Day 91/366

Driving by Bell Field and saw BA's baseball team practicing.
Focal Length: 130 mm
F Number: f 6.3
ISO: 200
Exposure Time: 1/250 sec.

Day 90/366

Well here is some more signs of spring. This is a Day Lilly pushing up thru the old stuff from last year that I haven't cleared out yet. Maybe Saturday.
Focal Length: 35 mm
F Number: f 25
ISO: 200
Exposure Time: 1/10 sec.

Day 89/366

Some day they will be what's for dinner.
Focal Length: 300 mm
F Number: 5.6
ISO: 200
Exposure Time: 1/640 sec.

Day 88/366

Well here is a little spring time for all to enjoy. I used my Sony a380 with the Sigma 70-300 F 4-5.6 DG Macro lens. I took this using the Macro setting. It was taken outside the greenhouse at work.
Focal Length: 200 mm
F Number: f 5
ISO: 100
Exposure Time: 1/160 sec.

Day 87/366

It was 69 degrees when I took this photo. This little girl was playing in the sand at the dog park. She hasn't a care in the world she just wants to play.
Focal Length: 150 mm
F Number: 10
ISO: 100
Exposure Time: 1/250 sec.

Day 86/366

It has been a gloomy day out cloudy and rainy all day. So I saw this tree in bloom and I knew I had to shoot it and make it my post for the day.
Focal Length: 55 mm
F Number: f 5.6
ISO: 200
Exposure Time: 1/640 sec.

Day 85/366

This was a present from my son for my b-day. He had it made just for me. It is a real bat.
Focal Length: 55 mm
F Number: f 5.6
ISO: 400
Exposure Time: 1/80 sec.

Day 84/366

A green carnation. This was taken in my dining room.
Focal Length: 200 mm
F Number: f 5
ISO: 100
Exposure Time: 1/6 sec.

Day 83/366

Hey stay away from my wife and my rock. These two were just sunning themselves when this guy swam over. The one on the rock quacked at him and then just kept an eye on him. A wonderful day out.
Focal Length: 300 mm
F Number: f 7.1
ISO: 100
Exposure Time: 1/40 sec.

Day 82/366

Well I'm still playing around with the Macro setting on my Sigma lens. This was taking in the green house at work. Love the colors. I used the pop-up flash.
Focal Length: 300 mm
F Number: f 7.1
ISO: 400
Exposure Time: 1/125

Day 81/366

Well keeping with the begining of spring I went out front and took this shot. I thougth I would play around with the Macro setting on my Sigma 70- 300 mm lens. This is a bud on the silver maple I planted in 2007. It was only 5 feet tall and now it is around 12 feet.
Focal Length: 280 mm
FNumber: f 5.6
ISO: 100
Exposure Time: 1/320 sec.

Day 80/366

The first day of spring and the big boy's toys come out. This was taken on Central Ave. down town Faribault. I love the reflexions in the side of the car.
Focal Length: 70 mm
F Number: f 4.5
ISO: 100
Exposure Time: 1/40 sec.

Day 79/366

Red Robin, Spring is near even if the temps. are more like summer.
Focal Length: 300 mm
F Number: f 7.1
ISO: 100
Exposure Time: 1/125 sec.

Day 78/366

A ROSE IS A ROSE. I took this using my Sigma 70-300 lens set on Macro so I could get very close.
Focal Length : 200 mm
F Number: f 5.6
ISO: 400
Exposure Time: 1/125 sec.

Day 77/366

HAPPY ST. PATRICK DAY! This is my next store neighbor's flag I think he is Irish. It's going to be a warm one today it's already 61 degrees and it is only 9am.
Focal Length: 210 mm
F Number: 25
ISO: 200
Exposure Time: 1/40 sec.

Day 76/366

Yes it's fire I went up to Carleton College and was on the Arboretum trail and they were doing a control burn. This is a close-up of the flames. It was a great day out 72 degrees.
Focal Length: 300 mm
F Number: f 5.6
ISO: 200
Exposure Time: 1/800 sec.

Day 75/366

They have started planting in our green house. This is some of the coleuses that they planted last week. By next month there will be hundreds of plants and around mother's day they will open the green house and sell all the plants. The profits go to the consumers.
Focal Length: 55 mm
F Number: f 5.6
ISO: 200
Exposure Time: 1/20 sec.

Day 74/366

It's almost 70 degrees so I went over to North Alexander Park. There was plenty to photo but I thought this photo of a mom coming down a slide after her son was awesome. But it is really hard to text on a slide. I think it is so wonderful that she is doing something for him.
Focal Length: 200 mm
F Number: f 9
ISO: 100
Exposure Time: 1/250 sec.

Day 73/366

Here are a couple of dogs frolicking in the water at White Sands Dog Park.It was about 62 degrees out and yes that is ice behind the dogs.But they don't seem to mind. I used my Sony a380 with a Sigma 70-300 mm lens.
Focal Length: 135 mm
F number: f 9
ISO: 200
Exposure Time: 1/250 sec.

Day 72/366

Well here is and old lifegaurd stand at what was the Faribault siwmming hole. It is now the dog park. I only saw one dog today and I did take some nice photos of it.
Focal Length: 90 mm
F Number: f 5.6
ISO: 200
Exposure Time: 1/100 sec.

Day 71/366

Well I'm out as the sun is starting to rise over the river. This is another photo of the Stillwater lift bridge. This is the south side of the bridge looking west towards Wisconsin.
FOCAL Length: 135 mm
F Number: f 4.5
ISO: 200
Exposure Time: 1/8 sec.

Day 70/366

Hi, everyone I'm at Stillwater Mn. This is the view from my hotel room. Denise and I took a day and night for ourselves. It is just a beautiful day.
Focal Length: 50 mm
F Number: f 5.6
ISO: 100
Eposure Time:1/50

Day 69/366

I went over to North Alexander Park where there was about 100 geese on the Cannon River. This one was off by himself.
Focal Length: 300 mm
FNumber: f 18
ISO: 100
Exposure Time: 1/20 sec.

Day 68/366

Well here is the moon at 4:56 am looking thru some tree branches. This is the first time I have been able to tell that it is the moon. I hope to get better at it with practice. I put my Sony a380 with my Sigma 70-300 lens on my tripod and went out in front of my house.
Focal Length: 300 mm
F Number: f 25
ISO: 100
Exposure Time: 1/25

Day 67/366

Well can anyone guess where this was taken? Yes that is right in front of Lockerby.It was a rainy cold afternoon so I drove over to Lockerby. I took this shot without getting out of my car so my camera wouldn't get wet.
Focal Length: 130 mm
F Number: f 5.6
ISO: 100
Exposure Time: 1/80 sec.

Day 66/366

Well it's a beautiful day sunny and warm. I took a walk down by the river just south of 14th St. This is some ice on the rocks. I stood directly over it using mySigma 70-300 mm zoom lens.
Focal Length: 90 mm
F Number: f 5
ISO: 100
Exposure Time: 1/320

Day 65/366

Well the sun is trying to come out and now that I'm home it is out. I drove by the King Mill Dam while working today and saw the water running really hard over it. So after work I went there and took some shots. I really like this one because the water looks like a sheet of plastic being pulled tight. Focal Length: 30 mm
F Number: f 22
ISO: 100
Exposure Time: 1/60 sec.

Day 64/366

My wife and I drove up to Northfield and took a walk by the river. She said that the rocks would add some nice color to the grey day.
Focal Length: 70 mm
F Number: f 4
ISO: 100
Exposure Time: 1/1250 sec

Day 63/366

Well winter dosen't want to leave us just yet. We just got a little snow and it is cold and windy out about 19 degress. This is a picture of my two flower pots and part of my front garden. I took this at 9:42 am.
Focal Length: 55 mm
F Number: f 5.6
ISO: 400
Exposure Time: 1/640 sec.

Day 62/366

Well we finally made it to Friday. I went over to the Historical Museum and took some photos of an old pumper firetruck.This is a shot of the pump inside the truck.
Focal Length: 50 mm
F Number: f 11
ISO: 400
Exposure Time: 1/30 sec.

Day 61/366

Well it's the start of a new month March 1st.Time is really flying by. I went back to the Dog Park and this little guy came up to me. So I took his picture I like the little white marking on his face. I used my Sigma 70-300 mm lenes on my Sony a380 camera.
Focal Length: 75 mm
F Number: f 5
ISO: 400
Exposure Time: 1/1000 sec.