What Are You Doing?

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I'm trying to make the most of my time with Holly and Pepper, and get some decent photos with them!

Last Rays

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I liked the way the dying light was catching these leaves.
This one's a backup photo from last night. I ended up working late tonight.

Streetlight Begins To Assert Dominance

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New (2nd hand) lens day! Unexpectedly, times two.
I've been looking at replacing my ancient EF 35mm f/2 with the newer ultrasonic focusing, image stabilised version for a while, and one came up used locally, so I went to pick it up.
While I was there, I spotted a Samyang AF 14mm f/2.8 EF ultrawide in the cabinet, and bought that too. It's quite a fun lens, and I'm hoping it might be good for some big night skies, particularly if we get Aurora again soon.

Not So Fast

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A backup photo today, shot last night.
It's been another mad day today!

Light Night, Take Flight

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It was a lovely evening after I finished work today, so I went out for a drive and put the drone up for a bit.
I think this is the first drone photo I've posted this year.

Unoccupied

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I finished and developed another roll of film this afternoon, this time shot in my old Fuji STX-2. I quite enjoyed using it again after very long break.
The last film came out pretty underdeveloped, so I gave this one longer in the developer, but it could have still taken more.
I also tried scanning this film with my EOS R5 and macro lens, using a film holder I 3D printed from a design on Printables.
It worked quite well, and was much faster and more predictable than scanning with my film scanner. As it works nicely, I think I'll try and clean up my setup to make it a bit more stable and less hacky. Currently, the holder isn't restrained, the camera is on a tripod, and I'm using an LED flat panel ceiling light as an illuminator.
While effective, it is not convenient. A smaller light, a dust brush, and something like a copy stand would seem to be indicated.
I can see myself eventually throwing money at the problem and buying a Valoi setup, but we shall see on that front.

The Boy Who Caught The Eclipse / The Eclipse

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Although only partial, this was still an interesting thing to see. I'm fairly pleased with these two.

I took a few bracketed shots that had some actual detail in the sun, including a sunspot, so I might try and merge them into an HDR photo later - I had a quick go as I was editing these, and wasn't happy with the results, so more work is required!

I'm posting this one late on here - I posted it on Instagram, then drafted the post here before I had to dash out on soundman related duties, and left without posting.
For some reason, it's had a remarkably low like count on Instagram so far.
Social media is an ugly beast. If you aren't careful to keep it in its box, it can really dent your self confidence when something you're pleased with gets ignored.

One more after the jump.