(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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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 …
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 …
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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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 …
Well, I held out longer than I expected, but succumbed earlier than I hoped… If this is 1/10th as entertaining as the previous version, it’ll still provide ~500 hours of play time, so GOGO. D7000. Nikon 75-150mm f/3.5 Zomb-E Series. ISO100, 4 seconds (AP Mode), f/3.5. Mild-to-medium adjustments in Aperture to bring out the bokehliciousity.
Another storm, another opportunity to play with long exposures while flying down the highway in the wee hours… If I had more daredevil in me, I would’ve turned off the windshield wipers while the shutter was open, but I was nervous as it was, what with the wet roads and sprinkle and percentage of drunks …
