Macro Monday: Wasp

Found a dead wasp while shooting some macros around my yard. Used my 75-300mm and my 18-55mm connected by a macro reverse ring for some super macro shots. An attempt at focus stacking. The final image along with 2 images to show how small a depth of field you have using the reverse ring.

Some head shots.

#macromonday #macro #wasp #supermacro

Camping

It was very windy driving to the campgrounds plus all the fires burning around Washington gave me an interesting shot of the setting sun.

The next morning was nice and clear so I went to the little river nearby for some photos.

Clouds at Camp

I went on a camp out a while ago and liked the clouds so I did a time lapse. I normally use Photoshop to make an animated gif file but decided to try QuickTime. QuickTime seems quicker to make videos from my time lapse but I wasn't able to play the video here so I used Photoshop to make the gif.

July 4, 2015

Went down to the Columbia River to watch the fireworks.

#fireworks #july4th

Local Wildlife

Went for a walk along the Columbia River on the Pasco side and I saw something I never thought I'd see. There's a large field with trees and bushes near the Moore Mansion in Pasco, WA with at least four foxes living there. I captured three of them in one photo and saw a fourth further down.

Some other cool captures.

B-17G Flying Fortress

I was pretty excited to go inside this airplane. When I was younger I built a scale model of a B-17F Flying Fortress. To me it is one of the coolest looking planes of WWII. One of the waist/side guns and the belly gun (as seen from the inside).

The radio room. I like how these turned out but I need to find a way to get rid of the weird border at the edges of the light (the light beam hitting the floor).

The bomb bay and the catwalk to get to the rest of the airplane.

Nose gun and belly gun from the outside.

A wide angle shot of the entire B-17 as well as a close up shot. I'm not sure which I like better they both look nice.

#HDR #WWII #airplane #B-17G #B17 #B-17 #flyingfortress #wingsoffreedom

B-24J Liberator

Went to the event Wings of Freedom at the Yakima airport. It was really cramped in most of the airplane with only a few areas where you could stretch out a little. Looking towards the cockpit.

The narrow catwalk going through the bomb bay to get to the tail section. You had to lower yourself down to get into the bomb bay and you can see my legs as I was sitting while taking the photo.

Looking at the belly gun.

One of the waist/side guns. There is a bit of ghosting in these photos since I was hand holding the camera, I'll have to spend more time to fix the photos up better but it still looks cool to me.

Looking towards the tail gun.

Tail gun from the outside.

Front view.

#HDR #WWII #B24J #B-24J #Liberator #airplane #WingsOfFreedom #Yakima