Shapping Turtle

Shapping Turtle, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Taken at the Mason Farm Biological PReserve at today's Bioblitz.

homestrerch II

homestrerch II, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

street flower wall yellow red green

homestretch

homestretch, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Wallflower

Wallflower, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Hydrant

Hydrant, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Norwood Soccer Redux

Norwood Soccer Redux
Originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien)

New D40X

I just cracked open the box and put together a new camera, the Nikon D40X. I love it, though I can not wait to a second lens. As good as the kit lens may be, I want to try to the new VR telephoto.

I read way too many reviews, deciding between the D40X, the D80 and the XTi. I went to the stores to try them out. I checked prices. I thought. I debated. I went back and forth. I decided.

The D40X does not have the features of the D80, but they use the same lenses, the same MPS and the feature set is not hugely different. As some reviewer pointed out, camera bodies are improving so quickly that the D40X's descendants only a couple of years down the road will outdo most of the current line of SLR bodies. So money might be better spent in lenses, which has a slower obsolescence cycle.

The XTi seems almost identical to the D40X in performance and features, so the decision was very hard. But I like the more intuitive and easier to read menus in the Nikon, so the Nikon it was.

I have already started posting pictures from the new camera and more soon.

500 lb. Giant Cookie

500 lb. Giant Cookie
Originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien)

Yum!

Roof Patterns II

Roof Patterns II
Originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien)

A suggested recrop of the prvious image.

RE:UP Article

Cool. My photos have been profiled in an article in RE:UP Magazine.

A few months ago, I was contacted my the photo editor of a 'pop culture' magazine about a possible profile of 'blind photographers'. I did not think anyting would come of it, but I was wrong. Here is my piece from the article, though I recommend you buy the issue. Pretty cool, eh? The magazine itself is beautifully done, so is worth buying when it comes out.

Hydrant

Hydrant
Originally uploaded by oberazzi

193 B&W

193 B&W
Originally uploaded by oberazzi

From a Back Bay Alley.

Glass Bottles II

Glass Bottles II
Originally uploaded by oberazzi