When I come to a new city or revisit one after a long time, I always go out with a 50mm f/1.8 mounted on my camera - because it's versatile and light. But gradually I note places where a telephoto lens

Sitting on my front step recuperating from a hip operation managed to get a shot of this nearby butterfly. "click the image to enlarge" LensCanon 55-250mm CameraCanon650D

Mosques in Istanbul, some of them decorated to highlight the first night of Ramadan, shot from a balcony kilometers away with a 500mm lens. Minolta 500mm f/8 mirror lens, Sony α77 camera. For the fifth

I struggled with the light today; a persistent and broad cloud base obscured the sun for most of the day. It was also about -1°C (33°F) outside and felt much colder with wind-chill.

So time for another gentle walk around my local area, in total I covered about 2km by foot and took about 300 photographs.

It's time again for a walk in the big wide outdoors with my Sony FE 200mm - 600mm lens. It was freezing today; there was a beautiful clear sky for most of the time, but with the wind, I needed my gloves

Brown Hares

It's been almost two weeks since my last post in this community. On this occasion, I will share a Color / Black & White image of a wildflower macro photo that I took using an additional lens from Apexel

Good evening Hivians, yesterday we talked about Slow Motion videos, today instead we return to pure photography, the naturalistic one, which has always fascinated me, especially when it comes to capturing

Got a snap of this fly which is contrasted by the bright yellow background. It was difficult to get focus as it was fairly quick moving and with the lens at full extension, stability was an issue. "click

Following on from yesterdays post, I have decided to include some more cactus flower shots. This time though, they are taken a bit closer. The first is taken with a telephoto lens, and the second with

This is a photo of a seed pod from a Dietes Grandiflora flower, taken with my telephoto lens. The plant is easy to grow and requires very little attention, which suits Australia's harsh climate. Even though

Today, I am presenting a couple of photos taken with a Canon telephoto lens adapted to my Sony camera. The subject is a cactus groowing in a hanging basket on my back balcony. Over the years it produced

Even when a flower has finished blooming and its beautifully coloured petals are gone, there is still somethinginteresting about the next stage of a flowers life cycle. The seedhead with the individual

Using a telephoto lens to get some detailed and close up shots can be a bit of fun. It shows that you do not always have to use a dedicated macro lens to get a magnified close-up view with a blurred

Grey Squirrels are not my favourite animal; they have driven out their native cousins, the Red Squirrels in the UK. However, it seems they are very much here to stay. My opinions on the creatures changed

Using a telephoto lens to shoot snow on the Flatirons in Boulder, Colorado

An interestingly patterned dove, enjoying the view from an Istanbul rooftop. Minolta 500mm f/8 mirror lens, Sony α77 camera. -aoi

Seen from a balcony where I was at approximately their flight altitude. Minolta 500mm f/8 mirror lens, Sony α77 camera. -aoi

Which is the closest that the moon will be to Earth this year, giving it a bright reddish hue and a ~10% bigger than usual appearance. Minolta 500mm f/8 mirror lens, Sony α77 camera. -aoi