This huge tree is in our back yard. We cut the vines so they would stop growing – they certainly did! I figured the difference between the live leaves and the dead vines would make for an interesting HDR… And it did.

I haven’t been able to get out and take any photos lately – maybe tonight. The summer weather doesn’t seen conducive to making great outdoor HDR’s. No clouds lately, either its clear or hazy. But anyway, I took my 10-20mm Sigma out and took a great shot of the house. Its a 3 file combo that I did handheld – a test to see if I could do it…!

This is my cat in his usual pose. This was an experiment with my new Sigma f1.4 30mm lens on the D70. It was HDR’d from a single NEF file that was developed in Lightroom. Not bad – but not a great HDR. The lens is great though, it’ll certainly be my standard lens from now on. Great for low light indoor shots, or nighttime scenes. It takes quite a bit of practice to nail a close portrait at f1.4 but its doable!

This is the view from my front porch.  I’d guess this house is almost 100 years old – but thats just a guess…