DSC09980: Butterfly on Leaf

DSC09980: Butterfly on Leaf, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This was another photo taken at the St Louis Zoo on Tuesday with my family visiting from Texas. I was using my Minolta 35-105mm lens during this trip as it is a good walk-around lens. I think that the "negative space" to the left really lets you center in on the butterfly set apart by landing on the very green leaves.

Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO Speed: 200

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.
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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.
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Fried Turkey

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
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DSC09965: Butterfly in Light...

DSC09965: Butterfly in Light..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

When i was walking through the Butterfly Dome i was looking for a shot that would WOW me. This was just such a photograph.I think that this photo is one of the best photos that i have taken.

The lighting was just perfect on the butterfly with nice Bokeh, Framing, and position. I love how the light falls on his partially open wings and you can see just a hint of blue. Also how the light is shining through the top of his wing. The Depth Of Field is very nice with the green leaf very focused and the butterfly looking very ethereal

Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO Speed: 200.

DSC00024: Arch Views 1.14

DSC00024: Arch Views 1.14, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I was trying a bit of a different approach to taking a photo of The Arch. The structure if so massive and hard to get in one photograph. I love the perspective on this photo as it is not centered and has the negative space to the right of the object. The sky was flat in this photo with only a bright spot of sun reflecting off the bottom portion of the Arch.


Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/13
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200

DSC00011: Views From Arch 1.7

DSC00011: Views From Arch 1.7, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

On the East Side of The Arch looking out over the Mississippi River to the Eads Bridge. Notice the big shadow on the Arch on the water? I think that it is really a neat photo.

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200

The Arch!

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
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KWMU 90.7 Photo oF The Week.

I got photo of the week again!!

http://publicbroadcasting.net/kwmu/arts.artsmain is the link.



Red Legged Honeycreeper is what he is called.

Not really sure why he was sitting in the Butterfly Dome at the zoo. He has a brilliant color to him and he was just sitting in a clump of trees in the center of the dome. I love the DOF and Bokeh that this photo has.

Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 230 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Not really sure why he was sitting in the Butterfly Dome at the zoo. He has a brilliant color to him and he was just sitting in a clump of trees in the center of the dome. I love the DOF and Bokeh that this photo has.

Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 230 mm
ISO Speed: 400


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DSC09734: Food, Yumm!!

DSC09734: Food, Yumm!!, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Placed all around the Butterfly Dome are dishes like this for the Butterflies and Moths to eat. They place fruit and other foods that the bugs will eat. These two were sitting in the dish taking on some neutriant and after i took this photo, they flew away.

The depth of field was very nice and the Quantaray has a very good Bokeh to it. I love to shoot nature macros using this lens.

Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO Speed: 400

DSC09652: Butter and Bread!!

DSC09652: Butter and Bread!!, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I saw this piece of art in the museum on Saturday and it reminded me of Atlantis! It is a butter and bread server from some artist in Iraq back in the 1950s. Very wild looking stuff. I love how the light bounces and reflects all around the display case.

Exposure: 0.167 sec (1/6)
Aperture: f/10
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 400

DSC09741: Mothman Bokeh 1.1

DSC09741: Mothman Bokeh 1.1, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Same Great moth, same great lens! Wonderful DOF and Bokeh. This is just another angle.

Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 210 mm
ISO Speed: 400

DSC09729: On a Tree

DSC09729: On a Tree, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I took this on my first pass using the Minolta 35-105mm lens. It does not have as good as Bokeh as my 70-300mm lens.

Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO Speed: 400

I learned a lot today shoot most of the photos in Manual Mode. I guess that i really never used this mode that much.

I was in a museum today shooting photos of art in cases and displays. I could not use flash(did sometimes) so i had to take all photos by adjusting the f/stop. I really never looked at the Light Meter" either.

Well today i did! I wondered how to get the photos to look as much like they did to my eyes so i started to adjust the apateur/f/stop so that the meter would read Zero(0). Not + or -, just dead zero. I was amazed! I started to get photos that i liked a bunch and how they looked like in the display cases.

It worked very well! I love shooting with the A200 anytime that i can and it is IMO, a very well built camera with lots of nice features and options with a great selection of lenses that most others don't have.

If you have never tried this, do it and you will learn lots from an exercise like this.

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DSC09744: Mothman Bokeh 1.2

DSC09744: Mothman Bokeh 1.2, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

As i was out and about St Louis today, me and a friend went to the zoo. I wanted to go to the Butterfly Dome to show him but to also do some photography. We walked out of the cold to the warmth of the dome and i found this dude.

He looks like he just crawled out of his cocoon as his wings are all messed up and wet looking. I love his colors, the red is very bright and it dramatically stands out against the blurry background.

I was using my Minolta 35-105mm lens as i was going from butterfly to moth and i was not getting the results that i wanted with that lens. I got out my Quantaray 70-300mm lens and this is what i got! I got an amazing Depth of Field, great Bokeh, and vibrant colors, just what i always get using that lens for Macro Photography.

Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 230 mm
ISO Speed: 400

DSC09463: Cross Macro

DSC09463: Cross Macro, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Another example at about 10'' from the object. A Silver Cross. Very selective Depth Of Field and good Bokeh.

Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO Speed: 200