Happy Tax Day! I hope you’ve all happily paid your share to (theoretically) run the country!* Petzval Week episode 2: the carpark in the dark. Insofar as I shot these at f/2.2 before dawn, these shots are not any any way meant to be a test of sharpness or focus, but look at that color! …
Author Archives: James Cockroft
Petzval, part 1: unboxing
We interrupt our usually-scheduled programming to bring you a special event… Petzval Week episode one: the unboxing in which the author unboxes his new Lomography X Zenit Petzval 85mm f/2.2, serial number 131. Note: this will not be a review, really, nor will I get into the history of the Petzval lens or Lomography Corp.’s stunning Kickstarter …
SubhanAllah (Glory Be to God)
Too Close, part 4
Start off with a bang (sorta); end with a whimper… I might’ve put in more work to get a b/w flower shot for this project… Alas. Allahu Alim (God is the All-Knowing) and la hawla wala quwata illa billah (there is no strength or power except through God).
Well it’s my birthday too, yeah (for Morris Louis)
Note: it’s not Morris Louis’s birthday, as far as I know of… but this picture reminds me of one of his paintings… sorta.
Too Close, part 3
So why do I say it’s too close? Well, at this magnification, the depth of field is really too small to get much in the way of usable shots with moving subjects (e.g. flowers, under the influence of a gentle breeze). With patience (and a tiny bit of something akin to a spray-and-pray-type approach to …
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iPhone 5, built-in camera app. Edited in Hipstamatic Oggl: Yuri lens, Robusta film.
