This mornings view as the Sun rose behind houses and trees behind our home – and with a streak presumably from a recent plane flying by (click for bigger, of course) …
Sunrise with a streak
Asian Lantern Festival 2021
Margaret and I went to Sanford Zoo to their Asian Lantern Festival last night; hundreds of brightly colored “lanterns”, more like light sculptures – and some animated; all very beautiful! Well worth visiting (it’s on for a few more weeks yet …).
Here’s also a video version, that captures some of the animated displays:
Winter Garden with a new camera
I’ve just purchased a(nother) new camera, the Sony RX100M6. I wanted something with a big sensor for higher quality images, and a reasonable zoom – but I also wanted light and easy to carry. I found the “this years model” RX100M7 available and learned that there’s few differences over last year – and I found last year available “pre-owned” at BorrowLenses for a great half price (free, fast shipping too).
So today I took the new camera on my early morning walk around town and took various photos to test out the image quality and zoom capability. While it’s nothing like my high-zoom Nikon, it’s a third the weight and a much bigger sensor … and I found the photos to be great quality even though it was early (about sunrise) so not yet bright. Here then an assortment of photos:
Above a store near the downtown water fountain (with Queens Wreath still / always in bloom) there’s some “stained glass” windows – I photo’ed them at both ends of the camera zoom range (with the close-ups then cropped) …
Further on my walk, past City Hall and the beautiful hanging baskets nearby, and the recently arrived “butterfly” in a new garden area not yet open:
M&I / GBMINI 