Buffalo Mtn post crop and Topaz

Here is the same shot after cropping and Topaz Delux. Topaz is known for giving photos a bit of zip.

Nex 6 and kit lens

Carried the Nex 6 on todays walk. This shot taken with the 16-50mm Power Zoom. Results straight out of the camera save cropping in CS6.

Airborne

Using the 70-300 Tamron on the Sony Nex 6. This is a major crop, shot taken approx from 40 yards.

The birches

a77 with the 18-135mm f/ 3.5-5.6

Pastel Ripshin

I do love time lapse! This is the first using the Nex-5 which will not accept a wired and full featured intervalometer but luckily there exists the TempusNex which will trigger the shutter via IR and allow image capture for time lapse. The advantage to using the Nex system for intervalometer is weight; it is simply pounds lighter than a DSLR and you can also get by with a much lighter tripod. So while the Nex was grabbing pics I was out hiking finally after nursing hurt ribs for almost 2 weeks!

I'm in the eye

or rather the pupil.

30mm e-mount

Def. in a Nex mood today. Using the 30mm macro.

Stove & Pots

Stove and Pots and the first opportunity to check for optical performance with the the Sony Nex 35mm F 1.8 This is a phenomenal lens and the weight is amazing

A dusting of Topaz.

Here is Junaleaska post some processing with Topaz Delux...still not a pixel peeper but I'm satisfied.

On today's walk...

Using my favorite camera, the Nex-5, the 18-55 OSS kit lens. It's not an especially sharp lens but EXIF will show 1/20 and f18 on a bright sunny day so you know a filter was used! In this case a 0.9 ND. The only PP was cropping in CS6.

Cold Ripshin

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The view turning onto Hoggum Holler road, yep that is the real name. We went up to do more winterizing--e.g. turning on the faucets to let them drip-anticipated temps below zero either Mon or Tues. night prevention.

Wish for it and it comes true......

Wanted a snow and this past weekend we got one.....sadly on my work rotation. This might have been the 'blizzzrd of '13, we'll see about that too with at least 6 or 7 weeks left in winter. On the camera side of things, this with the Nex 5, 16mm pancake, an an el cheapo polarizing filter.

What beautiful eyes!

Trying to remember this is a photo learning blog---where I learn the capabilities of the camera, then lenses, and me. This time using the Tamron a-mount 70-300; photo taken 20-22 feet away at 300mm.....a very sharp lens and at 1/3 the price of the Sony equivalent.

SONY DSC

This is where I get my haircut....but was an excuse to use the Nex-5, the alpha lens mount adapter, and the Rokinon 8mm.....once could use PhotoShop to remove the curve, this is straight out of the camera distortion wise.

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It's just not winter without a few nights like this :( Come on old man winter where are you ???

Virginia City NHR

Home

Reflecting on todays 60 degrees and thiking back not too long ago to real winter....not that I dont enjoy a 60 degree day-it's just the wrong time of year for it.

Winters at home as they should be.

A shot taken 3 winters ago, way back in 2010, when winters had more bight to them.

Oak Chair

On the way to the Great Gallery

Flipping through the proverbial snapshot book. In my case 7 folders of zipped files containing almost 7000 pics from years of travel.

On the AT in NY

All fans of the AT know PA as king of rock but the hard (no pun intended) reality is that every state the trail passes has its share...some just more than others.

Ribs somewhere in Idaho

Let's go back in time.

On the way to Luxor a vist to Karnak. It's 1985, 102F in the shade...and we've survived a train derailment 10hours south of Cairo.

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I think this is the same little guy, this time with the a77 and the Tamron 70-300, a jpg post extreme crop in Picasa.

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Hunting for the tiny from far away......with a Nex 7, the LA-EA2 adaptor. The LA-EA2 allows alpha mount lens to be used on the Nex camera bodies.....now why is this cool. Well this Nex-7 with the Tamron 70-300 weighs far less than an alpha body combined with this lens and is a much smaller overal package. Speaking of the Tam 70-300, this was my first outing with it and I chose the Nex first. The alpha 77 will be next.

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Not shade of green often seen in January.

Cold Ripshin where X marks the spot.

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One of our hobbies, hiking loops in the Smokies.

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Blogger portrain via Casio Commando.

Just a sidewalk, just a rail.....take the mundane and soar.

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A familiar haunt, walking around this center several times a weak and always trying to see it in some fashion other than what it is.

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Zoom in on Wolka's eyes or whiskers...you'll find a sharp lens behind it. Very satisfied with the Sony 18-135mm.

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The Sony 18-135mm arrived today. I popped it onto the a77 and wallah. The reviews were positive about this lens and now I see why.

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Dont think you can't stack jpg's! You can :)