‘Northwind’ Switchgrass

{click image to view large} Revealed in snowmelt, about a week after Chicago’s one major snowfall this winter—so far! ●●● Nikon D300; f9.5 @ 1/90 sec, ISO 200 (handheld); 18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 55mm (82mm EFL); focus distance 1m

Posted on January 19, 2012 at 5:51 pm by April · Permalink · One Comment
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:)

{click image to view large} This sign made me smile when I came across it over Christmas. The background was desaturated in nature, so the colors really popped! ●●● Nikon D300; f5.6 @ 1/350sec, ISO 200 (handheld); 18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 135mm (202mm EFL); subject distance 10.59m  

Posted on January 11, 2011 at 8:52 am by April · Permalink · One Comment
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Up and Down

{click image to view large} Seen the day after Christmas—red and white! ●●● Nikon D300; f8 @ 1/125sec, ISO 200 (handheld); 18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 90mm (135mm EFL); subject distance 14.96m

Posted on January 2, 2011 at 4:42 pm by April · Permalink · 2 Comments
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First Snow—Montrose Harbor, Chicago (revisited)

Version 2 {click image to view large} Version 1 {click image to view large} Nikon D300; f4.0 @ 1/125sec, ISO 1100 (handheld); 18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 27mm (40mm EFL); subject distance 10.59m ●●● The other day…I learned something about not over-processing an image. Version 2 above is much closer to the original capture, and to [...]

Posted on December 9, 2010 at 7:36 am by April · Permalink · 5 Comments
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First Snow

First Snow—Montrose Harbor, Chicago {click image to view large} Nikon D300; f4.0 @ 1/125sec, ISO 1100 (handheld); 18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 27mm (40mm EFL); subject distance 10.59m ●●● First Snow—Montrose Point, Chicago {click image to view large} Nikon D300; f5.6 @ 1/180sec, ISO 200 (handheld); 18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 26mm (39mm EFL); subject distance 5.96m [...]

Posted on December 6, 2010 at 8:21 pm by April · Permalink · 4 Comments
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Winter Cheer

[¹] {click images to view large} Just the other day…it snowed! Our first of the season. With no wind, early morning was a fairyland. These crabapple trees immediately caught my eye in a nearby park, where I happily spent 1½ hours taking making photographs just after sunrise. I’m learning to work with my gear in [...]

Posted on December 8, 2009 at 5:50 pm by April · Permalink · 7 Comments
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