September 20, 2008

raspberries and a wide angle lens

Two exciting things today: (1) I got a new lens (2) I picked raspberries!

For all you photo nerds out there, my new lens is a fixed 28mm, f/1.8 with an aspherical DG macro lens! For all you not-nerds, it means that I can take pictures of things really close up, in low light and without the kind of distortion that usually comes with a wide angle lens.

I bought it with event photography in mind, but on this sunny breezy Berkshire afternoon, I took it raspberry-picking with my good friend Laura.

This is Bruce, who owns the farm—Howden Farms in Ashley Falls.

This is his kitty, Thief, who Bruce says stole his way onto the farm.

Ahhhh... the Berkshires.

1 comment:

Sara Parrilli said...

Beautiful. Love the leaf curl beneath the delicious fruit (thanks for sharing!).