Today I’m treating you to a Daily Double!  When I arrived at the Chamber of Commerce building the sun was hitting the back of the red and yellow caboose!  Had to shoot it, but then it went overcast and the side of the train gears were too much to pass up!  Once again my attempt at a “Maisel ” shot.  I’m not kidding myself, only Jay is the real Maisel!

 

Photography Post-Mortem:  Shot with the X-T5 and XF 90mm f 2 R L WR @ f 5.6 and 1/190th of a second.  ISO 1,600.  Because this is a continuous tone subject a little noise was apparent, but Topaz Noise AI.  The Caboose shot was with the X-T5 16-80 zoom at F8 1/1,000 of a second ISO 800.

 

I really like how well Acros with a red filter, renders with the benefit of the 40 mega pixels in the X-T5!

 

Blessings,

 

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Over the Christmas holidays my family did a 1,000 piece puzzle.  They do one very Christmas and this year’s was a a scene I love.  Because we have Chester, we love Golden Receiver stuff, so this morning I decided that a shot of the puzzle, in square format, might be fun.  Plus I’m baby sitting Chester today and this kept me from having to go out for the shot of the day.  A neat scene with the puzzle cuts in it has great appeal to me!

 

Photography Post-Mortem:  With the X-T5 on a tripod, I shot this with the Fujifilm XF 23mm f 2 lens @ f 8 and 1.3 seconds at ISO 200.

 

Simple pleasures are some of God’s greatest gifts, whether a puzzle or day hanging with my best buddy, Chester!

 

Blessings,

 

the pilgrim

 

 

 

Just down the road from my home is this field with three crosses.  I’ve photographed them before, but keep going back to them.  They symbolize the most important point in my life, when I fell on my knees before Him and ask Him to come into my life and save me!  So the cross of Christ holds such deep meaning for me.  A Christian Church nearby erected these so at Easter members can take turns standing in to remember Christ’s sacrifice.

 

Photography Post Mortem:  I walked up into the field so I could get at very low angle to look up put the Crosses against the sky.  I used the Fujifilm X-T5 and the 10-24 f4 zoom @ 10mm (15mm equiv.) shot at 1/210th of a second at f 16 and ISO 800.  I deliberately cropped the two outbound crosses to keep the focus in the center one.

 

Blessings,

 

the pilgrim

 

Today Sherelene and I drove up to Lexington, after church, to have lunch with our grandson Cade, Catherine and Clint’s son.  He was celebrating his 21st birthday and we didn’t want him to spend it alone as his Mom and Dad now live in Tallahassee.  I’m so proud of Cade, he is a Junior in the College of Engineering at the University of Kentucky and doing well, in fact he made the Dean’s List last semester!  It was great to visit with him and his sister and our granddaughter Cassidy and her fiancé; Jake (below)!

 

 

Photography Post Mortem:  I broke my own rules for one day to enjoy family.  Images made with the iPhone 12 Pro Max!  But I did only make one frame of Cade and one frame of Cassidy and Jake!

 

Family’s one of God’s greatest blessings,

 

Peace to you in Him,

 

 

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