After reading a post on Google+, and checking out Robert Rath’s writeup of his Transit of Venus through-a-pinhole shot, I decided it was time to make a pinhole lens and see how the D7000 fared with an optic even more rudimentary than the Holga 60mm f/8. Step one: procure supplies. In this case, supplies consisted …
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Midweek Macro #1
In an attempt to get content onto the blog more regularly, I’ve decided to attempt a couple of personal themes, the first of which is Midweek Macro. These are some little buds that are growing from a patch of moss in a flowerbed downstairs. I shot it with the LX7, manual focus, in AP mode, autoISO …
7/52-06 coming up squares
I struggled a bit for a theme early in the week, but remembered or read something about pre-visualizing aspect ratios (perhaps here) and decided to try pre-visualizing square crops from the 4×3 aspect ratio of the iPhone. It proved remarkably easy to do, somehow. I expected it to be considerably harder. But despite succeeding at this …
7/52-05 Zomb-E Week
It was a fairly grey and gloomy week here in North TX. Several grey days, a couple of rainy days, and a general sort of mental/emotional/physical malaise descended around me early on, and hasn’t really let up. I expect the personal stuff is diet-related, as I’ve cut out out the sugar-and-junk-food binging I’d been enjoying …
7/52-04 a week with Incredibooth
Last Sunday, I heard the birds chirping outside, and ran out with the camera to try my hand at some birding. I got a few decent shots, but most of it was mediocre. All of my long lenses are fully manual, and while the Vivitar 70-210 is diamond-slicing sharp, my ability to focus in on …
7/52-03 Looking Up
The full title of this week’s 7/52 is “(Things are) Looking Up (I hope).” Of course, given my rather melancholic disposition, I fully expect it all to come crashing down at any moment (whatever I mean by ‘Things’ and ‘all’), despite and because of the fact that things have been on a rather steady upward …
7/52-02 the Castillian’s Flora
I intended to shoot the fora and fauna around the new apartment (the Castillian is the name of these apartments), but managed to be outside without a suitable camera (read: not a phone) all three times that I saw the opossum, and the numerous times I saw squirrels, birds, and various other critters. So it’s just …
