DSC09513: Night Sky 1.2

DSC09513: Night Sky 1.2, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

You can see a little star trail in this photo. It was really cold this night being about 29 degrees at the time of this photo. I love the thin layer of clouds that can be seen in thsi photo.

Exposure: 96 sec (96)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 200

DSC09508: Night Sky 1.1

DSC09508: Night Sky 1.1, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I focused the camera on Orion's Belt and then did a long timed exposure. It was about 29 degrees during the photo and i was ready to go back into the house. I love the clouds that can be seen in this photo.

Exposure: 72 sec (72)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Nap Time.

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

DSC09842: Hawk

DSC09842: Hawk, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

We were walking into the St Louis Zoo on Tuesday when we looked up in a tree that was near the front of the sliding doors. We saw this hawk. He was about 10 feet above us and just sitting on the limb. He was not really scared of us so i got out my camera and started taking some great photos of him.

I could not believe that he was in the middle of the city, although, the zoo is located in Forest Park. I wondered if he had escaped from a zoo exhibit or something like that.

I had my Minolta 35-105mm lens on the camera and just shot away. I wanted to change to my 70-300mm lens but was scared that he might take flight. He flew away after about 7-8 photos.

Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 100 mm
ISO Speed: 200

DSC00042: Portrait

DSC00042: Portrait, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This is a photo of my mother. I took it today using my 70-300mm lens as a portrait lens. I noticed during several photos that it has very nice Bokeh even at Telephoto ranges using a shallow Depth Of Field. This is an area that i am trying to get into using my camera. Please let me know what you think of this photo.

Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Hot Oil!

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

Fried Turkey

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer