I made 150-odd photos today, trying (in vain) to capture a macro version of yesterday’s optical illusion with the crayons. I got some interesting-enough shots, so groovy. All were shot with the D7000, Nikon 75-150mm E Series, Reversed, on 49mm of extension tubes, and at ISO100. The runner up (see below) was taken from about …
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365.56 Optical Illusion
The idea for this came quickly, but took many tries to execute (poorly). It looks better as a thumbnail, fyi. D7000, 75-150mm f/3.5 E Series at 150mm (225mm equivalent), ISO100, 1/10th, f/16, SB700 at 1/4 power, zoomed out to 28mm set to it’s wide beam setting, about 3 feet from the subject maybe 10 inches …
365.55 Wino (3rd Attempt): Take it Easy…
I’ve been sober for almost 2 years. But some days, I really feel like tying one on… Maybe tomorrow. For now, though, it’s clean up the mess I made making this mediocre (at best) picture, then it’ll be dinnertime (it’s already way past…), and then time to relax so I can have a good night’s …
365.54 Wino (Second Attempt): One Too Many
Once again, not happy, but oh well. I’m not happy with much of anything today: nothing in the way of sleep last night… Oh well. I did mess around with this a bit: cloning, cropping, etc. D7000, 50mm 1.8, ISO100, 1/80th, F/1.8, snooted SB700 high camera right, aimed at the label, at ~1/64th power, iirc.
365.53 Wino (first attempt)
Even though I’m always already asleep by the time their Studio Photography Insights hangout starts, I’m still going to try my hand at Alex Koloskov and Dave Nitsche‘s weekly project. This is my first attempt (but not my last: the next will have to wait) at shooting this week’s assignment, an unopened bottle of red …
365.52 Point of Impact, part 7: Liquid Metal
Aluminum roasting pans were on sale at the Fiesta for $1 each, so I bought a rectangular one and an oval one… I wondered what the grooves and ridges in the pans would do for the light, and I got my answer: they make it Awesome! This setup was rather complex: the SB700 (on the …
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365.51 Point of Impact, part 6: Obelisk
And this was the most frustrating one yet… 68 shots (all virtually identical, unless you’re me and after something relatively specific) in, I knocked over the cheap old tripod that was holding the snooted SB700 and Cactus V5 trigger onto the fancy tile in the kitchen. Bye Bye Cactus trigger; Hello D7000 Commander Mode, with …
