decorating

fawkes on the porch

nappin'

fawkes likes the holidays

thanksgiving peoples

screech owl

This little owl landed a few feet from the sidewalk with his prey as I arrived at my office this morning.

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perspective

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ondine in her sweater

move over, angels

squirrel

K-01, Super Takumar 200mm f4.0

and then, winter

toad and abalone

garden watchers

tallow ii

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K-01, Super Tak 35/3.5

finn in his sweater

november rose

After a hard rain.

chinese tallow

Our tallow puts on a good show this time of year.

a view from the bus stop

MX-1. Check out the sparrow in the upper right corner. The odd horizontal line in the middle left is the top of the Erwin Center.

fawkes and whiskers

K-01, Super Tak 55/1.8.

Brief lens/camera evaluation: the 55/1.8 has oodles of character, but it's not as sharp as the 35/3.5. Haven't used the 135/3.5 or 200/4.0 much, but I like what I've seen so far. The longer focal lengths are just too hard to use with the LCD. I might get more use from them if I get a Swivi. Overall, I got a lot of good old glass for $70.

As for the camera, I like the IQ. The focus peaking feature is nice, but I don't really like using it; I'd rather trust my eyes. The focus zoom-assist is helpful, but all things considered I think I'd be happier with an OVF.

Aspirational? A K-3 with the HD 20-40mm and the DA* 60-250mm, maybe. That combination would run around $3,700. That's not bad when you're talking about quality camera gear, but it's roughly ten times what I paid for the K-01 and four Super Takumar lenses. I think I'm OK for now - but if a blue K-01 fell into my lap, I'd be tickled pink.

we really gotta get out more

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red oak

me and the boy

strictures

For the past year or so our utility district has been rebuilding the neighborhood duck pond to help with flooding; they're not quite finished, but they re-opened it yesterday.

fergus and ondine

tanner, aprils and bob

mini sunset

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mx-1

whitetail buck

toes and noses

cats. like the play.

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Man I wish I had some gumption.

Still don't know what i was waiting looking for
and my time was running wild...

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K-01, Super Takumar SMC 135mm f3.5.
This lens would be more useful if I could see the viewfinder.
So yeah I put one of these on my wishlist.

Beautiful day today. Supposed to turn cold tomorrow.

whiskers

lol - Christmas card!

ondine in the garden

prudence

speedwell

apparently this is a common garden weed but it's new to me

mini meet up

who's a little smitten

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amy and ondine

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