Never try to compete against babies, children or puppies!  On the way home from Barbourville I saw a sign that said German Shepherd Puppies For Sale.  It was at an old barn so I parked and walked over and sure enough their in a pen was half dozen little ones, I couldn’t resist, I love dogs and these little guys were excited to have a visitor!

 

Photography Post-Mortem:  Fujifilm X-T5 with the XF 56mm f 1.2 R shot at 1/500th of a second @ f 5.6 ISO 200.

 

Happy Valentines’s Day, it is mine and Sherelene’s 53rd Wedding Anniversary today!

 

Blessings,

 

the pilgrim

 

Today I decided to do a  studio type shot.  On my desk sits a Shure 55SH microphone.  This was the same classic mic used by so many famous singers of years past including Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Elvis and at the Beatles!  I love music and it reminds me of that love and enjoyment whenI’m working at my desk and see the microphone!

 

Photography Post -Mortem:  Shot with the X-T5, and the Fujifilm XF80mm f 2.8 R LM OIS WR Macro lens.  1/25th of a second at f 2.8  @ ISO 250.  I placed a sheet of red construction paper behind the mic for a color splash to the background.

 

I hope you think of this marvelous invention that captured so much great music for us, the next time you’re listening to a famous artists of that period!

 

Blessings,

 

 

the pilgrim

 

In downtown Corbin there is a business called Alley Stuff.  They maintain a small warehouse in one of the alleys and this is their outside decoration.  Since I’m into Americana, junk and rust, I thought this was a good subject.  

 

 

 

Photography Post-Mortem:  Fujifilm X-T5 with the XF16-80 f 4 OIS WR at 98mm equiv,  1/45th of a second @ f 8 and ISO 200. Polarized and shot on a tripod,  Warehouse sign:  90mm (135mm equiv.) 1/480th @ f 5.6 ISO 1600, handheld.

 

Enjoy the Super Bowl and I will see you tomorrow.

 

Blessings,

 

 

the pilgrim

 

I made the rules, so I will live by them.  I thought I could make this work, and I had no reason to have thought that.  Let’s pretend that this image just went on the screen at one of mine and Jack’s workshops, here is what I would say, trying to be as kind as possible:  First what is the subject?  I can only assume it is the waterfalls, but, there is not very much of the falls in the image!  The foreground is not adding anything and there is a lot of foreground!  The light is dull, and the background is not really very exciting.  I would say come back on another day with better light and find a better vantage point!  I’m assuming that if you could see more of the falls it would be very nice. So Bill, you blew it!!!!!

 

Ouch! Now I know how that feels, and I was right, this mage is failing major league. I felt pretty let down by myself!

 

As I dejectedly walked out I saw the tourist trap flu for the kids to mine for gems, now dry and empty, but the lines were pretty terrific in the light so,  I shot it.  That lifted my spirits!

 

 

 

Cumberland Falls is known for it’s famous Moonbow.  Explained above, I thought so you guys can see what that is all about and I don’t have a shot of it, even though I only live 15 miles from the park!  I stopped in the gift shop to see if they had a postcard I could copy.  They  did so below this is the Moonbow!

 

Nice shot by Doug McCoy Photography

 

Looking around I  saw this sign and it was about how I was feeling now that I was starting to get the zone!

 

 

 

Next I found these two shots!

 

 

 Walking back to the car I saw these and had to give it a try.

 

Now starting to really feel good I saw some canoes at the Sheltowee Trace Adventure Resort site and went in to try shoot them, the colors were great but a sign said don’t go past this point, and I just couldn’t get a composition I liked!

 

 

As I was leaving I noticed a light was on in the office, even though they were closed and this is off season, I went over and knocked on the door, but no one answered.  I was just getting  back in my car when a lady opened the door and asked if she could help me!  I explained I wanted photograph the canoes, but didn’t want to trespass, she said no problem go ahead! I try to always ask for permission other people’s property, it is courteous, the right thing to do and a lot easier than running from a shotgun blast!  The payoff was worth the effort!

 

 

Photography Post Mortem:  This is easy, all images with the X-T5 and the 16-80 Zoom, one of my most used lenses!

 

So a day that starts out lousy doesn’t have to stay that way!

 

Blessings,

 

 

the pilgrim