10-24-2023, 12:52 PM
Well, only one more week till Halloween, and then that is over.
I wish I could say that I enjoy this time of the year when one holiday follows the other. But I am afraid I look at it as "then that's over" and I can relax the day after the holiday occurs. Some people sure go all out for Halloween, don't they? I do have a skeleton holding on to a small lamppost alongside our driveway, but nothing more than that.
Here is the photo I promised you yesterday. I took it using my ND filters. I sort of like the blurred water effect, especially since there are some areas that are still in focus in the water and show the reflection of the colors in the leaves. I wish I would have had the bright orange leaves in focus though. It looks like I didn't have anything in focus. But I recall trying to focus on the green leaves on the left. OH well, I need a lot more practice. It was pretty cold out there and there was limited things to take photos of. The shoreline is not safe and I didn't want to fall in. The photos that I took from a bridge did not turn out well. I know that I should go back, but am too lazy. Actually, I am going to go outside and trim a couple of shrubs before the temps drop dramatically this weekend. Yesterday I emptied the rain barrel and stored that, the few shrubs I off the patio should be the last thing I have to do to close up the back yard.
Hey, I am getting a new lens. I am so excited. I finally am buying myself a lens that I have wanted for years, a lens Baby Velvet 56. I have been drooling over the effects of this lens for so long and decided to finally get it after it went on sale at Adorama for 20% off. At that point, I asked myself, "What are you waiting for?" Now I do not have to soften the edges of my images in Post. The lens will do that naturally for me. And if I up the aperture, the blur will disappear. The lens is a 56mm, but on my camera it is equivalent to a 112 mm, making it a macro. Yes! I love close-ups and macros. So, hopefully, I shall be able to show you some of the first images that I take with the new lens. Just counting the days now.
Have a great day all,
LORELL
I wish I could say that I enjoy this time of the year when one holiday follows the other. But I am afraid I look at it as "then that's over" and I can relax the day after the holiday occurs. Some people sure go all out for Halloween, don't they? I do have a skeleton holding on to a small lamppost alongside our driveway, but nothing more than that.
Here is the photo I promised you yesterday. I took it using my ND filters. I sort of like the blurred water effect, especially since there are some areas that are still in focus in the water and show the reflection of the colors in the leaves. I wish I would have had the bright orange leaves in focus though. It looks like I didn't have anything in focus. But I recall trying to focus on the green leaves on the left. OH well, I need a lot more practice. It was pretty cold out there and there was limited things to take photos of. The shoreline is not safe and I didn't want to fall in. The photos that I took from a bridge did not turn out well. I know that I should go back, but am too lazy. Actually, I am going to go outside and trim a couple of shrubs before the temps drop dramatically this weekend. Yesterday I emptied the rain barrel and stored that, the few shrubs I off the patio should be the last thing I have to do to close up the back yard.
Hey, I am getting a new lens. I am so excited. I finally am buying myself a lens that I have wanted for years, a lens Baby Velvet 56. I have been drooling over the effects of this lens for so long and decided to finally get it after it went on sale at Adorama for 20% off. At that point, I asked myself, "What are you waiting for?" Now I do not have to soften the edges of my images in Post. The lens will do that naturally for me. And if I up the aperture, the blur will disappear. The lens is a 56mm, but on my camera it is equivalent to a 112 mm, making it a macro. Yes! I love close-ups and macros. So, hopefully, I shall be able to show you some of the first images that I take with the new lens. Just counting the days now.
Have a great day all,
LORELL