Archive for August, 2007
Keyboard Wars
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I guess the battle for my desktop has begun but who would have thought it would turn so violent so fast …
One of us
One of us
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I was playing with the strobe in the front yard when I realized it wasn’t a good idea to point the bright flashing light at the road, no matter how much fun I was having.
DOF
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Originally uploaded by black mirror photography
So recently I got a EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens from Canon. The pictures are stunning … I was just messing around taking some shots with it, when I decided to take a shot of the lens cap.
When I looked at later, I noticed you can actually SEE the DOF in the shot (look at the o in Canon for the bottom line). If you look at it you can see a two lines, in between is in focus everything else is blurred. Granted some is more blurry than other parts but it really shows how slim the DOF is at large appertures.
pollen and nPars / vPars
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Originally uploaded by black mirror photography
so my EF 100mm f2.8 Macro USM showed up today … so far I’m very pleased. I only had about 10 minutes with it today during my break from class.
… in the smallest of things
Originally uploaded by black mirror photography
There is a simple beauty in the smallest of things. This flower, lovingly grown from seed by my wife is but one example. This summer my wife has put her time, effort and considerable skill to proving the beauty that exists in nature. Examples abound inside and outside of our home.
One of the amazing things about my camera is that it makes me see things that I normally overlook. The wonderful thing is, after I’ve seen something (like this flower) through the lens and I break myself of the habit of saying … yeah it’s a purple flower … I’m free to see how truly lovely it is. After my eye comes away from the prism box, the beauty remains and I don’t need the camera to see it afterwards.
Mr Adams was right … Camera’s are objects that teach us to see without cameras.
Stop, and SEE the beauty that is all around you in your daily life.
published
so, today I was published in the local paper and given a photo credit.
Yes, I know there is no credit on the website but trust me there is one on the printed paper, and that is what really matters to be today. It’s amazing how it changes your perspective.
There are days and times when I love photography
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Originally uploaded by black mirror photography
This weekend was one of them. I took this photo during the mid morning today at Taconic State Park, in Copake Falls NY.
It’s the lifeguard chair on the floating raft in the ore pit. I’ve been going there since I was in diapers and the ore pit still fascinates me, filled with natural spring water, so still, so deep.
The light was right and I whipped off about 8 shots of this chair hoping to get the like of spiders silk blowing in the breeze. When I got home and looked at the photos I found I got more than I asked for, there is an entire web in the first step of the ladder for the chair.
It was a lovely weekend.
Blue Haze
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Originally uploaded by black mirror photography
I used to love to take photo’s of the Chicago skyline at night. I love this shot for the faint blue haze.