Ray Manning Photography

The Aleutian Islands - The Bering Sea laps up onto a cobblestone beach on Adak Island, Alaska. The Aleutian island chain is visible on the horizon with the most prominent island being the Great Sitkin Volcano. These islands are part of the a group of islands named the Andreanof Islands in southwestern Alaska. Adak island lies 1200 miles (1931 km) southwest of Anchorage, Alaska and houses the western most US municipality of Adak Station.

Building Connector - This is one of many hallways of its kind that connect the now abandoned military buildings on Adak island, Alaska. The Army/Navy base was originally established in 1942 to fight against the Japanese who were invading the Aleutian Islands. After WWII, the base became a cold war base used monitor Russian activities. By 1997, when the base closed, many of the structures/towns had been demolished and buried. What remained of the base was sold to the Aleute Corporation and left to the elements.

Adak, Alaska 2018

Camera gear up for grabs. 1/2 retail takes it. Most of this is mint condition but If you're interested low ball me and I'll likely low ball you if there are signs of use.
Tamron 150-600mm G2 Version
Cannon EOS5DSR
Tamron 15-30 MM F/2.8
Fotodiox Pro Wonderpana 66 holder 2 -CPL,ND16,Grad MD
Cannon Macro EF 100 MM F2.8L
Cannon EOS 5D mark 3 (heavy use)
Cannon EOS 7D mark 2
Cannon speed light MT -24-EX
Pelican case roll on with foam dividers
DJI Phantom 4
Cotton carrier system
Couple small tripods
Vangaurd compact tri pod, ball head
Cannon 100-400mm L2
Cannon 1.4X Extender V3
Cannon Macro MP-E 65MM 1X to 5X
Cannon 430 EX2 Speed light
Extension Tubes
Tokina 11-16F2.8 DX2
I also have a lot of filters, tripods, and other accessories including a bunch for the go pro.
More to come…

Photographers: I have an extensive Canon kit I'll be dispersing in the next couple of months. If you think you might be interested in macro to birds in flight and want to build a kit quick, we should talk.

Thank you Facebook for losing most of my photos and albums. What am I supposed to do now? Reconstruct them? Sure glad I didn't pay you for any promotions. BTW: your customer support is non-existent. I wouldn't recommend Facebook to any business. Your ability to keep functionality working is at the novice programming level and you always break stuff with "upgrades".

Thanks again.

Ray Manning Photographer of the big and small, from macros to landscapes. Primarily focused on the art and technique of photography.

Dusky Monkey Watches the Setting Sun

Found primarily on the Malay Penninsula this dusky langur is also known as the spectacled leaf monkey due to the white circles around the eyes. They are primates specialized in leaf eating, spending most of their time in the trees (arboreal). This particular monkey took some time to admire the sunset.

Changeable Lizard

Like the chameleon, this lizard can change color and has independent eye operation. Although one of the common names for this lizard is the bloodsucker, they are insectivores but occasionally will eat other small lizards, rodents and seeds. The bloodsucker name appears to have originated from the fact that they can turn crimson red during the breeding season.

Koh Lanta Thailand

Sunset at Cannon Beach - Beautiful chilly sunset among the sea stacks at Cannon Beach, OR USA

Valley of Fire

One of the gems of the Mojave desert is Nevada's Valley of Fire State Park. Established in 1935 and covering 40,000 acres, the park is renowned for it's red Aztec sandstone and contrasting limestone.

Looking forward to seeing this evolve. One of the benefits of cell phone cameras is the rate of change and innovation when compared to the sluggish lumbering rate of change of the DSLR ecosystem. With names like Hasselblad and Zeiss entering the fray, I expect we're just seeing the tip of the iceberg.

Google gives the Pixel camera superhuman night vision The mighty Night Sight mode is being released to Pixel phones today.