Showing posts with label horses for courses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label horses for courses. Show all posts

Monday, November 14, 2022

What You Give Up When You Drive an SUV


During the early days of the pandemic, I purchased a used camera with a micro-four thirds format sensor because of its ability to automatically stitch together 80 megapixel photographs from four 20 MP images taken in rapid succession. I do a lot of work that involves photographing subjects on a copy stand, and a high resolution file can come in very handy sometimes. It is a pretty convenient way to digitize medium format film negatives as well. Anyway, I found that I really enjoyed using the little camera off the copy stand, too, and have been checking out some additional lenses for it. Recently, I discovered a compact 35-100 mm f/4-5.6 lens for $100 that seems to be a bit under appreciated, probably due to the variable aperture. The fact of the matter is, it produces fine images in good light. And, when I saw the image above, I really appreciated the old school bokeh. The little lens is an extremely compact telephoto zoom that would be perfect for travel...

Monday, September 20, 2021

California dreaming...


It was a beautiful winter evening in Ventura, CA a few years ago and I was relaxing after a long day of ass-sitting (attending a conference). As I walked along the beach pondering my ass numbing existence, I noticed that all of the cliched elements of a terrific sunset photograph were present before me: a lovely orange, blue, and pink sky; the moon; a couple of sea birds flying near the horizon; and Catalina Island. Naturally, I had left my Canon 6D (the first digital camera I was ever very fond of) in the hotel room and was only armed with an iPhone. It was the perfect tool for capturing this sort of photograph.