Photo Of The Day 082009

IMAGE INFORMATION:

Photo Title: 'Dragon's Roost'

Shutter Speed: 1/500

Aperture: f/2.8

Focal Length: 200mm

ISO: 100

Exposure: 0.00

Flash: off

Support: handheld

Location: Norfolk Botanical Gardens

Alterations: slight image crop for 'widescreen' effect, size reduced for web posting

Comments: while walking through the gardens, this dragonfly purched on a lone stalk caught my eye. trying not to disturb or spook him, this shot was taken handheld from about 10 feet away. also, the low aperture keeps the dragonfly's body nice and clear, while providing the nice blurred background.

Photo Of The Day 081809

IMAGE INFORMATION:

Photo Title: 'Windmill'

Shutter Speed: 1/4000

Aperture: f/2.8

Focal Length: 73mm

ISO: 100

Exposure: -0.33

Flash: off

Support: handheld

Location: Colonial Williamsburg, VA

Alterations: size reduced for web posting

Comments: just an old winmill that I found interesting

Photo Of The Day 081709

IMAGE INFORMATION:

Photo Title: 'American'

Shutter Speed: 1/60

Aperture: f/5.6

Focal Length: 105mm

ISO: 400

Exposure: 0.00

Flash: off

Support: handheld

Location: Norfolk Zoological Park

Alterations: size reduced for web posting

Comments: such a magestic, regal looking bird. easy to see why it was chosen as the symbol of our freedom.

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Photo Of The Day 080709

IMAGE INFORMATION:

Photo Title: 'A Heron's Lunch'

Shutter Speed: 1/10

Aperture: f/2.8

Focal Length: 200mm

ISO: 100

Exposure: -0.33

Flash: off

Support: handheld

Location: Norfolk Botanical Garden

Alterations: size reduced for web posting, cropped image enlarged to show detail

Comments: White Herons can be pretty skittish, and as such, can be difficult to get good shots of. Saw this one on the way out of the gardens, I drove right past him, and pulled over a couple hundred feet down, and slowly walked back. I was able to get fairly close, without him getting to jumpy, and this was one of the results. Below is an enlarged crop of the above picture, showing more detail and his lunch!

Photo Of The Day 080309

IMAGE INFORMATION:

Photo Title: 'Beneath The Break'

Shutter Speed: 1/100

Aperture: f/5.0

Focal Length: 18mm

ISO: 400

Exposure: 0.00

Flash: off

Support: handheld

Location: Kailua Bay, HI

Alterations: size reduced for web posting

Comments: This was taken from inside the Atlantis Submarine in Kailua Bay, Kona Hawai'i through 6 inch glass.