Kingman Island

Kingman Island on the Anacostia River in fall.
This was taken with a Nikon D40 w/18-55mm, which for the money, then and now is a good deal.
I had gone with the D40 over the D40x for as the same sensor is used in each, but the increased resolution comes at the cost increased noise.

Nikon D40, 18-55mm f3.5-5.6
1/50 sec, f/16

Who lives in a blue house under a bridge?

Sponge Bob square pants!... wait.. no, I do!
I found some great tutorials online for the GIMP. Here I was playing with layer masks and adjustment layers to bring the blues, greens and reds out, each in their own layer- as opposed to just blasting away with the Hue/Contrast tool all willie-nillie like.


Nikon D80, Tokina 28-70mm f/2.8
f/5.6, 1/400 sec

Setting Sun

This shot was taken as the sun was setting behind Bear Mountain.

Nikon D80
80-200 AFS @ 200mm
f/16
1/320 sec. Steadied on a hand rail

Could she Bea any cuter?

We thought Gary was the photogenic cat in the family, but it turns out, Bea might win... or at least tie.


105mm f/3.5
1/15 sec.
SB800 SU-4 mode through umbrella