Tony Maiello Photography

Springtime , originally uploaded by TonyMaiello . This was taken during a jaunt to the University of South Florida botanical gardens. I had rented a Canon 70-200 L 2.8 IS to see what it did. Great lens and hard to return.

We were in Tallahassee with my daughter for her audition with the FSU College of Music.It was early and she was so stressed she had my wife and I stressed as well. In the meantime to calm my nerves I decided to see what I could shots I could get from the hotel room view. Lets just say... not many. This one was probably my favorite of the morning.

We recently brought home an assorted bouquet from the local grocery store. I know...not normally the best flowers for photo's. The thing of it is, if I waited for the best flowers to use for a photo...I would not take many flower pics. I took several and used completely poor technique. For instance,  I was in extremely low light, and any light I did have was blocked by my shadow. I did these hand held with higher ISO than I like to use. Although soft I find myself rather drawn to this shot. This is framed as I saw it in camera...however, I did tweak contrast, clarity and vibrance in Lightroom. EXIF>>Canon 40d , Tamron 90mm Macro : 1/15, f/2.8, ISO 800

This was taken while i was heading home. I stopped at a traffic light and thought this angle was good. I have to admit I did crop it a bit to clean up some distractions but I think it works.

The little guy was just outside my front door...heck i almost flattened him coming back in the house. Since he really didnt care to move I figured I could get a few shots of him.

Been busy since my last post. Between work, family and my general ADHD it has been difficult to even think about posting something. Any way here are some pics I've done over the last month or two. I'm trying to figure out some sort of gallery concept using blogger. Not too far on that yet...