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Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 78 mm — ¹/320 sec, f/5.6, ISO 450 — map & image data — nearby photos
Anthony and His Tree, 2010
seven years old

We're back in Kyoto for a month now, but it seems I've forgotten to post this summer's picture of Anthony in front of the tree he planted at 1 year old at my folks' place in Ohio. I try to get a photo with him each year, such as at six years old, four years old, and three years old).

His tree is the evergreen, which though it's hard to see, almost reaches the top of the frame.

The other tree's broad leaves had some beads of water that I'd not quite seen before...

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/2.5, ISO 450 — map & image data — nearby photos

I had my Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 macro lens, so gave it a try with the odd refractions coming from the droplets...

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/5.6, ISO 4000 — map & image data — nearby photos

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/4, ISO 1250 — map & image data — nearby photos

Anthony was not at all interested in this...

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/2.5, ISO 360 — map & image data — nearby photos
Impatient

He wanted to drive the tractor (which means he sits on my lap and steers, while I work the pedals), so I put the camera away and off we headed toward the barn where the tractor goes. We passed the lake, which I always find photogenic....

Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 240 mm — ¹/500 sec, f/6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos

... and eventually reach the barn to park. My mom's got lots of flowers around everywhere, which are also photogenic and quite challenging because the colors are often so bold or delicate or fleeting, and next to the barn were these puff-balls of small flowers...

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/2500 sec, f/2.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos

Some of the puffs were slightly off-white green, and others were a more-greenish creamy off-white green, but every time I look at them on screen the color seems wrong. They're still pretty...

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/11, ISO 360 — map & image data — nearby photos

Somehow mixing in some creamy bokeh makes a better match for the creamy color...

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/11, ISO 360 — map & image data — nearby photos

So I like that last shot the better.