Photo Friday: Clingman's Spring

 

(Nikon D5100, f/5.6, 1/400sec)

Spring has begun on Clingman's Dome 6643ft above sea level in the Great Smoky Mountains.  The road was only open yesterday - closed again due to snow/ice.  So a part of springtime at Clingman's is the ice melting which it was doing all over.  There are small bluffs that are covered in ice.  Some parts have icicles and in other places it just looks like miniature glaciers.

This photo was taken about 330ft below the peak where the sun had initiated a mass ice melt.  Took several shots to get the drip.  I think the drip itself could be more in focus, but I liked the photo overall.

Ice Woman

From the Medina Ice Festival 2013.  I think it was 22 degrees and my fingers were starting to freeze when I took this shot.  It's not as sharp as I would have liked..  I think it kinda looks like an alien from this view, but I think it was some sort of angel.

(Nikon D5100, 1/20, f/6, ISO2500)

Flash me!

I've been working through an online photography class, and one of the topics covered is about using flash.  The course talks about off-camera flash which I didn't have with me when I took the pictures below, but I did have a chance to play around with the on-camera flash and settings to see what I could get out of it.

I think there are plenty of times where the on-camera flash makes a picture look ... flat or like a 35mm disposable took it.  But I think there are also many situations in which the on-camera flash can save a photo.

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The face of the orchid

Funny where you can see faces.  This was one of the orchids on display at the
Franklin Conservatory in Columbus, OH.
(Nikon D5100)

Giant Owl Moth

Here is another shot from the Cleveland Botanical Gardens.  I think this one might be a Giant Owl moth.  Of course it's another macro, but I liked how the sunlight was backlighting the wings.  This guy sat still for quite awhile letting me take several pictures.

(Nikon D5100, 40mm, f/5, 1/100, ISO200)

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Doris Longwing

I think this is a Doris Longwing. (Not a drag name).  Looks like it's having a lovely meal at the Cleveland Botanical Garden.  Yay for single point AF.
(Taken with Nikon D5100, 40mm lens, f/4, 1/60)

Photo Friday: Pattern

It's a china pattern..  Still experimenting with focus stacking.  This was about 7 photos put together...

Nikon D5100 | ed. w/ Helicon Focus