Photography

I like to take pictures. I have joined The Toronto Photography Collective on Meetup.

Mustang at London, Ontario Air Show

This is a P-15D Mustang made up to look like one of John C. Meyer's aircraft from WW II. This was at an airshow at London, Ontario, on 1988Jun03, according to my notes. Actually, I was getting ready to photograph a DeHavilland Mosquito that was about to taxi by. I took this picture for practise, and I was pleasantly surprised. It was late in the day, around 5:00pm.

I used my Yashica TL Electro 35mm SLR. I used my Tamron 28-70mm zoom lens set to 70mm. My exposure was 1/15 seconds. The film was Kodachrome ISO 25. I had my 35mm camera on the tripod, and I panned it a little. Note the blurry person next to the tail of the aircraft.

Killarney Provincial Park

I took this on a canoe trip to Killarney Provincial Park, Ontario, probably on Davis Lake, on Labour Day weekend in 2001. The time was around 5:00pm.

I used my Yashica TL Electro 35mm SLR. Almost certainly, I used my 50mm f/1.9 lens. The exposure was 1/15 seconds. The film was Fujichrome Sensia ISO 100. I did not have a tripod with me, but the knob of my hiking pole is held on by a camera thread. The monopod saved this shot.

I use this photo for the background on all my computers.

My Apricot Tree with a Bee

I have two apricot trees in my back yard now. Every year, I try to photograph the blossoms and any bees they attract.

This time I got it right. 2017/04/22. I used my Nikon D7100, with my old Tamron 28-70 zoom lens. This does something approximating macro photography. The settings are 1/2000 second, f/5.6, 70mm focus. and about 0.3m (1ft) from the bee. The camera was set to ISO 800. The key to photogaphing bees is the 1/2000 second exposure. It is too bad I could not get better depth of focus.

Last updated 2017May16 by Howard Gibson.