Eating utensil
Check out my blog post on macro photography for more info on how I shot this and the recent macro shots.
White Rose
This one turned out interesting because I didn’t really do much at all to it in photoshop. It had one duplicate layer set to overlay and one gradient map layer set to 40% opacity. The softness and the dark background were as it was shot and as I had pictured it in my head when I shot it, which is rare. Usually I have to work at it a bit to get the shot were it actually is in my head as I see it.
Hairy leaf
Never really thought leaves had hair, but this one does! It doesn’t look like it but this leaf is really small, not quite 1/2 an inch (1.2cm) It almost looks like some sort of cactus at this scale.
Your fortune
I was amazed at the information that came from my fortune cookie!
150 Watts
I’m just amazed that something so simple can produce light and alot of it.
Shot taken with all three Kenko extensions stacked and 50mm Nikon f/1.8.
Number 2
I played with the Kenko Extension tube that I got this week. It takes some playing with to get used to these, but you can get in close! The tube consists of three seperate pieces that are placed on the camera and then the lens is attached. They basically just move your lens out further from the camera allowing for focusing up closer and getting in tighter. You can stack the three rings in whatever combination you want. The smallest one is 12mm, the second is 20mm and the third is 36mm. I’m pretty sure that on this shot I had all three together with my 50mm 1.8 Nikon lens. I shot for hours playing and trying to get a feel for them. I’m anxious to get them out in the spring and try to get some bugs with them.
Update: Check out my blog post on macro photography.
Skate girl
I’m not sure why this shot keeps sticking out to me. Technically it’s not too great, there’s not much if anything in focus. I wish I had framed it a bit to the left, but I was just firing away. Yet I keep looking at it. Maybe because the girl is static among the other people moving around her along with her posture and the expression on her face. I guess you decide.
Lime company
Another shot of this lime factory. I thought of doing it black and white, but I did the other shot black and white and alot of my recent posts are either black and white or sepia toned. So, I figured it was time for some color.
Sepia Lake
The Commute
I have some new shots, but I haven’t even pulled them from the camera yet. So, with little time tonight to work on anything I pulled this one from the archives. Taken in Chicago last September. The subway is an interesting place. I’m glad I don’t have to do this every morning and evening, like some of you might have to. I am quite lucky. I live about 3 or 4 blocks from my work. So I hop in the truck and pull up to work a minute or two later.
Update: I just realized after some of your comments that this was not on a subway, but a bus. Silly me.