KLB's Photo Journal

[klb1122]

04/01/2017
We were able to get out and attempt family pictures in the bluebonnets. We planned to go further out towards Independence, but ended up finding a nice filed closer, just past Chappell Hill.



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 50mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 50mm
Shutter Speed: 1/200th
ISO: 500
Notes: I put the camera on the tripod and in timer mode. I set it to take 9 pictures, each a half second apart, and then prayed that the girls looked at the camera.

Bluebonnets_2017.04.01_2 by Kory, on Flickr




Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 50mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 50mm
Shutter Speed: 1/200th
ISO: 400
Notes: Moved the tripod a bit closer and did another take. This one is actually a composite. The little turkey was looking off, but everyone else had good expressions. So I had to take her out of another frame an paste her in here. You probably would have never known, at least I hope not.

Bluebonnets_2017.04.01_4 by Kory, on Flickr




Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 50mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 50mm
Shutter Speed: 1/200th
ISO: 110
Notes: While my wife was checking the pictures, making sure she at least looked good in one (), I saw the picture below and told the girls not to move! They listened and it's one of my favorite pictures of them ever.

Bluebonnets_2017.04.01_5 by Kory, on Flickr




Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/250th
ISO: 100
Notes: With a family picture knocked out, I spent some time trying to get some decent shots of the girls together and then individually.

Bluebonnets_2017.04.01_14 by Kory, on Flickr




Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/2.2
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/320th
ISO: 64
Notes: Big girl...

Bluebonnets_2017.04.01_18 by Kory, on Flickr




Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/2.2
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/320th
ISO: 64
Notes: Tighter shot.

Bluebonnets_2017.04.01_21 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/2.2
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/640th
ISO: 64
Notes: Different angle.

Bluebonnets_2017.04.01_27 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/2.2
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/640th
ISO: 64
Notes: I like the angle, so I had the little one jump in there.

Bluebonnets_2017.04.01_29 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/640th
ISO: 110
Notes: A little sisterly love.

Bluebonnets_2017.04.01_36 by Kory, on Flickr




Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/640th
ISO: 80
Notes: Little girl...

Bluebonnets_2017.04.01_40 by Kory, on Flickr




Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/2.2
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/640th
ISO: 72
Notes: I liked the shot above, but the flowers are a bit distracting around her face, so I changed angles.

Bluebonnets_2017.04.01_41 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/2.2
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/640th
ISO: 64
Notes: I really like this one, and even the 85mm f/1.8 provides a nice swirl to the foreground.

Bluebonnets_2017.04.01_43 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/2.2
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/640th
ISO: 64
Notes: I had her look away, she loves doing that anyway.

Bluebonnets_2017.04.01_45 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/2.2
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/640th
ISO: 64
Notes: Next I had her close her eyes. This provided for a few funny shots. Not the one below, but the effort she put into closing here eyes was pretty hilarious.

Bluebonnets_2017.04.01_54 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/2.2
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/640th
ISO: 64
Notes: And somehow I got this little gem when I told her to look back at me.

Bluebonnets_2017.04.01_51 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/640th
ISO: 160
Notes: Big sister is always more rigid, as you can see from below. I constantly have to get her to shake it off and be more natural.

Bluebonnets_2017.04.01_58 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/640th
ISO: 140
Notes: This is better.

Bluebonnets_2017.04.01_64 by Kory, on Flickr




Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/640th
ISO: 160
Notes: Big sister wanted to do the closing-eyes thing.

Bluebonnets_2017.04.01_66 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/640th
ISO: 125
Notes: And the look back at me.

Bluebonnets_2017.04.01_68 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/640th
ISO: 125
Notes: That's a wrap, little sister was over it. Big sister comforted her.

Bluebonnets_2017.04.01_76 by Kory, on Flickr

 

[klb1122]

04/02/2017
I can't remember where we were coming home from, but a red-tailed hawk flew right in front of our car a street away from our house. My wife is used it this by now and said, just go home and get your camera. I did and her and the girls stayed in the car as I tracked the hawk. By the time I got back, it was on a street light outside of the local elementary school. It then moved to several different places above the school playground, but still within reach of my lens. It eventually went further out of reach, and I gave up, hoping I had got a few good shots already. Oh, and a mocking bird gave the hawk all it could handle, constantly attacking it on the back. The hawk would barely even acknowledge the mocking bird.



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 500mm
Shutter Speed: 1/800th
ISO: 110
Notes: It checked me out, and didn't seem to be bothered by me at all.

2017.04.02_3 by Kory, on Flickr




Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 500mm
Shutter Speed: 1/800th
ISO: 110
Notes: It was super overcast and also windy. Lots of ruffled feathers.

2017.04.02_4 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 500mm
Shutter Speed: 1/500th
ISO: 90
Notes: I REALLY dig this shot. Something about the symmetry and simplicity of it is appealing to me.

2017.04.02_13 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 500mm
Shutter Speed: 1/500th
ISO: 110
Notes: First attack by the mocking bird. Literally a pain in the butt.

2017.04.02_14 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 500mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2000th
ISO: 500
Notes: Another shot with lines and angles that I like. I had adjusted my shutter speed in anticipation of either a take-off or a mocking bird attack. I wish I would have gone even quicker looking back.

2017.04.02_16 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 500mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2000th
ISO: 400
Notes: Another attack.

2017.04.02_18 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 500mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2000th
ISO: 400
Notes: Anything down there I can snack on?

2017.04.02_22 by Kory, on Flickr




Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 500mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2000th
ISO: 1000
Notes: New location, same pesky mocking bird. I thought this was an interesting capture.

2017.04.02_25 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 500mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2000th
ISO: 900
Notes: Constant attacks.

2017.04.02_27 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 500mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2000th
ISO: 720
Notes: 83rd attack.

2017.04.02_29 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 500mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2000th
ISO: 1100
Notes: Will you just leave me alone already???

2017.04.02_30 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 500mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2000th
ISO: 720
Notes: I like the feathers of the mocking bird on this one.

2017.04.02_31 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 500mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2000th
ISO: 1000
Notes: Final attack I captured.

2017.04.02_33 by Kory, on Flickr




Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 500mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2000th
ISO: 560
Notes: My first capture of a hawk takeoff.

2017.04.02_34 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 500mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2500th
ISO: 500
Notes:

2017.04.02_41 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 500mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2500th
ISO: 640
Notes: My final shots are a take-off and landing sequence.

2017.04.02_42 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 500mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2500th
ISO: 1000
Notes:

2017.04.02_43 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 500mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2500th
ISO: 560
Notes: I've been wanting a shot like this for a while now and finally got one I'm happy with.

2017.04.02_44 by Kory, on Flickr




Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 500mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2500th
ISO: 560
Notes:

2017.04.02_45 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 500mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2500th
ISO: 450
Notes:

2017.04.02_46 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 500mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2500th
ISO: 360
Notes: Coming in for landing. Clipped the wings on this one, not the best tracking on my part.

2017.04.02_47 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 500mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2500th
ISO: 560
Notes:

2017.04.02_48 by Kory, on Flickr




Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 500mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2500th
ISO: 450
Notes: Alright, that's enough of one bird.

2017.04.02_52 by Kory, on Flickr

 

[Tourmeister]

Great stuff as usual

 

[Tourmeister]

Man... those claws...

 

[klb1122]

04/16/2017
Easter means Easter dresses, and in this case, they are handmade by Grammy.



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/2.2
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/640th
ISO: 80
Notes: Nothing special for backdrop, these are just out in the yard.

2017.04.16_1 by Kory, on Flickr




Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/2.2
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/640th
ISO: 72
Notes: I take way too many pictures, but I like to capture my subjects at different lengths if possible... full body, upper body, and tighter portrait.

2017.04.16_2 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/2.2
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/640th
ISO: 80
Notes:

2017.04.16_4 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/400th
ISO:110
Notes: They do really love each other... most of the time.

2017.04.16_5 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/400th
ISO: 125
Notes: Dresses together.

2017.04.16_8 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/2.5
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/400th
ISO: 72
Notes: The little one by herself.

2017.04.16_10 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/2.5
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/400th
ISO: 72
Notes: Popeye smile.

2017.04.16_13 by Kory, on Flickr




Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/2.5
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/400th
ISO: 80
Notes:

2017.04.16_14 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/2.5
Focal Length: 85mm
Shutter Speed: 1/400th
ISO: 110
Notes: Little one took a beating on the day prior to Easter. She was standing by her sister hitting a ball off a plastic tee and with the backswing big sister hit her right in the left eye. Then, later in the day she walked into the corner of a piece of plywood I had on some sawhorses.

2017.04.16_17 by Kory, on Flickr

 

[klb1122]

Great stuff as usual

Thanks!!!

Man... those claws...

I know! I can't even imagine getting grabbed by them.

 

[Tourmeister]

Notes: Little one took a beating on the day prior to Easter. She was standing by her sister hitting a ball off a plastic tee and with the backswing big sister hit her right in the left eye. Then, later in the day she walked into the corner of a piece of plywood I had on some sawhorses.

2017.04.16_17 by Kory, on Flickr

We have those kinds of days around here too It just sucks when it is me...

 

[klb1122]

04/16/2017
I forgot about the TWT Photo Assignment until the last day. This also gave me a chance to try out my newly acquired 58mm f/1.4 lens. I told my brother if he ever wanted to sell it, I would buy it from him. Well, I finally got my chance. He's switching systems and got rid of all his Nikon gear, giving me the chance to snatch the 58mm up.


Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 58mm f/1.4
Aperture: f/1.4
Focal Length: 58mm
Shutter Speed: 1/500th
ISO: 160
Notes: Once again, just in the yard. That's the beauty of this lens, especially at f/1.4, it makes the background disappear.

2017.04.24_2 by Kory, on Flickr




Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 58mm f/1.4
Aperture: f/1.4
Focal Length: 58mm
Shutter Speed: 1/500th
ISO: 110
Notes:

2017.04.24_3 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 58mm f/1.4
Aperture: f/1.4
Focal Length: 58mm
Shutter Speed: 1/500th
ISO: 180
Notes:

2017.04.24_4 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 58mm f/1.4
Aperture: f/1.4
Focal Length: 58mm
Shutter Speed: 1/500th
ISO: 110
Notes: And here's the crazy faced shot I ended up submitting for the assignment.

2017.04.24_7 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 58mm f/1.4
Aperture: f/1.4
Focal Length: 58mm
Shutter Speed: 1/500th
ISO: 64
Notes: Parting shot.

2017.04.24_11 by Kory, on Flickr

 

[klb1122]

We have those kinds of days around here too It just sucks when it is me...

Even your girls are tough after reading your Ark. report. I thought for sure after reading about a couple of those incidents they would never want to get back on the bike again. Kudos to them for doing it! It does help to have all the gear on though. Daniel though, he's in a league of his own!

 

[klb1122]

04/29/2017
My oldest has been in t-ball/baseball season for over a month now, and I've finally had a chance to take my camera to a game. This is her first season to play and she's gotten much better as the season has gone on. That's all I can ask, and she does try. They do coach pitch for 4 pitches, and if they didn't hit it, they break out the tee. Last week she hit the ball twice on the 3rd pitch. This week she was only able to foul a couple off, so she had to use the tee. She wasn't too happy about that because she was comparing it to the week before.


Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 150mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2500th
ISO: 1250
Notes: Her facial expressions were priceless. I got a good chuckle as I looked through them all when I got home.

Kamryn T-Ball_2017.04.29_1 by Kory, on Flickr




Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 140mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2500th
ISO: 1250
Notes: Eyes closed, as you can guess, this was a swing and miss.

Kamryn T-Ball_2017.04.29_6 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 140mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2500th
ISO: 1250
Notes:

Kamryn T-Ball_2017.04.29_7 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 175mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2500th
ISO: 1250
Notes: This one actually went out to second base, her best hit off the tee.

Kamryn T-Ball_2017.04.29_18 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 170mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2500th
ISO: 1250
Notes: Next at bad, not a bad stance.

Kamryn T-Ball_2017.04.29_20 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 150mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2500th
ISO: 1250
Notes: On second base.

Kamryn T-Ball_2017.04.29_35 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 150mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2500th
ISO: 1250
Notes: She hit that one, now where did it go? Ah, not far enough, foul ball.

Kamryn T-Ball_2017.04.29_49 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 200mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2500th
ISO: 800
Notes: Playing the field.

Kamryn T-Ball_2017.04.29_59 by Kory, on Flickr



Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 200mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2500th
ISO: 800
Notes: This pretty much sums up every play in the field.

Kamryn T-Ball_2017.04.29_71 by Kory, on Flickr




Body: Nikon D810
Lens: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 200mm
Shutter Speed: 1/2500th
ISO: 800
Notes: For some reason, this one got a lot of love when my wife posted it on FB.

Kamryn T-Ball_2017.04.29_75 by Kory, on Flickr

 

[bwdmax]

Love the hawk landing (second to last) the feet out front and the eyes looking right at the point of contact on the post. Then you capture the complete opposite with the shot of your daughter with eyes closed swinging the bat. Great stuff. I wish I had more photos of my kids as the grew up. Keep taking those shots of them as they grow you will never regret it.

 

[klb1122]

Love the hawk landing (second to last) the feet out front and the eyes looking right at the point of contact on the post. Then you capture the complete opposite with the shot of your daughter with eyes closed swinging the bat.

Thanks, I got a good laugh out of that.

 

[FCBH]

Kory,

You are truly very gifted and capture the moment so well. The color balance and compositions are superb. Your daughters are absolutely adorable and extraordinarily photogenic.



I look forward eventually to another picture filled ride report.

Keep on truckin'...

RB

 

[klb1122]

Kory,

You are truly very gifted and capture the moment so well. The color balance and compositions are superb. Your daughters are absolutely adorable and extraordinarily photogenic.



I look forward eventually to another picture filled ride report.

Keep on truckin'...

RB

RB, I appreciate the kind words! Thanks!

 

[kromy67]

You are double blessed with your family and your talent. Thanks for sharing.

 

[klb1122]

You are double blessed with your family and your talent. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you!


According to your signature, you're double blessed as well.