Day 159 - Macro is Back

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ISO 100 f/32 1/200s 1 SB-800 @ 105mm 1/32nd power camera right 6 inches from subject triggered with on camera pop-up flash (setup shot was shoot @ ISO 200 f/22).

I am borrowing my friends macro lens again so you can expect to see more macro shots in the next few days. I apologize for the setup shot being on-black, I couldn't get setup before the sun went to low and I had dark exposure all the way down to a full second. I want to start including setup shots for even the simplest lighting setups. I know people really enjoy the setup shots and they are fun to include.

setup here


until tomorrow,
enjoy

Day 158 - Nature > Man

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ISO 200 f/9 1/500s Shot with my D70s 1 SB-26 @ 35mm full power on a plastic foot at ground level triggered with an SB-26 in the hotshot @ 1/64th power.

I meant to include a setup shot tonight, but forgot after having two beers at dinner

Let me start by saying this photo has very special significance to me. Yesterday I received a notice from the city about my yard being unsightly. I have an almost identical flower to this one in my own yard and many others that have been photographed and posted on flickr. One of my neighbors, decided to complain to the city about my yard instead of talking to me as a person. I had the same situation last year with our yard when Leela was 8 months pregnant with our daughter. I haven't knocked down the entire yard as I did last year, but I have spent most of the last two nights trying to clean up anything that me might be in violation of our stupid city ordinances.

When I saw this flower tonight on my dog walk growing between two seams of concrete in the curb, I felt an overwhelming since of happiness to know that nature is greater than man's design. No matter how hard we try to manipulate the curves of nature into straight lines it will always come back stronger. I hope you enjoy this amazing flower as much as I do.

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Day - 157 Eviction

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ISO 800 f/11 1/200s 1 SB-26 with reflective umbrella @ 35mm 1/2th power camera right and above and 1 SB-26 with shoot throught @ 35mm 1/8th

more shots from tonights shot taken with the ultrawide coming soon!

Sorry for not getting the write up posted at the time of the photo! I was running down to the last minute on this one and did not have much free time last night! I really had fun setting this shot up, but it was a creepy place to shoot and I thought someone might see me and call the police. I kept my flash light in my pocket not to loose it and setup most of the shot in complete darkness to not attract any attention before the flashes started firing off. I don't know what the story is with this abandoned house, but it has been this way for at least 5 years that I know of. I recently found another abandoned house which I hope to setup a shot in-front-of in the near future.

setup here


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Day 156 - The Blueberry Bush

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ISO 100 f/22 1/200s 1 SB-800 Handheld camera Left @ 24mm 1/128th power 2 1/2 inches from subject triggered with on-camera pop-up flash.

Leela requested I photograph her great looking Blueberry Bush tonight. I hope you enjoy and I heard the blueberries where great.

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Day 155 - Ultra-wide Macro

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ISO 400 f/13 100s 1 SB-800 @ 105mm 1/8th power 3 feet camera right.

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Late to post this one tonight and originally went out with intention of a quick shot with a my kit lens @ 105mm and a handheld flash somewhere in the neighborhood when I saw this half opened sunflower and decided to switch to my ultra wide lens and see how close I could get to the flower and maintain a sharp image.

For this photo I was so close that the lens hood was touching the pedals of the flower and I had to remove it to get this shot.

I really enjoy the distortion created by this lens at this distance and I hope to post more photos with this lens in the near future.

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Day 154 - A Closer Look

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ISO 200 f/22 1/1000s 1 SB-26 @ 85mm 1/32nd power 12 inches from subject triggered with on camera SB-26 @ 85mm 1/64th power.

Sorry to post another photo of the dead sunflower, but I really wanted another shot of this dead flower with a longer lens. I actually think I will make this image my wallpaper.

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Day 153 - The Water Lily

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Available light only: The Lily was being backlit by the sun and I had trees in full shade in the background. I knew the TTL would be confused, so set my camera to spot metering and metered off one of the adjacent leaves to set my exposure and let everything else fall into place from there.

until tomorrow,
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