Several weeks ago, RC Concepcion compared looking at people’s 365 projects to “watching a fat man do jumping jacks.” I took some offense to this, and (despite claims to the contrary) I believe it was meant to offend and discourage amateurs like myself. I’m sure this is all in my imagination: why would RC alienate …
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365.299 Monday
Mondays are strange phenomena for the working stiff. On the one hand, another week of drudgery begins, 5 more days of toil, another 40 or 50 hours before even a chance of relaxation. But on the other hand—a hand that is, incidentally, overlooked much of the time—Mondays signify a new beginning, a chance to start …
365.298 aaarrrghhhh! My eyes! The goggles do nothing!
Focusing a reversed 50mm by rocking back and forth is especially difficult with gusty winds, though some of the problem can be overcome with higher shutter speeds (not that I did that here…). So I decided to take the new macro rig on a walk today, and take along the SB-700 and the Cactus triggers. …
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365.297 Ohne Titel
This was taken on the Fort Worth Stockyards PhotoWalk and Scavenger Hunt this morning. I think it’s pretty. D7000. Sigma 30mm f/1.4. ISO100, 1/6400th (AP mode), f/1.4, -1EV. No post processing beyond the Aperture’s default RAW conversion, and shrinking to 900px wide.
365.296 almost
Focusing a reversed 50mm by rocking back and forth is especially tough when your subject darts around like a mosquito. Don’t look too closely at this one… The [whateverthisis] portion of this picture was tortured beyond all reasonable requirements to make it appear, at first glance, to be in focus. Trust me, it’s not, and …
365.295 closer
Focusing a reversed 50mm by rocking back and forth benefits greatly from stopping down even if it’s a mere 1 and 1/3 stops. The head, eye, and front segment are all about as sharp as this lens gets (I think… it might sharpen up a bit at f/5.6 and f/8, but I haven’t really tested …
365.294 the elusive eludes
Focusing a reversed 50mm by rocking back and forth is difficult. Good exercise, but difficult. And it eluded me today, but I got closer than yesterday, so that counts for something. At two separate points, I was busily shooting bees, stopped, looked up, found a couple pushing a baby stroller stopped inches from me, and …
