{"id":8329,"date":"2026-01-08T22:29:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T05:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/?p=8329"},"modified":"2026-01-08T22:29:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T05:29:18","slug":"fotofutz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/08\/fotofutz\/","title":{"rendered":"FotoFutz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fotofutz is a made-up word to describe my latest reinterest in photography and the associated equipment. So, here are a couple of new images taken this morning:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108-skyscape.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108-skyscape.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8330\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108-skyscape.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108-skyscape-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108-skyscape-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The first image (above) is of the sky to the southeast of our place here in Arizona around 9AM. there were lots of clouds with a few holes skyward. I used a stopped-down ISO and Shutter speed to get the image without over exposing the bright sunlit clouds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108-sparrows.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108-sparrows.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8332\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108-sparrows.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108-sparrows-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108-sparrows-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This image I call &#8220;Sparrows&#8221; since those are what are perched on the withering rosemary bush atop our back yard near the feeders. The birds flushed shortly after I captured the photo. The image was taken with my venerable Canon SL3 camera and the everyday lens I use &#8211; the Canon EF-s 55-250mm telephoto. This lens is handy for getting close-ups of the critters that populate our fair and tranquil spot of Arizona. Click on both images to view enlarged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fotofutz is a made-up word to describe my latest reinterest in photography and the associated equipment. So, here are a couple of new images taken this&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,17,12,9,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arizona","category-climate","category-critters","category-nerd-stuff","category-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8329"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8334,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8329\/revisions\/8334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}