Under the Golden Dome
Our latest foray with the Duxbury Camera Club was to shoot up on Beacon Hill. We spent an afternoon in the Massachusetts State House. Here’s a gallery of some of my shots.
Staff were very open to our group shooting away and one of the security folks even opened up the House Chamber for us. I used the Leica SL3 with a Sigma 35 f1.2, as well as the Viltrox 16mm f1.8. The Sigma is a little big and heavy but both lenses performed well with the interior shots.
Snow, snow and more snow.
It’s been quite a winter here in coastal Massachusetts. Very cold and lots and lots of snow. Shoveling was tough and it was no fun going days without power. But all that snow was perfect for black & white photography.
It seemed like a new fresh coat would arrive each week, keeping the ground cover clean and camera-ready. And then, as February ended, it was all gone in a single week of warm days and now all we have left to remind us of the snow are the photos.
Windblown Trees
This photo was taken in the Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary in Marshfield, MA — a great place for a short hike. When I go I almost always bring a camera.
There was something about these asymmetric trees that caught my eye. I’ve returned to photograph them on a number of occasions, in different seasons and conditions. Maybe it’s because they reminded me of the apple trees in the Wizard of Oz. (Watch out, they might reach out and grab you!) They have a kind of fascination for me.
Anyway, this particular image was taken in late September, 2020. I used the Leica SL2 and a Sigma 85mm f1.4 DG DN, a standard portrait setup. That combination allowed for some nice background blurring and gave the wildflowers and tree in the foreground a 3-D effect. So yes, this, basically is a portrait of a tree.
Click on the image for a closer look.