Tag Archives: Nikon D5000

Leaf and Sky

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What you’re looking at are leaves hanging from a tree.  I love the abstract nature of the image.

Taken from the tree house at the Morton Arboretum back on September 5th.

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Sunset At Morton Arboretum

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Yes, more sunsets.  Sigh.

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No Swimming

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Because the creature from the lagoon will get you!

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Photograph of Photographer Photographing the Sunset … at Sunset

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I snuck up behind Kathy at the Morton Arboretum last weekend…

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Bird of Prey

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This guy was hanging out at the Morton Arboretum yesterday, and about five minutes after getting this shot, he swooped down at us.  Showing off, methinks.

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Kitten in Attack Mode

It’s all in the eyes…

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Chipmunk on Back Porch

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A chipmunk is just a rat with a cuter outfit.

Then again, I like rats, too.

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Angry Horizon

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I always seem to be taking pictures of clouds…

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Cats Had Eyeliner First

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Probably sometime in ancient Egypt a noblewoman – maybe even Cleopatra – was looking at her cat and thought to herself, If only I could have those smoky-dark lines around my eyes.

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Butterfly on Thistle

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I really, really love my Nikon D5000. 

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Limber-necked Kitten

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This kitten can nearly turn its head all the way around.  Fortunately it doesn’t project split-pea soup while doing so.

The image didn’t begin as a B&W, I changed it to simplify and make it more eye-popping.  The original looks like this:

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Bumble Bee

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This is a totally untouched photograph from this last Saturday afternoon, plinking around with my second Nikon D5000 in my backyard.  (It’s my second D5000 because the first one was recalled by Nikon.)

When I went to crop it, I originally thought I’d take just a touch off the left side, but what I ended up doing was this:

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I did this because at the time I decided a simpler picture would be more powerful.  Now I’m not so sure, I kind of like the original better.

What do you think?

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Faerie of Light

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This trick of the light caught my attention one morning before work.  It looked like Tinkerbell was sitting on top of my lap (sitting, or perhaps going to the bathroom).

It’s actually easier to see it if the picture is smaller:

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