I decided to take the Tokina out for this afternoon’s walk. We didn’t make it very far, as I wasn’t really feeling it, but I did get to play around with the Tokina’s close focus feature. There’s a little silver button down near the aperture ring: you push it in, give the lens barrel a …
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365.112 Zomb-E Bee
After work, I strapped on the Zomb-E and headed straight for Bee Alley. I took around 40 shots, and this was the only one that had the whole bee in focus… I wasn’t sure about anything (I rarely chimp, and focus is impossible to see clearly on the back of the camera in bright sun), …
365.111 Return of the Zomb-E Series…
Since I gave the Tokina such a nice long walk yesterday, I decided to treat the Zomb-E to walk around the near side of the rich part of old East Dallas, quite a bit farther than yesterday: up Swiss from Grigsby to Munger, back down Swiss to Annex, and back into the apartments via the …
365.110 Tokina vs. Squirrel
After a coin toss (Heads, Zomb-E Series; Tails, Tokina), I took the Tokina out for another stroll around the neighborhood. Together, we stalked this squirrel for a couple of minutes, and then shot a bunch of trees and flowers, and a bit of spray paint… I don’t know about you, but it looks to me …
365.109 A bit past its prime, perhaps, but still beautiful
It was cloudy all day, except for a brief bit where the sun peeked its head out from behind the clouds and said hello. I saw it waving, and quickly hooked up the Tokina 35-200 and ran outside for a mostly cloudy neighborhood photowalk and Tokina test. Of course, by the time I found a …
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365.108 @ Ciclovía Dallas
I attended the Ciclovía Dallas on the Houston Street Viaduct today (for those of you in the New York metropolitan area, this ‘Houston’ is pronounced ‘Hyoo-stun’ and not like the Houston (‘Howsden’) Street in lower Manhattan…) as a nominal part of the North Texas Photo Explorers Meetup Group (though I didn’t see any of the group, …
365.107 Interesting Blooms
I shot a bit of Real Estate today, and these flowers were blooming nicely on the front walk, so I grabbed a shot. Lucky I did, since I didn’t make the time to shoot any more today. Shame on me. I’m not too impressed with this shot, but I do like the buds and former …
