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DSC_4449 Swallowtail butterfly
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DSC_4449 Swallowtail butterfly

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  • DSC_3093 Praying Mantis
  • DSC_3106 fire on Benziger
  • DSC_3140 fire on Benziger
  • DSC_3197 fire on Benziger
  • This isn't haze or fog, or poor contrast from improper exposure, it's smoke, lots and lots of it. The last houses that the firemen were putting out were visible just a few minutes before, soon they were covered in smoke from the fire, minutes later the whole block. Praise the Lord, in a fire this bad that damaged a half a dozen homes, no one lost their life.
  • DSC_3326 fire on Benziger
  • DSC_3571 fire on Benziger
  • DSC_3484 fire on Benziger
  • DSC_3645 fire on Benziger
  • DSC_4108 butterfly feeding on thisle
  • DSC_4136 butterfly feeding on thisle
  • Finding myself in rather tight confines at the Japanese Gardens in Brooklyn when I came across this pleasent scene, I wanted a lens with a field of view wide enough to take in both women, but not all the people around them, and a nice wide aperture to throw the background completely out of focus. The only lens I had in my bag today that would do that, was my 35mm F1.4. An old manual focus lens, it still takes great images now on my D300s, like it did 30 years ago on my old Nikon F3. Boy I can't wait to see the images I get with it when I finally buy a D810.
  • DSC_4449 Swallowtail butterfly
  • DSC_1088 Fortunate Sun
  • A touching memorial made for an interesting visual
  • DSC_5034 Celebrating down Eastern Parkway
  • DSC_5046 Celebrating down Eastern Parkway
  • DSC_5313 Indian princess
  • DSC_6027 bumblebee
  • DSC_6237 scenes from the Botanical Gardens
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