Argos

The pup and I wandered downtown this past weekend to take in a museum. But it was a beautiful, sunny day, with not many people around (probably all out on their mountain bikes). So it was a great opportunity for a little work with my ‘510…

This picture comes from Florence, Italy — and is one of my favorites just for the story behind it.

I’m not quite sure what the story of the building is (although the text on the placard over the door translates to “Emissary: Primary Entrance”). Maybe an old embassy? Anyway, I liked the look of [...]

Another beach shot from my San Diego series, this time looking down a steep drop to the beach far below…

As I mentioned in my last post, I bought an adapter so I could use my old (1979) Zuiko 50mm / f1.8 lens on my E-510. I’d heard that this combination was really bright, and thought that this would help in situations where I wanted to focus attention on a subject using a tight depth of field (i.e., subject in focus with everything in the foreground and background out of focus).

So I put “shorty” on the ‘510, went out in the yard, and practiced on some early (for Colorado) spring flowers…

Another Paris picture, this one of a line of rental bikes awaiting their next customers…