http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21745 21745 Tough little (They're dime-sized blossoms) buggers that handled our recent cold spat without a problem. Canon G5 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21738 21738 Whoa! There's the snow. Not much, but it was a surprise. Canon G5 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21715 21715 You had snow? We had ICE! Canon G5, http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21713 21713 Olympus E-1 w/mirror lens http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21707 21707 Olympus E-1 w/mirror lens http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21709 21709 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21711 21711 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21688 21688 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21691 21691 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21693 21693 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21700 21700 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21703 21703 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21705 21705 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21654 21654 One of our many fuzzy tails eating bird food. Sometimes I think we're raising the whole colony. E-1, Zuiko 200/4 @ f4 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21657 21657 We have a ton of Cardinals... sometimes five or six males at the same time. Don't they know they're territorial? E-1, Zuiko 200/4 @ f4 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21641 21641 Tripod relacement... not really, but one helluva space saver. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21623 21623 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21488 21488 And that's not too bad. Hopefully, that's the last snow we see this year. (Timidly taken from my sliding door to the deck.) Canon G5, in my robe & slippers (Old guy garb) http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21467 21467 These are some tough kids...(Relax - It's a gym (P.E.) class.) Cell phone shot http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21462 21462 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21454 21454 Now you know! E-1, 50/1.4 OMZ@f4 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21457 21457 One of our resident flock (murder) that inspired my kids book sampling the feeder on our deck. E-1, 50/1.4@f4 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21447 21447 We have big birds at our feeder. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21450 21450 Yes, I did put corn out for our little dependents. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21196 21196 A family enjoying their stroll along the Chesapeake Bay shoreline in Calvert County Maryland on one of the last warm days. Canon G5 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21199 21199 The 'cliffs' of Calvert. Captain John Smith (of Pocahontas fame)likened these to the White Cliffs of Dover.(Quite obviously, he was homesick.) Canon G5 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20844 20844 OUCH! Got too close to my work. Barely felt the sting on my face, but that night my lip was so swollen I could hardly drink my coffee. E-1, 3.5/50mm OM Zuiko macro http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20830 20830 Time to PREY! (re-posted) This is closer to what I saw. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20713 20713 First B'fly shot this year.Inspired by Jim to try an old favorite - my OMZ 2.8/100on the E-1. Sorry, I can't nail the focus like he did ;-( http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20441 20441 Too close... nearly fell off the deck trying get far enough back to focus the big gun, E-1, 300/4.5 OMZ handheld http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20444 20444 Newest additions to the herd. We now have three little ones bouncing around. E-1, 300/4.5 OMZ handheld http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20438 20438 The fawns discover the groundhog ...and how fast it can move. E-1, 300/4.5 OMZ handheld http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20395 20395 Velvet buck auditions for Santa's team? E-1, 300/4.5 OMZ, 1/50 @5.6 handheld. iso 1600 (ugh!) http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20353 20353 One of this year's newest additions (editions?)visiting our outback is startled by another doe. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20322 20322 Had to stand on a chair to catch this girl. E-1 w OMD http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20040 20040 "Dead Bear" on a rainey morinig Poohbear was no match for the 65# Husky http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20031 20031 Lenten Rose bloom E-1, 12-60 OMD http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20034 20034 Azelea in the rain E-1, 12-60 OMD http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20037 20037 Rhody in rain this is about 12 foot high. E-1, 2.8/100 OMZ http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20025 20025 Again http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20028 20028 Lenten Rose http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20023 20023 Woods Poppies.. E-1 w/ 2.8/100 OMZ http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20013 20013 One of my favorite little flowers.. the shade loving "Woods Poppy" self-seeding and quietly spreading around our front porch (stoop , actually) http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20016 20016 Another shade lover, a gift from our youngest daughter. This is the Lenten Rose, a member of the Hellebore family. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20001 20001 How it begins http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20004 20004 And slowly opens http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20007 20007 To become this http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20010 20010 Big and beautiful http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19998 19998 Rhody in bloom "Hail Mary" shot with camera overhead. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19860 19860 (Through the window... I'm not going out til SPRING - the real one!) Our mid-morning snow squall. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19851 19851 E-1, OMD 12-60 @ 60, mild crop http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19848 19848 , 12-60 OMD @ 60mm as shot, as shot, mild crop http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19842 19842 Dogwoods coated with snow on March 4th, covered with blossoms on April 3rd, http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19839 19839 WHAT A DIFFERENCE A MONTH MAKES! http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19779 19779 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19782 19782 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19785 19785 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19776 19776 Just walking around this morning. All with the E-1 at max zoom 60 mm. ISO 100, minor cropping http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19619 19619 Won't somebody PLEASE brush me? http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19616 19616 First Daffy of the year... probsably be buried under the snow tonight. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19597 19597 Finally, some color! Daffies have buds, but nothing open. Was about to give up when I spotted this little (1") Crocus under the J/Maple. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19594 19594 A gift for nature? Someone with a sense of humor... http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19379 19379 Just a reminder of what's coming soon! (Crappy Droid phone shot taken Mar 2014.) http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19096 19096 Lsst of the color on our lovely little 30 y/o Japanese Maple tree. Most of the leaves have browned or dropped. Caught the sunlight this morning.... Brrr 39 degrees. Just not ready for winter. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19082 19082 Someone asked again about retention of viewfinder eyecups, accessory viewfinders and the like. Here's how I do it.Make a "lasso" or sliding loop one one end of a piece of fishing line (mono shown, braided works fine) to place around the base. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19079 19079 Found a good cheap pocket knife (ok, knives) here, after a half-hour in the shop are the results. Softened and trued the edges on the sander, reshaped the relief for blade access, drilled out the rivets and removed the clip (Hey, it's a 'pocket' knife.) http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19059 19059 Busy Bee and her little friend. Old Canon PowerShot G5 in macro-mode http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19022 19022 Caught in the act...Oly C5050Z 1/8 @ f8 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19009 19009 Read to roost?I think this one is about to bundle up for the season.Oly C5050 f8@1/10 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=18808 18808 Next Year's MonarchDecimates this years parsley.That 'piller is 1/2 inch long... must be all teeth. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=18772 18772 Aurora Rusty Boo responds to Leo Wesson's Sibe "Ivan". http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=18155 18155 Another Peter Max original from the late 60's/early 70's. These were done for a syndicated newspaper feature and were published (On the funny pages) in Sunday papers across the country. (I was the cartoon art editor/promotion editor of the syndicate at t http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=18146 18146 Anyone know a good auction house? Original Peter Max acrylic on acetate circa 1970 Actual size 6 1/2" X 10". Some age spots showing. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=18149 18149 Peter's version of Christmas... have about a half-dozen, all different. Fair condition. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=18152 18152 Some originals by one of my favorite grouches, Walt Kelly. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=18143 18143 "I love you dad... gotta treat for me?" http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=17844 17844 LILY - Man, I love this old kit: E-1, OMD 12-60 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=17738 17738 Free fall - summer storm overwhelmed our gutters and downspouts. No worry, we're on the crest of a hill. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=17730 17730 Who, ME? Now we see where the birdfood went. (Another crappy cellphone pix...) http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=17659 17659 Risky Business... .300/4.5 OMZ on the E-1, Handheld wide open, 800 ISO and cropped way too much! First fox I've seen in years. Said he couldn't wait for me to do better. :o) http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=17327 17327 Red Bellied Woodpecker. Grab shot with a P$S.(severe cropped !) http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=17201 17201 She couldn't believe it when she sniffed a "flower"and it came off up her nose. After growling (and sneezing)she warily reconsiders her new find. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=17172 17172 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=17169 17169 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=17142 17142 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=17139 17139 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=17136 17136 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=16872 16872 Here's one up close.All the flower shots with the Olympus C-5050. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=16863 16863 First sure sign of Spring... our little Crocci http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=16866 16866 And of course, these hardy Daffies. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=16869 16869 Tiny little perennials... only about an inch across.(I'll have to look up the name.) http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=16860 16860 Hard to believe this was just a few weeks ago! http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=16507 16507 Before the snow... we got the ice! http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=16510 16510 Even the birds were slippin' and slidin'. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=16516 16516 ...and more snow! http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=14812 14812 Look, but DO NOT TOUCH! Our first fall color is the Poisom Ivy growing up the 30' tall old pine snag in our back acreage. Snag houses at least 4 wooddpecker residences and numerous other critters. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=14810 14810 So many Chickadees this year! Gutzy little birds. Love 'em.OM e-1, OMZ 100/2.8 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=14808 14808 Brave little squirrel facing down the camera.E-1, OMZ 100/2. Heavy crop) http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=14806 14806 "Don't step on my tail!" said the squirrel, dodging the buck's plodding advance.Oly E-1, OMZ 300/4.5 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=14763 14763 The smaller one is closer to the original... nice distressed Walnut, size is akin to Horace Kephart's original pattern. The bade is about 1/8 inch too narrow, and sabre ground; not flat, like it's companion. That's it for awhile - just got the Doc's relea http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=14602 14602 Selfie... the old way!(Some guys never catch up to technology.) http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=14537 14537 Homemade speed sling on Leica wannabee.Details @ http://www.rangefinderforum.com/rffgallery/showphoto.php?photoid=234067 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=14534 14534 Here's lookin' at you...E1 w 300/4.5 OMZ http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=14531 14531 Take your pick.(Eat your heart out paulfish)Cheers, Woodsman Rick http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=14529 14529 WHOOPS! Almost missed.E-1,100/2.8 OMZ http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=14490 14490 Another re-craft, this self-hilted (That radius has a rolled edge) hunter from an old stainless chefs knife.Oly E-1 w 100/2.8 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=14492 14492 Another Volunteer sunflower under the feeder.Oly E-1 w 100/2.8 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=14486 14486 Volunteer sunflower from seeds from bird feeder. Oly E-1 w 100/2.8 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=14299 14299 Just for fun... You figure it out. E-1 300/4.5 OMZ http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=14296 14296 Well, a little better. I think it was the new glasses ;o) E-1 300/4.5 OMZ big tripod. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=14294 14294 Xtreme crop (78%) E-1 with 55/3.5 Sometimes you shoot with whatcha got in hand. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=14262 14262 E-1/OM 50/3.5 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=14265 14265 Huge branch overloaded with fruit fell in storm. E-1/OM 50/3.5 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=14259 14259 Luna Moth on the hood of Judi's Nissan. E-1/OM 50/3.5 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=14121 14121 A new set of twins... Seen for two weeks now. Can't seem to catch them out in the open. Better trim the apple trees, eh? Oly E-1, OMZ 300/4.5 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=14089 14089 Just before picking! Grown in a pot on the dech. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=13940 13940 Hummingbird balks at seeing who came for dinner. E-1, OMZ 135/2.8 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=13930 13930 Better view? http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=13915 13915 Bees swarming the hummingbird feeder. Canon G5 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=13746 13746 Young Goldfinch absorbs his elders approach to the feeding station. E-1 w/135/2.8 OMZ http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=12593 12593 So nice to see something other than white on our bushes. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=11811 11811 First "roll" with a smart phone. Finally broke down and replaced the old clamshell. WOW! Lots to learn. The camera is fun once you learn to love lag-time. This shot of Lady Boo is resized only. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=11453 11453 Time travel - Look how short these original dragsters were. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=11455 11455 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=11449 11449 Desert banquet - cold C-rations from the back of a truck. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=11451 11451 Armor ready to move... Whoever decided to replace these M-113 Personnel Carriers with un-armored Humvees? They should rot in hell.. or be forced to visit Walter Reed! http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=11447 11447 From the archives. Nikon F w/50/1.4. Tri-X@asa200 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=11445 11445 "The best dog in the world." Well, that's what she told me. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=11009 11009 Not exactly a photo ;o) This is the cover (front & back) of my new children's book,and it's now available on Amazon.com. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=8611 8611 Man's inhumanity to man = A U.S. troopship during the Korean War (Among the things the recruiter never told you!) http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=7869 7869 FIELD OF DREAMS? Canon G5 in macro mode - 1/20@f8, Leitz pocket-pod http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=7598 7598 New fawn meets his new neighbor.The groundhog is this years's batch, too. E-1, OMZ 300/4.5 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=7600 7600 Whoops! Mom's going and we're outa here! E-1, OMZ 300/4.5 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=7596 7596 New mom and her offspring come to visit. E-1 w/OMZ300/4.5 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=7409 7409 BLACK BEAUTY - Olympus E-1 w/100/2.8 OMZ (Eat your heart out, AG.) http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=7205 7205 The E-1 again with the OMZ 135/2.8 I need to dig out my close-up rings. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=7207 7207 I think that's a skipper... E-1 w/OM Zuiko 135/2.8 @ 4 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=7203 7203 E-1 with the OMZ 135/2.8 @ f4 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=6074 6074 Just for fun - Boardwalk at the town of North Beach on the Chesapeake Bay. Annual wine tasting event & beach romp. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5678 5678 A Sheltering Tail - Soggy squirrel uses his tail to offset this morning's downpour.E-1, 135/2.8 OMZ-E 4.5@1/60, iso 800 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=4149 4149 CROCUS - A little sunshine! http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=4097 4097 CONFUSION - Another morning walk (It's the dog.)this time in the fog. Found this web coated with moisture as the sun came up. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=4009 4009 I need more practice focusing with this length lens, but I see why Jim favors it so... Zuiko 135/2.8 at f4 on the Olympus E-1 http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=3819 3819 ANOTHER DANDY http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=1730 1730 First snow of the season. Shot this morning with my pocket rocket, the Canon A590z and converted to B&W in Photoscape. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=1201 1201 BUDDY READERS - 6th graders read stories to Kindergarten pupils in a joint effort between a Middle School and a neighboring Elementary School. Happens about once-a-month. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=1198 1198 Back-in-the-day... Probably 1961. My littlest race car - a 600 pound fibreglass and aluminum, 500cc3-cylinder a/c engine, front-wheel drive. Shades of the 1960's. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=1195 1195 $2.00 WRIST STRAP - Sold as a collar for small animals in most discount stores. Available in a wide variety of colors. The OM-1n is covered in Camera Leather's newest offering. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=922 922 Another blast from the past - in a much simpler time. A gun show in Southern Indiana in the mid-50's. No paperwork, no restrictions, cash or trade was accepted. Scanned from a very faded Kodachrome slide. Probably shot with a Contax II.