الصلوة خير من النوم (assalatu khairun minan naum) translates, roughly, as “Prayer is better than sleep.”
Alhamdulillah, my darling wife agrees.
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I spent all last week with the Nikon 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 G, shot about 200 frames, all garbage: out of focus due to AF errors arising from (I think) the tiny aperture and me trying to autofocus in the dark; poorly framed and/or horribly distorted, due mostly to laziness, I think. Shots looked great on the back of the camera, and I was excited… Get them in the computer, though, and things change.
It can’t be all bad… I did get this quasi-interesting abstract out of it, and the color is good when it wants to be. It’s just the focus issues… Sheesh. I think it’s a limitation in the D7000’s autofocus engine, but still.
Almost looks like spring…
John S & AO-DLX went for a spin…
So I’ve started listening to TWIP’s newish Street Focus podcast… Don’t ask me why. I don’t shoot street. I guess maybe I admire the people that do, or something.
Anyway, Elif Suyabatmaz (@fisheyedreams on Instagram) shared her favorite Hipsta-recipe, and I decided to give it a quick try by waving the phone around a bit.
Turned out kinda nice, don’t you think?
Orson Welles, perhaps
or some other classic black/white film look. Continue reading “Orson Welles, perhaps”
the 28-105 at the Nursery
I suppose it’s not really and truly macro, but at 1:2 (or thereabouts), it’s close enough.
The difference between rocking back and forth to focus and twisting a little ring (or, in the best case, pushing a button) is indescribable. Instead of 8-12 shots to get one that might be in focus, it’s one shot and maybe another to check a slightly different framing. Fun times. Continue reading “the 28-105 at the Nursery”
Spooky
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