John Guilford's Photo Gallery: Nature

Pictures of nature

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Unless otherwise noted, through 2011 all pictures taken by me with a Nikon D70 camera.
Depending on the focal length, the lens is most likely either the Nikkor 18-70mm AF-S or the Sigma 70-300mm DG APO.
Starting in 2012, I switched to the Nikon D7000 with either the Nikon 18-105VR lens or the Nikon 70-300 VR lens.

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Autumn Maple
Date: 13-Oct-2007 Time: 11:00:17 AM Exp: 1/320s @ f/4.5 ISO: 200 Lens: 70.00mm Meter: Aperture Priority		Growing up in New England but living in Washington state, I miss the autumn foliage. This is a tree my mom gave me to remember New England by, and it is in my front yard. On a rare, cloudless fall day, I shot this photo. It looks like I boosted the contrast, but this is as it was shot by the camera. The circular polarizer deepened the blue in the sky. I tried to narrow the depth of field to emphasize the central leaf.

Flowering Dogwood
A flowering dogwood tree in my front yard. Not too much else to say about it.		Date: 13-May-2007 Time: 3:59:35 PM Exp: 1/500s @ f/5.6 ISO: 400 Lens: 70.00mm Meter: Aperture Priority

A Dandelion in my Backyard
Date: 11-May-2007 Time: 6:14:38 PM Exp: 1/100s @ f/5.6 ISO: 200 Lens: 240.00mm Meter: Aperture Priority		Not much story - the picture says it all - a dandelion in my backyard. I intentionally used a small depth of field so that the sides of the flower would blur.

Teasel
The seed head of a teasel plant taken alongside the Bill Chipman Palouse Trail in Pullman, WA.		Date: 30-Oct-2005 Time: 11:21:22 AM Exp: 1/250s @ f/10.0 ISO: 200 Lens: 195.00mm Meter: Aperture Priority

Legion Park Tree At Sunset
Date: 18-Feb-2005 Time: 6:07:05 PM Exp: 1/30s @ f/4.5 ISO: 1600 Lens: 40.00mm Meter: Aperture Priority		Another of my early pictures with my DSLR. On a rare clear February day, I took the scenic route home from work and stopped at Legion Memorial Park in Everett, WA. Part of the park overlooks Port Gardner Bay (Puget Sound). Across the water you can see the southern part of Whidbey Island in front of the Olympic Mountains.

Blackberry Leaf
This is one of the first pictures I took with my DSLR. I was walking through the Narbeck Wetland Sanctuary next to where I work in Everett, WA. I saw a lone blackberry leaf that had so far survived through winter. I liked the color and back lighting and this is the result. This is one I printed up large, framed, and hung in my kitchen.		Date: 25-Jan-2005 Time: 1:27:34 PM Exp: 1/100s @ f/5.0 ISO: 200 Lens: 70.00mm Meter: Program Normal