The Hynes Family

I'm planning to build a 6 ft oak veneered toboggan. This is how far I've gotten so far. [photo:1268:set=12809] [photo:1269:set=12809]

I don't know much about birds so tell me if I mislabeled any of these birds. Yesterday, while it was snowing, I setup a tripod inside the house and took all of these bird photos. I was surprised at how well they turned out. Sparrow/Thrush/Wren - Which is it? [photo:1221:set=12809] Female Cardinal...

Last week we got a few inches of snow. The snow started coming down in the morning, and in the afternoon we went out to play in it. We discovered that the snow was very wet and would easily roll in balls. Us little girls and Tim worked for most of the afternoon. We rolled lots of balls and built a snow...

I thought that I'd post a few of my recent shots, and then discuss some techniques that they demonstrate. What do you most like about these shots? What do you think makes them stand out? One major thing that makes this series of shots nice to me is the shallow DOF . The background is out of focus...