It’s that time of year again. There were two geese and two goslings, unfortunately I could never get them all in the same shot. This is the best one I took in my opinion.

Hehe, I like taking pictures of flowers, and the rain and the flat, dull light make the colours come out much better. Wish I had an extension tube or a true macro lens so I could go closer. But there is still a lot of detail, especially since the picture is cropped.

• Nikon D70, Nikkor 50mm, 1/100th sec at f/7.1, ISO 640
• Had to crank up the ISO in order to get keep it steady at the desired depth of field.

On some country back-roads in upper New York state, not far from Rochester but in the middle of nowhere nonetheless, you will find this row of trees in an intersection — with hundreds of pairs of shoes in them! And apparently, this tradition goes back more than thirty years.

Cool close-up of a band of sea shells that lie just were the waves meet the beach.

…and about 11 hours after seeing the sun set, I was up to see it rise again on the opposite horizon. I climbed up on the causeway between Clearwater and Clearwater Beach. Hence you can see Clearwater outlined against the sun. It was very dry (amazingly, considering that this Florida), so the sunrise wasn’t quite as spectacular as it could have been I think.

Sunset over the Gulf of Mexico, on Clearwater Beach, FL. Quite pretty. Hmm, the slight tilt is accidental, but I rather like it.

This is a 190 degree view from the deck of my parents’ house in Hønefoss, Norway. If not stunning, it is at least pretty. You can see my sister Cecilie sunbathing to the right. The wall on both sides of the panorama is the same wall. This is from 2006; it has just taken me a while to post it.

A pelican getting ready to dive bomb an unsuspecting fish. Again and again I tried to catch a pelican the moment before they hit the water, and I was foiled each and every time. Just not quick enough. Have a couple of almost half-decent ones, but they’re a little blurry and the bird is half submerged already. Not this time I guess, but I still got some good pelican shots.

Here’s Jenna on St Pete’s Beach in Pass-a-grille, Florida, at the very end of the Gulf boulevard that skips from key to key down from Clearwater Beach.

Well, his name might not Henry, but Jenna remembered a pelican on this pier from about 10 years ago, so it could be the same one couldn’t it? He was cool, just sat there to be photographed.

Update: apparently, it is the same Henry.

I’m in Clearwater Beach, Florida for five days. It’s so nice here! Everywhere is lush and green, and the beaches are like pure, white powder snow. Nice to get away and relax for a few days.

This picture taught me somthing about circular polarisers and vignetting. The vignetting was not as bad as seen in the picture, but where it occured, it was completely opaque. I exaggerated it. I must figure out how to avoid this in the future, and if necessary, buy a more expensive CPL.

Magnolias are gorgeous flowers. Many people have magnolia trees in their gardens. Here’s one of many, many pictures that I took with my 300mm.