Skyline

The KC Skyline from Kansas City, Kansas. Nikon D850, Nikon 70-200mm lens. F8, ISO 64, five shots at 1 stop intervals combined into one image. 

Deja View 2002

               From the massive ice storm in 2002.  Hopefully nothing like we will get today.

Going For Sharp

Decided to head to the river to use every technique I've learned to get sharp images.  Not that I don't normally.  Used focus stacking, polarizer, best aperture, tripod, etc. etc.  All ISO 64.  Boat just happened to come along in the above shot which was 14-24mm lens at F8.

Used focus stacking for the first time ever in this one... five shots with the point of focus moving into the image for each one.  Camera did that work, then the five were imported on layers into Photoshop and aligned and merged.  You can accomplish something similar by using F16 or higher... but you start getting image distortion...

Skyline In Winter

                      Two views of the city in winter...top from Kaw Point, bottom from Northeast.

Insect - Aside Volume 7

                                             

                                       Come into my parlor said the spider to the fly.

And, some bees on a thistle.

Skylines

The traditional view of KC looking north from Liberty Memorial 

The Great Frozen North(East)

                                                     Fountain in Concourse Park.

Dominica

                                        Beautiful young lady who is an aspiring actress.
            Lighting, one beauty dish on the left with translucent cover. Nikon D850, 105mm lens.

Insect - Aside Volume 6

 More from the world of the tiny.

Insects - Aside Volume 5

A mixture of insects and spiders, predators and prey.  Kind of a miserable life when you are born/hatched and then spend the rest of your life hiding from death.

Swept wing dragon fly....

If you're not large, be scary. 

 Think you had a bad day; at least you didn't get eaten. 

 His/her Mom thought he/she was cute. 

 Firefly

 Daddy Long Legs and dinner. 

Spider yoga

Insect-Aside Volume 4

Aphid ranching, predation, and SPIDERS.

Above and two below, ants herding aphids.  Ants feed and protect the aphids and the aphids in turn provide a sweet, nutritious secretion for the ants.  Everyone is happy. 

American Hover Fly getting a taste. 

SURPRISE!!!

The shot above shows a spider which lay in wait for the hapless honey bee on a thistle..