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Photo Of The Day - December 2020
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I've been having a lot of fun going back through my old digital stuff and discovering how much more I can pull from images than back in 2004 or what have you. An image of Red Rock Canyon, Waterton National Park from way before the 2017 fire.
OK, so all this recent discussion about Lensbaby products got to me and one day last week out of sheer impulse I decided to just get one and experiment with it myself...... (Yeah, Hugh, I hear you laughing all the way across the Big Pond!!!!). I ordered the Sol 45, which came with three closeup filters as well. The package arrived yesterday. I unpacked it, read the instructions, tinkered with it, tilting the lens this way and that way, put it on the camera and changed my settings (on a Sony you have to enable "release [shutter] without lens"). I was already in manual, as I've been shooting all-manual (except focus) rather than in Aperture mode for some months now. I hurriedly pulled together something to shoot and a setup with backdrop and surface, and began experimenting.....
Conclusions: Hey, this is kind of fun!!! Focus Peaking helps significantly with acquiring focus, along with the time-honored macro tradition of gently rocking back-and-forth until you nail it. That allayed my concerns about manual focusing, and wasn't any more difficult than the few times I've done it with my regular macro lenses. This particular image was shot with the three closeup filters stacked together and mounted on the lens, too, so of course there was going to be very shallow DOF, but I still wanted at least something in focus anyway.
This is a fun little device and a different approach to shooting, and does offer interesting possibilities for creativity. I think I am going to enjoy playing with it from time to time!
Conclusions: Hey, this is kind of fun!!! Focus Peaking helps significantly with acquiring focus, along with the time-honored macro tradition of gently rocking back-and-forth until you nail it. That allayed my concerns about manual focusing, and wasn't any more difficult than the few times I've done it with my regular macro lenses. This particular image was shot with the three closeup filters stacked together and mounted on the lens, too, so of course there was going to be very shallow DOF, but I still wanted at least something in focus anyway.
This is a fun little device and a different approach to shooting, and does offer interesting possibilities for creativity. I think I am going to enjoy playing with it from time to time!
Haven't seen one of those Tbirds in quite a while. My shot of one from a few years ago.
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Waiting for The Train
X100t - f/16 1/30 iso200 - hand held, slow shutter. On foot waiting for the train to cross. The train was traveling fast - this was the last car. The insignia on the train was BNSF.
X100t - f/16 1/30 iso200 - hand held, slow shutter. On foot waiting for the train to cross. The train was traveling fast - this was the last car. The insignia on the train was BNSF.
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i prefer
the world
in my head,
where magic
exists
and time
does not
//
erin van vuren
the world
in my head,
where magic
exists
and time
does not
//
erin van vuren
Not too many around, that I’ve seen. This one belonged to the elderly owner of an inn we were staying at.
Going by the door windshield line I think that is one of the retro birds Ford built between 2002 and 2005. The originals had a bit of a jog below the windshield. Still a very sweet ride with a 3.9L Jag DOHC mill.
One of my latest:
“Red”
Instagram - @greyghostphoto
Also, does anyone know if the forum allows direct embedding from Instagram? I’m trying to migrate away from Flickr.
EDIT: wtf, the thumbnail has mad jpeg artifacts...
“Red”
Instagram - @greyghostphoto
Also, does anyone know if the forum allows direct embedding from Instagram? I’m trying to migrate away from Flickr.
EDIT: wtf, the thumbnail has mad jpeg artifacts...
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Kite surfer off St. Peter-Ording, Germany. Shot in 2012 with a Canon IXUS 115 HS. Long-term iPad background of mine.
You shall not pass !
Unless you have some nuts for me 🐿
Unless you have some nuts for me 🐿
Bringing back the one I deleted yesterday when discovered was a launch shortly after original posting. Substituted with a freshly processed launch photo.
Oyster Point-1-191123.jpg by Charles Martorelli, on Flickr
Deck the walls with lots of lighting .......
G9 , 8-18@10 , f4@1/2 , ISO 200
G9 , 8-18@10 , f4@1/2 , ISO 200
Water Lillies. One of 4 'orphans' I found on the desktop of my sandbox partition which I use to test questionable software. Almost certainly taken at the swampy end of Beauvais Lake in Southern Alberta.
T-Bird
