On the first day of the month I hauled out a macro lens and took some pictures of ladybugs. Oddly they aren’t as cute when you get this close to them.
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| Nikon D7000, 80mm (35-80), 1/400, f/5.6, ISO 400, cropped and rotated |
Last month I blogged a photo of one of the college’s new “Learning Commons” signs. Thus I figured I should include an image of the sign in place.
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On Election Day I paused for a moment after voting to photograph the polling place. I thought it might turn out to be a historic occasion. Unfortunately I was right.
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Time to recycle! I liked the combination of the bottle chaos in the foreground and the fall foliage framed by the window on the other side of the bin.
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On the 13th I got a shot at a lunar event. The moon was unusually close to the earth. I didn’t have much luck with surface details, but at least the leaves created an interesting effect.
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| Nikon D7000, 300mm (75-300), 10 sec., f/25, ISO 100 |
This is one of my favorite photos of the year. I love the color patterns on the leaf, a small bit of beauty of the sort we all too often walk right past on the sidewalk without ever noticing it.
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Or sometimes it’s something interesting that you notice because you’re stuck in a drive-thru with nothing better to do than take random photos.
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Of course the leaves look pretty when they’re still on the tree, too.
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