours, if only within a .25 mile radius. I continue to be impressed with the versatility of the 50 mm lens. And yes, I sure do like to shoot with it wide open. (Click on any of the images to view them larger.)


f/16


f/22


f/4


f/1.4


f/1.4


f/1.4


f/1.4


f/1.4


f/1.4


f/1.4


f/1.4


f/1.4


f/22


f/22


f/22

Date: 01.06.2008
Location: near our store