Spring

This Spring is starting about pretty well. I finally admitted the rapidly escalating chronic pain in my back and leg was real, and physical therapy is making a difference. Level of pain down, blues not as much. Not a big surprise there.

I am really enjoying the most recent lens I acquired. I really should have made this one of my first lenses, given my enjoyment for macro type shooting. I did a bit with the extender tubes, but they require a lot of futzing around. When figuring out which tube(s) to use for the lens and distance, which is trial and error. I always seemed to make all the wrong guesses. Not only does this lens make close-ups a snap, it is a 100mm with a max aperture of f/2.8. That gives me a little telephoto ability in theaters as well.

Here's a half dozen I like from the last couple weeks. The first three in in my yard, the next are along the walk to the grocery store.


Yellow Jacket This is on the lattice on my neighbor's landscaping.



Maple Budding The same lattice.



English Daisy


Common Weed



Tree Blossoms I don't know what kind of tree this is.



Driveway Border These were pretty dense, but found a few isolated ones in front of the bit of old telephone pole or piling.