After making 150-odd pictures with the 24mm f/2.8 ai, reversed and on 104mm of extension, and having extreme difficulty with composition and framing, and cursing the quick grip ball head and its extreme lack of precision (and actually quite desperate for a wider angle), I went back to the old standby: the 75-150mm f/3.5 E …
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365.88 Longboarding UTD
From the UTD Photowalk/Hipstamatic recipe test with momma this morning, and born out of much grinding of teeth and horrible fear, this photo was shot with Hipstamatic on an iPhone 4. I used the Loftus lens and Big Up film, and this kid knew I was shooting him. I stood in on spot, phone raised …
UTD Campus Photowalk and Hipstamatic recipe tests
Took a walk around the UTD campus with momma this morning, and decided all spur-of-the-moment like to take only the iPhone and give Hipstamatic a workout. Dan Cristea (@Konstruktivist) recommended some lens/film combinations at LoFiMode that I wanted to test out, and see how my only ‘favorited’ combination (the new-ish Loftus lens (from the Foodie …
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365.87 I prefer to believe that the birds like to have a little nip, time to time
from the Grapevine, TX photowalk. D7000, Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 ai, ISO100, 1/4000, f/2.8.
Grapevine Photowalk
Good times at the Grapevine photowalk with the Dallas Photo Walk Meetup group (now sadly defunct). I spent the vast majority of the time wandering around by myself and marveling at the changes a little town can undergo in just a few years. Most interesting to me—and not pictured, unfortunately—there were numerous instances of fresh …
365.86 How’s my hair?
I’m feeling a sort of Doc Brown vibe here… And just not trying for two days in a row… Oh well. I’m feeling rushed and hurried, and for no good reason, and I’m taking it out on the 365 project. For shame. D7000. Nikon 75-150mm f/3.5 E Series, reversed. ISO100, 2 seconds, f/8.
365.85 Gleam
Yes, it’s a bad title. And, yes, it’s a mediocre photo (at best). But I’m in a bit of a hurry today. Well, not a hurry, exactly, but this is all I can do today. I did find out that the 75-150mm E Series can achieve a reproduction ratio of 2.4:1 when reversed and stacked …