Well, I had an idea to write up a long thing about finding some stills from a newsreel in some boxes and discovering some footage of the grand opening celebrations for the Chrysler building or something, but I decided that would be sorta lame. So I’ll be straight with you instead. This is a guitar …
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365.256 (wish I could) turn this sometimes
After coming across several beautiful pictures by Gheorghe Chesler—shot with various Nikons and featuring his Sigma 150mm f/2.8 Macro—over on Google Plus yesterday evening, I found myself lusting after a proper macro lens… But I reminded myself: no new gear until I finish the 365. So I looked over the gear I do have, and pulled …
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365.255 there ain’t no flare like some iPhone flare
The title pretty much says it all. After pretty much surfing the interwebs all day, I shot this in Momma’s backyard while waiting to take her for a cheap dinner. I wanted to play with the tiny focal length and try to get some weird blurring, but ended up being focused on (and exposing for) …
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365.254 Abstraktes Bild
Well, I spent 2.5 hours playing with the zoomy flashy thingy, but didn’t get anything worth sharing, and didn’t find anything new, so I whipped out the old standby: the Abstract Picture. Woo. D7000. Nikon 75-150mm f/3.5 Zomb-E Series. ISO100, 1 second (APmode), f/3.5. About 2 minutes of slider play in Aperture to bring out …
365.253 keep playing
So today I tried to combine the zoomy-flashy thing with multiple exposures… It didn’t work. Or, rather, it only worked once as far as I can tell. The process is something like playing a very complex, mallet-based instrument, or performing as a percussionist with several shakers/rattley things/tinkley bells/etc. to shake, rattle, or tinkle all in …
365.252 something of interest…
So I played around with the zoomy-flashy thing again today. It was in large part an exercise in meh, but there remains something of interest about it. In this example, we have Ivan, who is likely looking at his sister or his food or, perhaps, a bug. But if you look very closely, there are …
365.251 Ohne Titel (a happy discovery)
So I was pacing around looking for something to shoot, and decided to shoot Ivan, who was looking suspiciously at me (as usual) from his perch atop the cat tree. But what lens to use? The 24mm f/2.8 AI is nice and on the camera, but too wide. The 50mm f/1.8G is brilliant, but in …
