Macro Flower with Sigma 150mm Macro lens at ISO 2500

 I found no birds or anything interesting in my yard so took this picture of the only thing I could find. This is an Ixora flower on a hedge. I used the D3 Nikon DSLR camera and the Sigma 150mm Macro lens.  My purpose was to try out that lens and camera so this picture [...]

WEED (before and after) – Fuji S2 and Nikon 105mm f/2.8 VR Macro Lens

Last week I spent time waiting at a doctor’s office so went outside and got these weed pictures. I had borrowed an old Fuji S2 DSLR camera and wanted to try it out.  For these pictures I used the Nikon 105mm F2.8 VR MACRO lens…….. My opinion is that the Fuji is a winner.
Second picture [...]

Pelican Wing Span and Flying-Nikon DSLR and Nikon 200mm F2 VR lens-Nikon 70-300VR lens

Here are three  pictures of the Pelican with the wings extended.  I took the first picture with the Nikon D200 and the Nikon 200VR lens……….the second picture was with the Nikon D200 and the Nikon 70-300VR lens. The third picture is of a Pelican flying into the fishing pier for his ration of the fish  [...]

Brown Pelican,Immature, taken with Nikon D2X and Nikon 70-300VR lens

These Brown Pelicans are all over my area of Florida. They love to hang out near fishing piers so they can get the scraps of fish that the fishermen throw away.  I got this one at a local ‘Lakes Park’ and it was just standing there on a rock waiting for me to take this [...]

Beehive and Beekeeper with Smoker

When the beekeeper opens the hive he uses a ’smoker’ . It tells the bees  that there is a  fire danger and they dash in and store up on honey thinking they will be burned out and have to make their hive in another place.  They store enough honey so they can live long enough [...]

More Pictures of the Beehive and Beekeeper

Here are more pictures of my visit to the beehive…I’ll post more tomorrow.
When the trays are completely covered then the honey can be harvested. The beekeeper  takes the surplus and leaves enough  trays for the bees’ needs.  The beekeeping inspects the trays for certain insects that invade the hive. He has to monitor it often [...]

Beehive and Beekeeper – Nikon 105VR and Nikon D2X DSLR Camera/ or Nikon 18-200VR and Nikon D200 DSLR camera

My neighbor is a ‘beekeeper’ and I went there for pictures while he checked the hive and got the honey.  Here are a few of the pictures and I’ll have more.
Most pictures were taken with the Nikon D2X DSLR camera and the Nikon 105mm F2.8 VR lens.  I used the Nikon D200 DSLR camera and [...]

Shih Tzus – Fuji S5 and Nikon 50mm F1.4 AIS lens

Because I didn’t get out to get pictures today I’m using Panda and Reggie.    They are Shih Tzu dogs.   Panda is eleven and Reggie is five.  He is our ‘backup’ dog.  We now need another ‘backup’ dog to be behind Reggie but haven’t gotten around to that yet.
I got this picture with the Fuji [...]

FIG TREE from INDIA – Nikon D300 and Zeiss 100mm F2

When at the Edison Home yesterday I passed by a big Fig Tree.  It was loaded with figs so had to take a picture of them.  Thomas Edison got this tree from India and planted it at his winter home in Florida.  All the plants and flowers at his estate are ones that he brought [...]

Edison Home – Flowers – Nikon D300 and Zeiss 100mm F2 Macro

Today I visited the Edison Home which was the winter home of Thomas Edison.  Henry Ford lived in a house on the estate also.  I got some flower pictures but the temperature was almost 100 degrees and very high humidity.  At least the sun was out and there was no rain in sight.  The best [...]