The biggest problem with committing to a 365 project is posting those pics that you’re wildly unhappy with, but know its the best one you’re going to get that day. This photo is weak. The concept is worn out (for now, for me, if not for you). The execution is poor. The composition nonexistent. But …
Author Archives: James Cockroft
365.169 Coltrane, Lush Life, Track One
I’ve long wanted to title things with musical phrases, but I’ve yet to come up with a way to do it. For example, you walk into a gallery, and there next to a painting is a card with some musical notation where the title would usually go, followed by the artist name and materials and …
365.168 people dressed in plastic bags, directing traffic
(Unrelated) Downloaded the new Aperture 3.3… It took ~30minutes to update my library, and a minute to get the RAW converter panel back. Overall, I like the look, though some of the stuff has been dumbed down a bit (the extra sliders in Shadows/Highlights, for example). The new preview functions are a bit strange too: …
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365.167 some kinda fashion
Is there something wrong with listening to Shattered so many times that I can now understand most all of the lyrics? Or does it matter? D7000. Vivitar 70-210mm f/3.5 Series 1 (Kiron), in Macro mode at about 1:5ish, and handheld (that thing is heavy). ISO400, 1/20th (AP Mode… lazy), f/3.5. Minimal levels adjustment, and a boost to the …
365.166 Ohne Titel
So, a true macro shot finally coincides with Macro Monday, and I actually remember to tag it! What a pleasant confluence of events! I was really looking for a good line from Shattered, but nothing really worked with the image, so the good old Untitled will have to work. And if you hadn’t guessed, this …
365.165 ungh shaydoobay shattered shattered
Several months ago, I picked up a small vanity mirror at the grocery store for $1, intending to use it as a bounce for macro work. I think I used it maybe three times, at the most. I couldn’t really find an easy way to set it up, and I couldn’t very well hold it, …
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365.164 prescience, perhaps
Not much to say about this. I think this would be much better as maybe 3 or 4 different photographs. Maybe just quarter it evenly. Or maybe some overlapping bits: take the lower right, up to a bit above that planet in the center right, and over to just before the vertical in focus strip …
