With a wind chill nearing minus 40C it wasn’t a day that called on me to be outside, camera in hand, but then again the sun was shining and when it hit these tulips that had just passed their best-before date, out came the camera for some playing around. The manual focus 55mm micro lens by Nikon is perfect for these kind of shots- it focuses close and very accurately. Hook it up to a digital camera and the trip from shooting to emailing it out is down to under five minutes- slightly faster than the two weeks I had to wait for Kodachrome to make it back by pony express.

Well, it is only three months till road biking returns to New Brunswick so to mark this momentous occasion I place this crank shot of my S-Works Paris Roubaix Specialized bike on the blog. Not quite a photo posting, more of a middle of the winter wish I could bike kind of blog thing. I guess it is worth noting that the lighting is from a nice overcast sky and the camera is the Nikon D3s with an 85 mm. lens on the front of it. Great for detail. And the diffuse lighting is just great portrait lighting. The background helps make the crank stand out and adds a touch of flash to the photo. Now back to thinking about cameras and stories. And bikes.