Also taken in the development I live in. I found the flower vine and clump of flowers nice so I blurred the background to draw attention to them.

Camera Info
Device: Nikon D3100
Lens: VR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G
Focal Length: 55mm
Focus Mode: AF-A
AF-Area Mode: Auto
VR: ON
AF Fine Tune:

Exposure
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/40s
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Exposure Comp.: 0EV
Exposure Tuning:
Metering: Matrix
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 100

Taken in the development I live in. These flowers bloomed the other day and really caught my attention. Especially since its early February.

Camera Info
Device: Nikon D3100
Lens: VR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G
Focal Length: 22mm
Focus Mode: AF-A
AF-Area Mode: Auto
VR: ON
AF Fine Tune:

Exposure
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/125s
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Exposure Comp.: 0EV
Exposure Tuning:
Metering: Matrix
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 100

This is an edit of last weeks picture. Still playing around with editing, I think its better but I need a lot more practice.

Camera Info
Device: Nikon D3100
Lens: VR 70-300mm f/4-5.6G
Focal Length: 70mm
Focus Mode: AF-A
AF-Area Mode: Auto
VR: ON
AF Fine Tune:

Exposure
Aperture: f/4.5
Shutter Speed: 1/800s
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Exposure Comp.: 0EV
Exposure Tuning:
Metering: Matrix
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 400

Yet another trip to Vasona Lake County Park in Los Gatos, CA. Trying to work on my composition and this was one of them. Lighting is blown in places.

Camera Info
Device: Nikon D3100
Lens: VR 70-300mm f/4-5.6G
Focal Length: 70mm
Focus Mode: AF-A
AF-Area Mode: Auto
VR: ON
AF Fine Tune:

Exposure
Aperture: f/4.5
Shutter Speed: 1/800s
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Exposure Comp.: 0EV
Exposure Tuning:
Metering: Matrix
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 400

This photo was taken on top of Communication Hill a month ago. I tried my hand at editing in Lightroom 4 with this photo, never done any editing before outside of the ViewNX 2 software that came with my camera. Leveled the horizon, played with the colors a little and cropped out the freeway as well as the left side out.

Camera Info
Device: Nikon D3100
Lens: VR 70-300mm f/4-5.6G
Focal Length: 100mm
Focus Mode: AF-A
AF-Area Mode: Auto
VR: OFF
AF Fine Tune:

Exposure
Aperture: f/4.2
Shutter Speed: 1/125s
Scene Mode: Auto (Flash Off)
Exposure Comp.: 0EV
Exposure Tuning:
Metering: Matrix
ISO Sensitivity: Auto (ISO 500)

Taken at the San Jose Japanese Friendship Garden at 1:02pm. The single dead branch in a sea of green ones added some nice contrast against the aged wooden post.

Camera Info
Device: Nikon D3100
Lens: VR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G
Focal Length: 48mm
Focus Mode: AF-A
AF-Area Mode: Auto
VR: ON
AF Fine Tune:

Exposure
Aperture: f/5.3
Shutter Speed: 1/20s
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Exposure Comp.: 0EV
Exposure Tuning:
Metering: Matrix
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 100

A lucky profile picture I took of Wheatley my cat.  This was taken indoors in horrible lighting but I really liked his posture and expression.

Camera Info
Device: Nikon D3100
Lens: VR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G
Focal Length: 55mm
Focus Mode: AF-A
AF-Area Mode: Auto
VR: ON
AF Fine Tune:

Exposure
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/60s
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Exposure Comp.: 0EV
Exposure Tuning:
Metering: Matrix
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 200

Taken on top of Communication Hill in San Jose at 7:50 in the morning. The morning was cloudy and the winds kept moving the clouds which constantly changed the view. This was my first time using the Tamron 70-300MM F/4-5.6 lens.

Camera Info
Device: Nikon D3100
Lens: VR 70-300mm F/4-5.6G
Focal Length: 70mm
Focus Mode: AF-A
AF-Area Mode: Auto
VR: OFF
AF Fine Tune:

Exposure
Aperture: F/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/500s
Scene Mode: Auto (Flash Off)
Exposure Comp.: 0EV
Exposure Tuning:
Metering: Matrix
ISO Sensitivity: Auto (ISO 220)

This was taken at home on Christmas morning of our cat Peanut. Was more just testing out a UV filter to see how it affected pictures. This is one with the UV filter on.

Camera Info
Device: Nikon D3100
Lens: VR 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6G
Focal Length: 34mm
Focus Mode: AF-A
AF-Area Mode: Auto
VR: ON
AF Fine Tune:

Exposure
Aperture: F/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/60s
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Exposure Comp.: 0EV
Exposure Tuning:
Metering: Matrix
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 400

Took another trip to Vasona Lake County Park in Los Gatos, CA. Wanted to try my hand at some berries I saw last time and get more of them in the shot. The exposure didn’t turn out as well as last time. Not sure if this one is a step forward or backwards.

Camera Info
Device: Nikon D3100
Lens: VR 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6G
Focal Length: 35mm
Focus Mode: Manual
AF-Area Mode: Single
VR: ON
AF Fine Tune:

Exposure
Aperture: F/11
Shutter Speed: 1/200s
Exposure Mode: Shutter Priority
Exposure Comp.: 0EV
Exposure Tuning:
Metering: Matrix
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 400