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!
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.
Wow. These are beautiful.
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 🙂
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..
Billy, you sure do know how to take a gorgeous photo!!
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!
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!
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.