It was a beautiful day here in the North Country. Sunshine, breeze, 68 degrees. Around 6:00 we took a drive to Clayton and Cape Vincent. A sailboat illuminated by setting sun on the St. Lawrence River in Clayon, NY caught my eye. I used a Sony 6600 camera and a Minolta 500mm f8 auto focus lens.
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| Sailing on the St. Lawrence River, Clayton, NY. photo copyright Gary Walts |
This is detail cropped from the photo below. It shows how sharp the Minolta 200mm f2.8 lens is. photo copyright Gary Walts 2024
Close up of mushroom gills. Snapped photo in our yard, Chaumont, NY. I used a Sony a6600 camera and a Minolta 200mm f2.8 lens. That lens is incredibly sharp. never ceases to amaze me. This photo was actually cropped from the full frame shown below it.
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| Mushroom in our yard, Chaumont, NY. Photo taken with Minolta 200mm f2.8 lens and Sony a6600 camera. photo copyright Gary Walts 2024 |
I snapped this ice fishing sunset a couple weeks ago, Feb. 4 to be exact. It's Chaumont Bay, Lake Ontario. Lens was a Minolta AF 500mm f8 mirror ( catadioptric) lens. Sony a6600 camera.
Today I took care of some business related to our apartments. Had some confusion & mixup with tenet electric bill and ours fora vacant apartment. Then I I did some work there patching holes from a wiring job I did as well as replacing some soffit on the front porch.
Lens was a Minolta AF 500mm f8 mirror ( catadioptric) lens. Sony a6600 camera.
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| Cardinal, Chaumont, NY, snapped with Sony a6600 with a Minolta 500mm f8 AF lens. photo copyright Gary Walts 2023 |
Yesterday I snapped this photo of a Cardinal in our backyard. Those birds are around our house all Winter so it wasn't an unusual sighting. What struck me this bird seed to be particularly vibrant colored. However, there was some unusual light filtering through the trees and brush, coming from behind the bird. Lighting. It's what makes a photograph. Camera was a Sony a6600 with a Minolta 500mm f8 AF lens.
