Number 65!! Only 300 more to go! 300?!! Yikes. Sticking around the house again today, which makes it tough to find photo subjects. I hope to get out and about more as the weather improves. I’m still layed off from my “normal” job, so I have plenty of time but no money. ;-( With gas prices rising, I have to…
Tag: Super-Takumar
365-62 Same place, different day
I’m in a bit of a creative funk right now. Both artistically and technically. I’m just not finding shots that work and the few that I thought I would like suffered from bad technical skills. Mostly just too blurry from either camera shake or bad focusing. Some shots look good on the LCD but when I load them onto the…
365-60 Altered reality on a small scale
“Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.” – Camille Pissarro My shot for today is not an abstract macro flower shot, though that’s what it appears to be. It’s a glass of iced green tea with a lime. I shot with my reverse-mounted Super-Takumar 50mm. Light from the window backlit the tea and…
365-59 Bokeh, Topaz and Orton
Back to normal today, no more fun abstracts. My 365 shot is of some kind of pod on a tree next to my porch. There’s a busy street in the background so I used my Super-Takumar 50mm wide open at f/1.4 for limited depth. Due to the relatively boring subject, I decided to punch the color up a bit with Topaz…
365-55 A study of grass
Not much out there today. I was shooting near a railroad station trying to get something “railroady” and although I got a couple of shots in that theme, I ended up liking these grass shots better. I used Nik Silver Efex B&W conversion with toning then blended opacity to bring some subtle color back in. I used the “coffee” tone on photos No.1 and 2…
365-54 I really like abstracts
I’ll offer another abstract for my 365 today. It’s in portrait orientation, which is a little rare for me. I’ve been trying to do all landscape oriented photos for my 365, just for consistency sake, but I had no set rule. I tried to rotate this shot but I liked it best in the original vertical. I’m not going to say…
365-46 Parking garage bokeh
I didn’t really get out to shoot anything today as I was doing other things. This is a bokeh shot taken in a parking garage window with my Super-Takumar 50mm, wide open. I shot a few pictures while I was in the garage thinking I would look for shots later on but I never got to shoot anymore. So, tip No.1 for 365’ers, shoot…
365-36 Spring availability?
While walking around my yard I spotted this birds nest in a small tree near my porch. I never noticed it before but, since this is February, I imagine it’s from last year. I’ll have to keep tabs on it as spring approaches. Shot with my Super-Takumar 28mm. Pentax K20D Empty Nest
365-31 Soap opera
Simply bubbles in a bottle of Ajax dishwashing liquid. Shot with a reversed Super-Takumar 28mm. Everything worked against me in this shot – I was handholding, the light was low, the bubbles were moving and the plastic bottle distorted. After a few attempts I got a shot. I also did a blue-toned b&w version that I liked along with the original…
365-29 Made it to the porch
Sticking around the house today. I didn’t really feel like setting up a tripod to shoot something inside so I went out to the yard to see if I could find a shot. Lots of snow still around so most things are covered up. We have this straw broom on the porch and I like the texture of it. Since…
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