Essays taken from a weekly newspaper column published in the Washington County News, Washington, Kansas. Look for my book, "Dispatches From Kansas," available from Amazon.com, or from the author.
Wes -- They were taken with the D300 and Tokina 12-24. Even at 18 mm (12 + 1.5X crop factor=18), the lens was inadequate to get the entire staircase. I needed a D700 and Nikon 14-24. I now have the former but not the latter, alas.
Circles within an octagon - for some reason it reminds me of a turtle. It's like finding movement and fluidity within a hard shell.
(Well,that reminds me of Forrest Gump and his box of chocolates metaphor. Now I'm seeing the house as a luscious treat, and your photos as the thumb cracking the bottom to see what might be inside.)
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Great photos, Tom. Were these taken with the D700 and the 24-70 lens?
Wes -- They were taken with the D300 and Tokina 12-24. Even at 18 mm (12 + 1.5X crop factor=18), the lens was inadequate to get the entire staircase. I needed a D700 and Nikon 14-24. I now have the former but not the latter, alas.
Circles within an octagon - for some reason it reminds me of a turtle. It's like finding movement and fluidity within a hard shell.
(Well,that reminds me of Forrest Gump and his box of chocolates metaphor. Now I'm seeing the house as a luscious treat, and your photos as the thumb cracking the bottom to see what might be inside.)
I'm especially taken with that first photograph.
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