New Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens

Series and Works
I recently purchased a new lens, I've been considering purchasing a 50mm Prime lens for years now, but was never thrilled by the plastic lens mount and the 5 blade aperture of Canon's old 1.8 lens. When Canon released their new f/1.8 in early May, I followed the news and waited for the reviews. Having heard nothing bad about the lens I decided to just go for it. The Speed of this Lens is great, I'm shooting on an older cropped Canon body so the actual focus length is around 80-85. The Stepping Motor is quick to focus and near silent. The only drawback of the Stepping Motor is that it seems tricky to manual focus because there is a slight delay between when the focus responds. But Auto Focus…
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Hiking in Lassen; Terrace, Shadow, and Cliff Lakes

Series and Works
A couple weeks ago I went for a hike in Lassen on the Terrace, Shadow, and Cliff Lakes trail. This trail is one of my favorites in the Lassen area, it offers some great views, and a varied landscape. Not to mention some great looking lakes. It was a rather odd day for Northern California because it was stormy, we were sprinkled on and off the entire hike, and on the way out it was thunderstorming. But the overcast clouds created some great light to photograph in. [caption id="attachment_87" align="aligncenter" width="625"] Headed down from Terrace Lake towards Shadow Lake[/caption] [caption id="attachment_85" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Shadow Lake, from a viewing outlook[/caption] [caption id="attachment_86" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] A meadow that the path passes through on the way to Cliff Lake[/caption]  
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Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 2015; Grace / Nora Lakes

Global Art Events
It has been over a year since my last update to this blog. I tend to start putting off writing a blog post and then it just continues.  Pretty soon it has been a year of more. I did participate in Worldwide Pinhole Day 2015 this last April. After moving back home from Chico I decided to go up to Grace / Nora Lakes in Shingletown, CA. These two lakes are man made, and were used to generate power in this area, by redirecting  the water down  a canal and over a bluff.   This canal is one that flows between Grace lake (The larger of the two) down to Nora lake. This was photographed from a bridge that crosses over the canal.
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