I’m leaving for vacation tomorrow, and have loads of stuff to do before then, so I’m tossing in an easy abstract picture today. I feel no shame about this whatsoever, as even this tossed off one is rather pretty, methinks. I’d like to give this a title having to do with Sheeana or the Ghola …
Tag Archives: Vivitar 50mm f/1.8 (Cosina)
365.298 aaarrrghhhh! My eyes! The goggles do nothing!
Focusing a reversed 50mm by rocking back and forth is especially difficult with gusty winds, though some of the problem can be overcome with higher shutter speeds (not that I did that here…). So I decided to take the new macro rig on a walk today, and take along the SB-700 and the Cactus triggers. …
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Stockyards Photowalk & Scavenger Hunt
This morning found me in the Fort Worth Stockyards, taking part in a photowalk and scavenger hunt MeetUp with the North Texas Photography Explorers Meetup Group. The weather was beautiful, and I ended up being more interested in the walking than the shooting, though I did manage to take 320 pictures… Here is the Scavenger …
365.296 almost
Focusing a reversed 50mm by rocking back and forth is especially tough when your subject darts around like a mosquito. Don’t look too closely at this one… The [whateverthisis] portion of this picture was tortured beyond all reasonable requirements to make it appear, at first glance, to be in focus. Trust me, it’s not, and …
365.295 closer
Focusing a reversed 50mm by rocking back and forth benefits greatly from stopping down even if it’s a mere 1 and 1/3 stops. The head, eye, and front segment are all about as sharp as this lens gets (I think… it might sharpen up a bit at f/5.6 and f/8, but I haven’t really tested …
365.294 the elusive eludes
Focusing a reversed 50mm by rocking back and forth is difficult. Good exercise, but difficult. And it eluded me today, but I got closer than yesterday, so that counts for something. At two separate points, I was busily shooting bees, stopped, looked up, found a couple pushing a baby stroller stopped inches from me, and …
365.293 just pretty, that’s all
It is really hard to use a reversed 50mm on 50mm worth of extensions as a walkaround lens when the wind is gusting. I think I’ll try just the 50 tomorrow, sans extension tubes, and see if I can get the bee and bug shots I missed today. And I’m finding that music helps me …
