Night poppies

fresh shots

From the last week or so. It's summer in Montana for the most part, although there is a little bit more afternoon rain than I would prefer.

More Gallery pics

New photo site

I just signed up for Zenfolio, check out the site. www.johnparkerphoto.com

Here's a pic from the Emerson Show. It will be up till the 6th of July, so stop by and check it out if you haven't.

Emerson Show Tomorrow!

I am proud to be the opening act for the new [Art Project] Gallery in the Emerson Cultural Center. The reception is tomorrow June 11th during the art walk 5-8pm. Hope to see you there!

Lens Repair

I had a surprisingly painless lens repair experience last night (so far). My canon EF-S 17-85 zoom was sticking halfway through the zoom range. It turned out it was due to a loose screw inside the lens that was catching. I tightened it up and put it back together. Seems to work so far. There was two tricky parts- there is a sliding brush inside the lens that must be there to communicate the zoom position through the rest of the lens and the to the camera that is easy to bend. The other tricky thing was the front optic is mounted on a sliding mount that adjusts focus (I assume). I marked this with a knife scratch before disassembling and put it back together the same way.

The brushes that are easy to bend

The brushes slide on the contacts on the lower left when the zoom is changed
The loose screw

Birds!

Lots of birds in Florence this trip too!