Taking note of the good things
Posted in Photos on Apr 13th, 2008
This morning I spent a wonderful morning walking through Shoreline Park with my bride of 14 years. I say my bride specifically in this occasion because this is where we had our wedding reception.
I found many beautiful flowers to photograph, but none as lovely as my wonderful wife.
Caption Gypsy Soundtrack
Canon 40D, 24-105L, 1/2000 at [...]
Posted in Photos on Apr 8th, 2008
Sadly I had to send my macro lens back for exchange today. After many tests I have determined it was out of calibration. I was getting some things in focus, but always a bit different focus than I was really intending.
This shot I share today is from last year with a 24-105, non-macro [...]
Posted in Photos on Apr 5th, 2008
Full flowers are starting to show, but I still found these Hyacinth flower buds particularly interesting. I hope you do to
Canon 40D, 100mm 2.8, 1/50 at f/10 and 500 ISO
Posted in Photos on Apr 3rd, 2008
With my new Canon macro lens I am continually looking out for opportunities to get more familiar with using it. I have to say firs that it has been harder to get good, sharp images with it than I thought. I am wondering if this one is slightly out of calibration or if my [...]
Posted in Photos, Recommended Articles on Mar 24th, 2008
Hidden Gold - Opening Crocus
I tend to read a lot of blog posts every day, likely too much reading instead of more time spent “doing,” but I enjoy reading what others have to say on some of my favorite sites. One of the sites I enjoy reading is Digital Pro Talk, where David Ziser [...]
Posted in Photos on Mar 21st, 2008
Though Spring is well in bloom in some areas of the country, it is just beginning here after a long cold winter. I am happy to ring in the new season with my new 100mm macro lens that came in the mail today. I immediately shot a few photos around the house, including this just [...]
Posted in Photos on Mar 20th, 2008
This is the very first macro shot with my new Canon 100mm macro. It was hand held with an impatient 6 year old with natural light, so not perfect but still ok. You can see the bright reflection of the glass door to the left, but I figured I would still post [...]
Posted in Photography Tips on Jan 8th, 2008
Using a technique I read about online recently, I took my 50mm prime and held it backwards in front of my 24-105 lens to get this macro. This was done just in my office with natural light, but it didn’t turn out half bad. I would like to experiment with this technique a [...]
