A couple months back I took a class on photography as training for my job. I had enjoyed taking photos, but it was always with a point and shoot camera and I never really understood the actual technical details behind photography. After my class, I really became fascinated with photography and recently bought a new DSLR camera and a couple of lenses to go with it. I also got a polarizing filter for my lenses because I knew my new found interest in photography would run into my interest in fish.
Anyways, I was up at my family's hunting cabin in PA the last couple days and got to give my new camera a test run. Here are a few photos I took with my new camera...
A nice little YOY SMB in the creek behind the cabin. Notice that classic tri-colored tail.
There are piles and piles of these crayfish hanging out in the creek.
Another YOY SMB with intense coloration. This is a banner year for SMB reproduction in the creek. There are hundreds of them all over. They've got plenty to eat...
A beat up tiger swallowtail butterfly.
The rocky ledge above the deep hole in the creek behind our hunting cabin.
A northern bluet damselfly
A couple of morning glory flowers
An unknown wildflower, anyone know what it is?
A very shy male eastern box turtle.
My dog Shanny after a dip in our watering hole for the deer.
