Just the best time of year 😍

in my garden...

kennethtucker.com

Pentax-M 28mm lens. ISO 1600, f8, 1/3200s.

Very first try of astrophotography at this nice spot in val d'Orcia, Tuscany

8 exposures for the sky, 20"

4 exposures for the foreground, 30"

Blended with Sequator

Natural light, on tripod

smc Pentax-A 24-50mm f4.

Vivitar 55mm F2.8 Macro

Thank you for visiting, and for your kind comments and favorites. They are greatly appreciated!

Adapted Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

Available light, on tripod

from my garden...

My eldest son and I had been ordered to go and get the car whist the other 3 waited at the park. As Oliver and I wondered along the Shropshire Union Canal tow path, the sun getting fairly low in the sky, I spotted a fully seeded dandelion. I had to give a favourite shot of mine another attempt; capturing the seeds being blown off in flight. It's quite tricky to do, especially hand held - I got Oliver to hold the plant still while I focused up - and flicked to manual focus. Poised to fire and hold the shutter release down - I was suddenly distracted by a rather pleasent fellow walker who had spotted what we were doing and was waiting patiently for us to execute our photographic "masterpiece". Naturally I insisted she go past (not wanting the pressure of being watched) and we re-set-up and went for it. 1-2-3 - blow... Here's the result, I missed probably some of the best bits, but hey ho...

HSS: attempted to make this lower contrast in pp and added one extra seed at the edge of the frame...

from the archives...

SMC Takumar 50/1.4 @ f/5.6

Tasty orange flower.

Macro Mondays- one color.

Different tiny objects in old gold colors.

Vilnius

Schneider-Kreuznach Xenon 50mm 1.9

Oregon

Spot the hooman

We spent a few days relaxing and hiking in the Black Forest to recharge our batteries.

I took the manual Ricoh XR Rikenon 50mm with me just in case I felt like playing around a bit .... and I actually did : ))

Happy Hump Day / have a great evening !

[ manual Ricoh XR Rikenon 50mm f1.4 on a Pentax K-70 ]

© 2017 Thousand Word Images by Dustin Abbott

This is one of the images I feature in my second episode of the "What Caught My Eye" series that shares photos, tips and techniques, and some gear talk. This is a crop from a larger image and one I liked for the cinematic quality of the flare pattern and the light. I love the way that cacti spines catch the morning light and glow with it. Beautiful. Check the video episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOdstj1l_bQ

Technical Information: Canon EOS M5 + Rokinon 12mm f/2 NCS | Processed in Adobe Lightroom CC, Photoshop CC, and Alien Skin Exposure X2 (use code "dustinabbott" to get 10% off)

Want to know more about me or make contact? Take a look at my website and find a lot of ways t

Voightlander Skopar 28mm lens.

Thank you vor visiting

Perils of the woodland...shot with the Helios 44M

I was a bit in a hurry since the light was fading very quickly and i was quite far away from the car. Everything was already in my backpack and I promised to myself "no more photography for today".

Then i see this beautiful scene in front of me and i had to take everything out. Again.

I have no regrets 😜

Adapted Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

Available light, on tripod

Fish and salad delivery for the young and inexperienced. You can tell this was late in the season by the missing primary feathers.

Steinheil Munchen Culminar 135mm f4.5

Last of the kerria japonica.

I am learning and testing the lens at the same time but with different camera. It is taken on fully manual including metering. Honest opinion will be much appreciated.

Carl Zeiss Jena f3.5 135mm

Thank you for viewing. If you like please fav and leave a nice comment. Hope to see you here again. Have a wonderful day 😊

Brighton 🇬🇧

August, 2020

Adapted Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

Available light, on tripod

Zeiss Otus 100mm/1.4

Oregon

Bush Park, Salem

© 2016 Thousand Word Images by Dustin Abbott

A week ago we had a series of snowstorms that buried our region in a lot of fresh snow. It was some serious work to get out in it to shoot, but this is one of the photos that I liked. It was like a scene straight out of Narnia. I love the nice straight lines presented by the Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero D lens. It is definitely very interesting! I’ve got my text review finished and released (bit.ly/2h28TKx) and the video review is now live (bit.ly/2h2eCQk) P.S. In the interest of full disclosure, I added the walker with her dog for vidual interest from another photo I took a day or so later. The snow was very deep when I went out and I saw no one else in the deep woods.

Technical Information: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV + Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero D lens, Processed in Adobe Lightroom CC, Photoshop CC, and Alien Skin Exposure X2 (use code "dustinabbott" to get 10% off)

Want to know more about me or make contact? Take a look at my website and find a lot of ways t

kennethtucker.com

Phuket, Thailand