Photons Everywhere

A little over a week ago I joined the Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk. It was a very interesting experience to walk about with 15 or so Photographers through the city of Roswell, GA.
I do think that this event, where worldwide about 30,000 Photographers in different cities meet to take photos is a great idea.
As I mentioned I went to the Photo Walk in Roswell. The Walk leader split the group up in 3 groups, two for the historic route and one on the nature walk. I guess it would be quite intimidating to walk with 50 Photographers down the road.

Even though I enjoyed the route I took, in hindsight I’d rather taken the nature route, it just suits me more. Either way below are some photos from the walk.

Roswell Photowalk Group © Mike Noa

A condemned Apartment complex.

This fairly old and very well kept cemetery offered a lot of opportunities for statues.

Roswell City Hall has a very traditional look.

A Corner

Summer Window

A civil war era Church that was used to house injured Soldiers

While being at Callaway Gardens I really tried hard getting a Raptor in flight and in focus. Now I think that my location was just bad. I was off to the side so I had to zoom and focus at the same time which is close to impossible while those birds or prey fly, they are not that slow.

I think the next time I will stay at either where they take off or land (since I know now where that is). That way I should have enough time to frame the shot while they fly towards me.

Here is a shot I think worked out just OK, the others have a much better composition but key elements are either missing or out of focus.

Overall I was somewhat disappointed with Callaway Gardens. Sure, they are nicely maintained and all but when I hear garden, I think flowers. There were a few of those naturally but it was all so spread out.

I prefer the abundance you can get in e.g. the Atlanta Botanical Gardens – either that or you go through wild fields yourself and capture what you love.

Either way, I took a few shots of Flora that I liked, here are a couple of them.

So I finally got around tending to my Raptor Shots from Callaway Gardens in Georgia.
While I have a couple more where they are “in action” I want to share those first.
Unfortunately the action shots are not as tack sharp as I would have hoped. Need a faster zoom lens after all.

Horned Owl

Falcon