Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
More cute, furry farm animals. Although I grew up in a rural part of the UK and my grandmother owned and operated a farm, I don’t know much about goats. They didn’t seem to be common where I lived.
I’ve come to realize that Llamas are quite popular in the Hudson Valley (See:The Famous Hudson Valley Llamas site). I supposed they’re a nicer, cuter, more pleasant version of a camel (in my experience camels are mean, foul-tempered beasts that smell, bite and spit).
This was one of the first photographs taken with my new Sony A77 II. The first few didn’t come out all that well as I was unfamiliar with the camera and had changed some of the settings (most notably setting up back button focusing) and found myself reaching for buttons in the wrong places. It didn’t take me long to get up to speed though.
I like this picture because the rider is pretty much in focus, but parts of the horse (e.g. the hoofs) aren’t. The blur around the feet of the horse, and the dust being kicked up gives a sense of motion that I like.
Taken with a Sony A77 II.
Not too long ago a friend of ours came to visit. We had a very pleasant lunch outside on the patio overlooking the lake. I don’t recall why we came indoors (maybe it was getting cold? Maybe it was starting to rain?), but indoors we certainly came, and had our dessert in the dining room.
While there I was able to take a picture of her with our dog, Harley.
Taken with a Sony A77 II and Minolta Maxxum AF 50mm f1.7 lens.
We went out last Sunday to pick up a couple of lamps we’d just purchased. On returning home I noticed this colorful little guy on our door. I thought it would be relatively easy to get a picture, but no doubt observing my presence he started to move away. He didn’t jump off or fly away, preferring to just walk around on the door. It did make my job rather more difficult though. I liked the bright colors against the plain white of the background.
Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.