Get Out And Make Something Beautiful
Last weekend my wife, sister in law, our niece and I took a trip to Old World Wisconsin, an open air museum and reenactment site. Here are some pictures I took along the way.
They recently introduced a new bicycle exhibit, with high wheelers, tricycles and other similar vehicles.
I think in this case is was justified. Continue reading “Ever Have a Photo Shoot Where You Literally Want to Kill Your Subject?”
Detail of the back of my Seiko 5 automatic watch.
For those unfamiliar with them, the Seiko 5 series is a great introductory line of automatic (self-winding) watches. They run in the $50-100+ range, and keep pretty reasonable time. They also have an exhibition back, so you can see the clockwork inside.
D100, 60mm f2.8D Micro-Nikkor, f16 at 1/60, ISO 200 with a cheap flash bounced off a Westocott reflector for lighting.
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This is one of my test shots with a new (to me) 6omm f2.8D Micro-Nikkor that I bought off of eBay (Also available on Amazon.)
The subject is my Gillette open comb safety razor, which I actually use (almost) daily.
I bought the older (non-AF-S) version of the macro lens for a couple reasons, including cost and better interoperability with extension rings or bellows.
D100, 60mm f2.8D Micro-Nikkor, f57 at 1/100, ISO 200 with a cheap flash bounced off a piece of paper for lighting.
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