I had to cook dinner so I decided on Gemelli (pasta) and a tomato sauce of my design( recipe not perfected so it does not need to seen). I had a few minutes so I decided to work on a bit of flash photography.

Using my Nikon D90 with my 50mm lens and  my SB600 Flash set to 90 degrees and backwards. I did this because that last time I took a picture in this position I had a harsh shadow. (Teh Food Files: Food Photography & Pancakes) This time I eliminated it.

People have quipped that I carry Everything with me , all my photography gear. I do carry a lot, 2-3 lenses extra battery, cleaning stuff etc, everything I think I need .  Well , when I was in Ellicott city, I did not think I would need… A smegging Tripod

I decided to leave the tripod in the car because I thought I was just doing an exploratory photo walk. I was checking out Historic Ellicott city for the first time. I did not expect to run across feeding butterflies. I was shocked and awed and HAPPY AS FRELL that I had my Sigma 70-300 macro lens and a Nikon SB600 flash to keep the shutter speed fast .  If I had the tripod hell something tall to steady the camera on I could have gotten MUCH BETTER Shots. I got decent shots, but I know they could have been MUCH BETTER.

I think I need to annoy more people and carry my tripod more…

Exposure 0.033 sec (1/30) Aperture f/5.6 Focal Length 24 mm ISO Speed 200

It was the beginning  of my End of Summer  time in Maryland.  The weather was  pleasantly warm, just as it should be. I Was keeping a relaxed pace and taking a break from the Pollution and Insanity of New Jersey. On this day, August 27 2010, after a four hour uneventful road trip, and a Barbecue   with family, We took a trip to the Savage Mill. It is a complex of shops ans Restaurants’, constructed in an Old historic mill in Savage, Maryland.  We were moving around the place and going nowhere and I was taking pictures of things that caught my eye in the Antiques section.

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Exposure 0.008 sec (1/125) Aperture f/1.4 Focal Length 24 mm ISO Speed 200 Exposure Bias 0 EV

I had a few quite minutes and I was working on my travel coffee kit. It is a cloth coffee filter in a nylon tea strainer. I was Drinking Limu From BaristOnDuty You can bring that anywhere with your own coffee ground. All you need is hot water and a cup. Better to bring your own coffee than to suffer bad coffee and it’s cheaper also. The shot was quick. I just wanted to get another coffee pic with AF-S Nikkor 24mm f/1.4G ED Nikkor lens Time is short with it.

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Exposure 0.006 sec (1/160) Aperture f/1.4 Focal Length 24 mm ISO Speed 200 Exposure Bias +2 EV

Shooting at f/1.4 for can be fun, but i think i got a little silly with the Bokeh here