• Barns,  Journey's

    Done for the day in Shelton.

    The sunsets on another day of farming in the country side of Shelton CT. The hay conveyor sits idol as daylight fades.  These two barns are in pretty good condition. Photographed with a Nikon D7100 and a Tokina AT-X-11-20 F2.8 Pro DX at 16 mm (35 mm equiv. = 24 mm). 1/80th, f11, ISO 100, Aperture Priority.

  • Barns,  Journey's

    Heritage Farm, Bolton CT

    Beautiful Heritage Farm Barn with it’s majestic silo sits hi atop the hillside in scenic Bolton CT.  I was quite a considerable distance away for this shot as they owned a lot of acreage around the barn and I’m limited to shooting from the roadside. I called on my Nikon 80-400 mm lens to get the reach I needed.  Remember one of the advantages of a cropped sensor, (compared to full frame sensor’s), is that you get the advantage of a multiplier.  This Nikon camera extends every lens by a multiplier of 1.5.  So basically instead of 400 mm I had a reach of 600 mm.  This allowed me to…

  • Journey's,  Wildlife

    Blue Heron

    [wzslider autoplay=”true” height=”800″ lightbox=”true”]While travelling through Cheshire, CT I spotted this bird sitting on the side of a pond. I parked the car, grabbed my camera and took these three shots from the other side of the small pond. I believe this to be a Blue Heron. Camera Sony Nex 7, 55-210.