JayKnight Life: Running, Reviews, Photos

          Believe it or not this is a regular old picture of an iPhone sitting on a picnic table at a park. I have the aperture opened way up. It blurs everything out.. even the home button. I think it's a cool unexpected shot

I love these pictures of this fiery red tree in New Haven. I wanted to, but didn't even have to travel far to find this tree. The Amazing think about it though, .. this was the only tree on this block with these bright vibrant colors. It wasn't on my regular route to and from work, so sometimes it pays to take a detour. I'm guessing this is some kind of maple tree.

      Who doesn't love a trip to the beach, even if it is only 40 degrees out. Seriously, I didn't realize this until today. I think there is something great about going to the beach even if you can't get into the water. By the way in Connecticut there aren't any beaches where I'd actually get in the water for a prolonged period of time. It's a fact, Long Island Sound stinks from decades of pollution. But it's still beautiful. Me and Ej were down there for a photoshoot today and -- as usual-- he requested a couple of shots of himself.

     I didn't do enough leaf peeping this year. The foliage didn't seem to be as amazing as years past, then we got a couple of storms that blew all the pretty leaves to the ground. This is some of what I found the other day. Late October and still a lot of leaves on the trees.

 A couple of shots that I haven't had a chance to post yet from a couple of weeks ago. This is from the top of East Rock in New Haven. I'm not only trying out Canon's raw photo format, but I was also trying out a semi-fisheye lens from Opteka. It basically just screws onto the end of the lens. I like the effect in some cases, but it has it's limits. The attachment causes a lot of color fringing and blurring around the edges of the photograph. Bokeh is still good, ... but if you try to zoom out too much you'll see the edges of the lens. it's actually pretty good for close-up shots and for very wide angle landscape shots. I haven't tried it yet, but I suspect it would make for some cook videos. That might be all I use it for in the end. I'm more looking forward to getting a Sigma or Tamron 18-200. The Opeteka wide angle was screwed onto the end of the 55-70 that came with the camera.