Photo of the Week 12/27/10

I just acquired a Nikkor 135 f/2.0 DC lens. This is considered by many to be Nikon's best portrait lens. As I did not have a human subject handy I went outside to take some test shots of backyard wildlife. I caught this nice image of a squirrel that shows the sharpness of this lens on the subject and the soft background. I captured this image at an aperture of f/3.2 and exposure of 1/250th of a second at ISO400.

Photo of the Week 12/6/10

A while back, I photographed the wedding of Tara and Russ. The reception was at Liberty House in New Jersey so we took some formals on the water in front of the New York City Skyline. Our timing really worked out well as we caught the last of the day's light as the lights from the city started to appear. I made this image using my Nikor 50mm f/1.4 lens at an aperture of f/2.0 and exposure of 1/100 of a second at ISO 800.

Photo of the Week 11/29/10

With the cold weather upon us, I was already thinking of spring when I came across some pictures I took last spring of some rain drenched flowers. I used the CS5 painting tools again on this one and liked the way it turned out. This image was made using my Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens at an aperture of f/4.8 and 1/125th of a second exposure at ISO 400. Click on the image to see the painting detail at larger scale.