July 4th Fireworks on the Mall in Washington D.C. 2011

Once in your photographic life if you can get their it's really worth coming to Washington, D.C. to photograph the fireworks on July 4th. When taking pictures of fireworks (use a tripod)set your camera to manual use a shutter speed somewhere from 1 to 3 or 4 seconds and walk in the right f-stop going up or down till you get the sky dark enough....

Tameron 18-270 lens / f-29 / 3.00 sec. / Iso 320

Damselfly by the Water

If you go by most any river or lake you will find at the river's edge these flying insects called Damselflies. They are smaller versions of Dragonflies. Most are not longer than 5 cm ( 2 inches), and some have brilliant color almost like neon lights. Don't worry they don't bite but they are very easy to disturb, so just move slow when you try to take a picture. These pic's were taken without a tripod but I plan on trying to get a better shots with a tripod to reduce camera shake...

Tamron 18-270 Macro lens   F3.8 - 1/60 sec. - 250 iso Flash

 Nikon 85mm macro lens  F16 - 1/25 sec. - iso 1000

 Nikon Macro Lens f3.8 - 1/60 sec. / 250 iso (and yes they are mating )

Nikon 85mm Macro lens f4.2 - 1/50 sec - iso 250

McKeldin Rapids

These Pictures were taken by Gary Gillis at McKeldin Falls in Patapsco State Park Maryland

Early June 2011

Iso 320   Shutter speed 1/2 sec   Aperture F-29   Focal lenght 42mm

Iso 320   Shutter speed 1/60   Aperture F-4   Focal lenght 30mm

Iso 1Ev under 200 Shutter speed 1/1.6 sec.  Aperture F-25  Focal length 25

Well when your wife tells you not to go out on the slippery rock because you could fall in what do you do. Well I did what any red blooded guy would and I went out and took the pictures and fell in but did save the camera. These are the results...Shot with Nikon D-300 in raw format Iso 320/Shutter speed 1/2 sec./Aperture F-25/Focal length 32mm. All four of these pictures were shot with a polarizing filter...