The business parts of a tulip:

Posted in 5DMII, Macro on January 3, 2012 by budbranch

Orion Sets For The Last Time In 2011

Posted in 5DMII, Available Light, Long exposures, sky on January 1, 2012 by budbranch

This was composited from 244 30-second exposures, f/4 ISO1600 taken between 10PM and midnight.  Occasional traffic painted the trees with interesting light.  At the center of the frame you can see the three, equally spaced bright stars that form Orion’s belt, and the light smear below made by his sword, (I’ve included a visual aid below…)  Composite images like this are only possible because of Startrails software by Achim Schaller – THANKS Achim!

Sweet lens…

Posted in Canon S95, Macro on December 31, 2011 by budbranch

When I upgraded my camera body, I orphaned this nice lens.  Since I haven’t used it in a year, I decided to sell it to someone who can put it to use!   It is perfect for any Canon cropped-sensor digital camera:

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom Lens

An example of “working it”….

Posted in 5DMII, Available Light on December 26, 2011 by budbranch

Moving closer almost ALWAYS helps….

Flatwork!

Posted in 5DMII, Available Light on December 16, 2011 by budbranch

This is what it looks like when you have to place 280 cubic yards of concrete in a day – you have to start early, like 2:30AM early….

Cold Moon

Posted in 5DMII, Available Light, sky on December 12, 2011 by budbranch

I caught this just at dusk…

Let There Be Light

Posted in 5DMII, Long exposures on December 10, 2011 by budbranch

More pics here…

Another Self Portrait:

Posted in 5DMII, Available Light, Watercolors on December 9, 2011 by budbranch

Self Portrait

Posted in 5DMII, Available Light on December 6, 2011 by budbranch

Monticello 5K

Posted in 5DMII, Available Light, Stop the action on December 3, 2011 by budbranch

Elise and Lauren ran the Monticello 5K – more images here