Distilled D.G.

Recently, the weather got nice for a couple days, which timed out perfectly with a new lens arriving.  So the first thing I did was the one thing they tell you not to do: look right into the sun 😛

The weather was beautiful and it was very enjoyable to be outside (standing at The Lid at Mercer Island pointing toward the Mt Baker neighborhood).  I also enjoyed the feeling of having more light than I knew what to do with (even with a 1.4x on, I could shoot ISO 100 hand-held after sunset).  So much fun it left me REALLY wanting to do some portraits.

The next day, I decided to do a strobist photo shoot with Azuki, but I think it just left her confused 😛

I’ve now created two sets on flickr for flora and fauna, since many of my photographs fit into those two categories.

A new addition to the fauna side, last week I got to meet my parents’ new cat, Bea.

She’s a very emotional kitty with a sad past (it’s obvious she had a home once, but spent a long time being lost, until finding a new, loving home).  She tends to cry when she’s sad and also when she’s happy.

I’m also very proud of my little Azuki.  While my sister’s cats see this side of her:

She was actually very nice to Bea (she really wants to be friends with everyone).  Hopefully they can be friends in the future.

As for the flora, I just added some new pictures from the botanical garden.  I can’t wait until nice days are the rule and not the exception so I can take more pictures.  Here’s a few from the weekend:

-D.G.

PS – If you look at the exif data, you might notice something new…  😉