I wrote about 12 posts to go along with this shot, all venting about a certain online talkshow that I view via podcast from time to time, but this picture deserves better than some rant about what a group of professional photographers think about amateurs, or what they think about 365 projects, or what they …
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365.263 if it was any closer, it would’t be
Following the most recent addition to my drip play (a straw from one of the fast food places around), which brought some size uniformity, today I moved the camera off of the stable Manfrotto tripod and on to the wobbly plastic tripod I bought on the cheap in 2003 (and cursed at every time I used it …
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365.262 vibrant textures
On the way to move laundry from the washer to the dryer this morning, I noticed these pretty little flowers. Within seconds, the iPhone was out of my pocket, the built-in camera app was ready, and I was kneeling on the ground framing up a shot. This could’ve been framed up better, had I laid …
365.261 Closer Still
Well, 483 shots today, and I got my plane of focus issues mostly solved, but I ran into another problem: somehow, 1/32nd is suddenly not fast enough to freeze drops. That, or diffraction kicks in earlier than expected on the Vivitar, or ISO400 has some blurring effect on objects in motion. According to the SB-700 …
365.260 Closer… Actually, too close.
In my quest for the droplet shot that every photographer absolutely must have, I’ve been closer than this. In fact, I had a perfect one today, with the stem rising up to meet the drop; with the drop itself hovering several millimeters above the stem. Alas, the drop was not in focus. Since I’m shooting …
365.259 the Miracle(s) of Jury Duty
First, I must apologize. I made no attempt to make a good picture for the 365 today, nor did I attempt to learn anything new about making pictures. Second, I must apologize again, because this post will be rather lengthy. Given that few of you read my posts anyway, the uninspiring picture is unlikely to …
365.258 bloom
Bloom? Yes. 1) To me, this looks like a divot in a piece of bulletproof glass, or that glass with the wire all through, and ‘bloom’ is a (informal) synonym for blemish, which is a synonym of divot and pock, which this also sorta looks like to me. 2) This also has some semblance of …
