Blue Angels Practice from Seward Park

Anyone who was still working at 12pm today was cheated. Ha! I left work midday to enjoy the beautiful Seattle weather and to catch the Blue Angels on their pre-performance practice over Lake Washington. The papers all say that Jefferson Park is the best place, but I went down to the somewhat crowded Seward Park and found that the F-18's were buzzing overhead constantly.

I had to wait a short time and took a few pictures of ducks, and this Dragonfly, who was an unintended victim of my 400mm super-telephoto lens.

Up Close and Personal

Too much wide-angle can be a bad thing. I'm going to take a moment with this post and get up close and personal with my surroundings.

Residential flower garden, Bellevue. Canon SX100 IS Powershot.

Lake near Mount St. Helens. Taken at 400mm.

Alki beach. f/2.8 - 100mm macro and Digital Rebel Xti.

The hand of the Fremont Troll. Sx100 Powershot.

Inside the Tractor Tavern just before we took the stage. Digital Rebel Xti and f/1.4 50mm.

Fremont Ducks Have No Fear!!!

This photo was taken while I was shooting some bees on a flower in Fremont. I was manually focusing my 100mm Macro lens (awesome lens at f/2.8, btw) when this colorful guy wandered right up on me. He was only 3.96 inches from the lens based on the focus ring. Woo hoo!