I finally took pictures of the moon!

Had been drooling over pictures others had taken, with craters etc showing. Now I took my very own shot with my Nikon D5100, and my 55-300 VR Nikkor zoom lens. I had taken this during the day so the sky was blue. But I wanted a dramatic black, so I changed it to greyscale, and then increased contrast, and reduced the noise.

Beautiful, glorious birds!

These pictures were taken after a one day course in DSRLs with Satish Menon. It was a really fun class, and helped me learn to begin to use my DSLR (a Nikon D5100) as a DSLR. I had been using it as a point and shoot so far, because I was not getting the time or the mood to sit down with a book. I thought taking this class will be a great way to start, and it was! He also gave us some basic "recipes" for portraits and landscapes. After the theory part was over, we went to a park (forgetting the name...I think Hellyer Park?), and practiced what we had learned.

As always, do click on the pictures to see the enlarged versions, and see pictures on FULL screen, to see each droplet of water as the birds splashed in the lake, the details of their eyes, and their feathers :-)). 

It seemed like they were enjoying "posing" for me, as much as I was enjoying taking their pictures.

Camera: Nikon D5100, 18-55mm VR Nikkor lens, ISO 100, Aperture f/5.6, Exposure 1/400 sec, focal length 55mm, ISO 100, No flash, handheld.

Sunset at Fowler Park

I love sunsets and sunrises. Who doesn't? The splendid colors that spill through the skies make you think, "Is this creation truly Divine?". Here are some sunset pictures taken from the parking lot of a park.

Nikon D5100, 18-55mm VR Nikkor lens, Focal length 55mm, Aperture f/11, no flash, Exposure 1/125, ISO 100, handheld.

Click on the pictures to see the enlarged versions on FULL screen. Enlarged versions are better :-).