After six months of digital-only photography, I finally went to
the local CVS and made some prints and framed them. The first was this
photo of an Eastern Blue Bird (Sialia
sialis) at Eno River State Park in Durham, NC. This photo
was taken with a 6-inch astronomical
telescope:
The second was this in-flight photo of a Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodius) at Jordan Lake in
NC, which was shot with an 80-400mm ED zoom lens on the Nikon D50:
The third was this close-up photo of a Great Blue Heron on
campus at Duke University (at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens) using the same
lens as above:
For the fourth print I ran out of frames and instead just
packaged the matted print in cellophane:
Finally, I took a quick snapshot of my handiwork all
collected together. This shot was taken using my 55mm f/2.8 macro
lens, again on the D50:
The frames and matting and other materials were all purchased
at the local Michael's art-supply store. The 8x10 prints were
made using the automated kiosk at the local drug store. Total
time for printing and framing was probably about 3 hours.
