This crazy life
This crazy world
We’re living in is
Magical
1/1000s, f/5.0
1/800s, f/4.8
1/125s, f/4.0
1/1000s, f/4.5
1/1000s, f/4.5
1/1000s, f/5.0
*Images made with Nikon D850 with AF Micro Nikkor 60mm f/2.8 D lens all at ISO 200*
This crazy life
This crazy world
We’re living in is
Magical
1/1000s, f/5.0
1/800s, f/4.8
1/125s, f/4.0
1/1000s, f/4.5
1/1000s, f/4.5
1/1000s, f/5.0
*Images made with Nikon D850 with AF Micro Nikkor 60mm f/2.8 D lens all at ISO 200*
Hurry up, hurry up and wait
I stay away all week and still I wait
I got the blues, please come see
*images made with fuji x100f*
Is there any phrase more ominous than “you need to see exactly what you’ve done”?
11/22/63
*Nikon D850 with AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 E VR lens, edited in Silver Efex Pro 2 using ‘Ominous Fade’ filter*
Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.
― Jack Kerouac
*Images made with Nikon D850 and AF-S Nikkor 16-35mm f/1.4 ED lens*
“O light! This is the cry of all the characters of ancient drama brought face to face with their fate.
This last resort was ours, too, and I knew it now.
In the middle of winter I at last discovered that there was in me an invincible summer.”
― Albert Camus, L’été
*images made with Nikon D850 and AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm F/2.8 E VR lens*
Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light
― John Milton, Paradise Lost
*all shots made with Nikon D850 and Nikkor Micro AF-D 60mm f/2.8 D lens, I used that lens to experiment with some macro shots, the skies were a kind of bonus…*
But now I know the things I know
And do the things I do,
And if you do not like me so,
To hell, my love, with you.
― Dorothy Parker
*Images made with Nikon D850 and AF Micro Nikkor 60mm f/2.8 D lens and edited in Lightroom*
And now we welcome the new year
full of things that have never been
― Rainer Maria Rilke
New trees, new hope, a pair of robins, a family of blackbirds and assorted wagtails have made their new home amidst the olive grove (well, there are now two such trees). Nature has shown that even a brief respite from the toxic side products of human endeavour pays (green) dividends.
Let’s hope ‘we the people’ can now renew and heal as we transition to a new year, working together to heal differences and put aside toxic divisions.
(newly planted) olive tree: 1/200s, f/8.0, ISO 64
(newly planted) magnolia: 1/200s, f8.0, ISO 64
(precocious) prunus: 1/200s f/8.0, ISO 64
(ready for new residents) White House 1/200s f/8.0, ISO 64
*All images made with Nikon D850 and AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8E VR lens with limited edits in Lightroom*
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
– Albert Camus
*my very first attempt at macro photography, made with my Nikon D850 and Nikkor AF Micro 60mm f/2.8D lens, edited in Lightroom Classic with cool light filter applied*