Spring in February

As you all know, the weather in Austin, Texas is slightly different than the weather to which I am accustomed in Illinois.  I’m still getting used to the three seasons here: way-too-hot, not-as-hot, one-cold-week-where-everyone-complains.  We actually saw some snow during the one-cold-week, which was refreshing. But now it’s the end of February: this means that in Texas and on the major league baseball schedule it is time for spring.

I will be selling my Nikon 55-200mm VR lens since the internal auto-focus motor broke.  The repair would cost almost as much, if not more, than buying a new lens.  But while I still have it in my possession, I thought I’d use it (and my D300, of course) to capture some spring scenes from the front balcony of my apartment (yes, I have two balconies).  As you can see from the below images, it’s not completely necessary to have a lens that can autofocus.  Hope you enjoy the “before and after” feature!

Spring Light

 

Pollenation

8 Comments

  1. Reply
    Judy 27 Feb ’11

    These pictures are phenomenal, Billy. Framed in plain black and appropriate mattes – give them for Christmas presents, put them in your next art of photography show.

  2. Reply
    Anne 27 Feb ’11

    Wow. These are beautiful.

  3. Reply
    Vanessa 28 Feb ’11

    Love love love these!!! wish it was warmer here! I love the Bee’s wings!! PS how do you feel about shooting a wedding July 28 2012… just saying 🙂

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    Kevin 4 Mar ’11

    Nice pics Billi ! Some crazy bokeh goin on there..was that a f/2.8 lens? Hey i’ll be in austin this month…we shld meet up..and take some more bokehlicious pics ! Like the blog btw..

  5. Reply
    Brooke 6 Apr ’11

    Billy, you sure do know how to take a gorgeous photo!!

    • ivwilsoniv 17 Apr ’11

      Thanks, Brooke! I really liked how these turned out as well. It was just a spur of the moment thing. The trees were in bloom, the bees were out, and the sun was just going down which made for perfect lighting. I was going to be selling my zoom lens later that week, so I wanted to use it for one last set of images!

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    simona 28 Apr ’11

    hi, i absolutely love that first picture. i found it a while ago and saved it as one of my favorite spring inspirations. today i made mention of it in my blog. just wanted to let you know, i thought everybody likes a little attention 🙂
    your other photography is beautiful as well!

    • ivwilsoniv 28 Apr ’11

      Thanks, Simona! I was really happy with how all these pictures turned out too. If you want to buy that first one, you can on Redbubble.

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