08 Tuesday Aug 2023
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It’s been years. I’ve been using large film cameras and a darkroom but now I’m back to digital and nature photography. The limited time I now have has made this seem like a necessary step to keep me involved in photography.
Carolina Wren with Pupa
White-eyed Vireo
Brown-winged Swallows
Raccoon with Crayfish
Male Painted Bunting
02 Tuesday May 2017
Posted in "photography", candids, Digital Photography, Uncategorized
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girl running, group of people, iphone photo, iphonography, park, people, people in park, people walking, shadows, silhouette, strong contrast, sun, sun in photo
Straight from the iPhone to you via the iMac. Not edited anywhere at all. Amazing things these device cameras.
02 Tuesday May 2017
Posted in "photography", Digital Photography, macro photography, nature, Uncategorized
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arachnid, beetle, blur, bokeh, cactus, close up, close up photography, crab spider, crab spider feeding, cucumber beetle, flowers, hairstreak, hairstreak butterfly, insects, macro, macro photography, miikweed, milkweed bug, nature, nature in texas, nature photography, nikon, nikon digital, prickly pear, prickly pear blooms, prickly pear cactus, spider, spider feeding, succulents, wildflower, wine cup, wine cup mallow
It altogether amazes me that people can walk right past things like this and be totally consumed by whatever device they have in hand to keep them from interacting intimately with the immediate other world around them, be it their companion walking beside them, the child in a stroller, or of sights like these flowers. Maybe the general, developing impression that there is no intelligent designer who sits outside of creation contributes to the lack of wonder at the intricacy that was designed into each of these wonders. They’re taken for granted, and the tremendous leap of faith is launched that requires believing that all this was the result of random, impersonal causes.
On the more mundane side, Nikon D7100 with 36 – 72 Series E Nikon lens reversed onto the camera body. Some were taken with 26mm extension tube, some without.
30 Sunday Apr 2017
Posted in Digital Photography, macro photography, nature, Uncategorized
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close up photography, damselflies, damselflies mating, insect order odonata, insect procreation, insect recreation, insect reproduction, insects, nature, nature photography, nikon 200 f4 macro lens mf, nikon d7100, odonata, reproduction
Always exciting anything that promises to add more bugs to the world. Nikon D7100 and just regular old 200mm f4 manual focus Micro Nikkor.
30 Sunday Apr 2017
Posted in Digital Photography, Portraits and People, Uncategorized
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art, art paint brush, artist, artistic blur, blur, intentional blur, nikon 36 - 72 series e lens, nikon 36 - 72 series e lens reversed, nikon d800, oil painting, painting, portrait, reversed lens
Nikon D800 with 36 – 72 Series E lens reversed and at 72mm. Blur effect is all in-camera. Some vibrance added and shadows opened in post capture.
29 Saturday Apr 2017
Posted in old buildings, Small Town, Travel, Uncategorized
I just like the textures, especially around the door. The skim lighting worked well here.
28 Friday Apr 2017
Posted in Film Cameras, film photography, hasselblad digital, still life, Uncategorized
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35mm, 35mm cameras, analog, analog photography, camera bodies, cameras, film photography, nikon, nikon f, nikon f cameras, nikon f photomic, nikon f2a, nikon f2as, nikon f3 hp, nikon f4, nikon f5, nikon f6, nikon film cameras, nikon slr
Nothing outstanding, just something I’ve had in mind to do for a while and finally got bored enough to do it. I’ve been collecting Nikon film SLR cameras off that auction site. These represent what I think is an unbroken chain from the F, front center, of around 1957, to the F6, top center, from around 2004 to the present. Yes, Nikon does still produce two film cameras, the FM10 and the F6.
I have other Nikons not in the line of royalty here: EM, FM, FM2/T, FM3A, FE, FE2, FA, F100 and a black F2A.
Ironically, the camera used for this portrait was a Hasselblad H5-D 50 with the 50 – 110 zoom used at 110mm. A monolight was on the right about subject level with a silver umbrella reflecting the bare bulb. A large, white reflector did a little fill on the left.
I do use the cameras! They are all quite operational and most in near mint condition. I hope my son will enjoy his inheritance someday…and have the space! Or, maybe they’ll appreciate in value and he can sell them back to where they were found.
27 Thursday Apr 2017
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atlantic ocean, birds, galveston, galveston island, galveston texas, motion, motion blur, nature, ocean, salt water, sand, seagulls, seashore, water, waves, wildlife
Shot at Galveston Island in April 2016. Slow shutter used. Varying degrees of motion depicted.
Posted by castl23 | Filed under "photography", Digital Photography, nature, Uncategorized
26 Wednesday Apr 2017
Posted in landscape photography, macro photography, nature, Uncategorized
I was about to enter this contest, but it was like filling out paperwork to buy a house for each photo, so I decided against the idea. These are the 15 I would have put in the nature division. I’ll post them here. Some are repetitious from this blog, but I really don’t mind if you don’t.
As an update, I finally figured out that since I’m ungainfully retired, why not? So, I jumped through the hoops and have 12/15 in there right now. Some of those below aren’t there yet.
A thought about photo fame: There are too many photographers in the world, too many who have time and means to travel to Borrioboola-Gha if they desire to take those exotic pictures that so fill the airwaves these days that they’re almost becoming humdrum; still, it’s fun to post the things and have that few seconds of recognition for the efforts made to get the shots even if “winning” is out of the question :=>
25 Tuesday Apr 2017
Posted in Digital Photography, macro photography, nature, Uncategorized
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blur, blurry background, bokeh, flower, garden, nikon 35 - 105 mf reversed, nikon d800, reversed lens, reversed lens macro, wide aperture
With Nikon D800 and 35 – 105 manual focus lens reversed. It was shot at one of the intermediate focal lengths. It’s interesting to watch the ZOOMING change the focus.
Wide open aperture, f3.5, and 50 ISO used at 1/50 or so.
The Invisible Photographer 