I'm amazed you are able to get that close, Paul. Big frogs will usually
jump away long before you get that close. Well done.
Charlie
On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Kermit was in a more photogenic mood yesterday morning - I put the 12-50
> into macro mode and got down on his level and about 2" away from him. Nice
> detail and nice bokeh.
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=17230
>
> I was in Chicago yesterday for Robie House duty. On my way back, I decided
> to stop and grab a few photos - first one is of a soccer game between
> several families in the Midway Plaisance (one of the remnants of the 1893
> World's Fair left in town). The energy and color caught my eye. I was quite
> a distance away, so I put the 75-300 on at f8 and held very still. EXIF
> shows 179mm, so not too bad for a 360mm hand-held shot. I tried to be
> inconspicuous and non-threatening since in this day and age, anybody taking
> photos of kids is automatically painted as a predator...
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=17234
>
> And this shot is of a statue in the Midway as well that I've been driving
> by for years without knowing who it was. So, I stopped. Turns out it's of
> Thomas Masaryk, the founder and first president of Czechoslovakia. Chicago
> has a large Czech population (my friend Jim Peterik is of Czech heritage),
> so once I looked him up, it made sense. The statue was erected in the
> 1950's according to the plaque on the base.
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=17232
>
> I found one that I had forgotten about from our trip to Tunica/Memphis a
> couple of months back, so I'm going to cheat and include it here. It's an
> abandoned vacation development called "Cottage Inn Luxury Chalets". Every
> time we've driven by it, I laugh since my concept of "Luxury Chalet" isn't
> a shoddy building on a flat corner lot along a highway in Tunica, MS. This
> last time, I got a photo.
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=17096
>
> C&C encouraged. Enjoy!
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>
> Paul Braun WD9GCO
> Certified Music Junkie
>
> "Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold
> Auerbach
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