Clouds and Hill and Sun

Posted on August 12, 2015August 12, 2015 Posted in Mine, PicturesTagged beach, green, Hawaii, HI, hiking, island, Kalalau, Kauai, landscape, photography, trailLeave a comment

Kalalau trail, Kauai, HI

Florence Oregon Sea Lion Caves

Posted on July 24, 2013 Posted in Mine, PicturesTagged 75, animal, beach, cave, florence, lion, ocean, olympus, om-d, OR, Oregon, sea, waterLeave a comment

Sea Lions

White as Snow

Sea Lion Cave

Cormorants and Seagulls

Cormorants

Haceta Head Lighthouse

The Oncoming Storm

Posted on May 6, 2013May 3, 2013 Posted in MineTagged beach, clouds, Hawaii, sunriseLeave a comment

No Clouds, New Tripod, Wet Shoes and Cannon Beach

Posted on March 3, 2011January 9, 2013 Posted in MineTagged beach, cannon, haystack, manual focus, Oregon, Pentax, photography, rock, tripod, water10 Comments

More photos to come, but I got a little trigger-happy and now I’m paying for it during editing. Oregon provided me with a rare cloudless day for some sunrise shooting. I also managed to catch the moon before it left to make room for the sun. The moon was a brilliant pink color and I regret not bringing any lenses longer than 135mm. After my recent change from Sony to Pentax gear, my lens collection has been a little “limited” 😉

I took this shot with a SMC Pentax-M 135mm f/3.5 lens. This lens is manual focus and it was manufactured anywhere from 25-35 years ago. Thanks to the K-mount’s unrivaled backwards compatibility it works on my K-7 without an adapter (thanks to sensor-based stabilization, it’s also stabilized). This opens up all kinds of inexpensive lens options if you’re willing to focus manually. I can’t claim that manual focusing on a DSLR is easy, but I’m practicing and getting better at it.