I've got started on the daffodils very early this year! I didn't know you could get them in the middle of winter, but my Mum found some.
This is a focus stack of 15 photos, although there isn't a great deal to choose between this stack and a single frame shot at f/22 - this stacked one is a little sharper overall, so I went for it.
I went for a drive this afternoon.
The light was lovely. I was quite pleased with the results of this little stop and stroll.
It has come to Willow's attention that an un-licked yoghurt pot has been left on the counter.
You are directed to present it for a thorough CAT scan immediately.
They know your weaknesses better than you know them yourself, so they know how to hurt you.
A backup photo, taken last night.
I feel a bit worn out this evening for some reason, so I didn't shoot anything today. Slightly irritating, because I saw an interesting potential abstract shot in the form of my skylight catching the morning sun, but I was busy working, and didn't take the minute or two it would have taken to grab the camera and shoot it.
I should have channelled the spirit of Carpe Diem, instead of Carpe Null. Silly boy!
First day working this year. Not a terrible start.
This is my second crack at taking a photo for this week's 52Frames self-portrait challenge.
My initial shot had me leaning on a farm gate against the sunset, but I was unhappy with the framing once I got it home (I'd chopped part of my feet off, for a start!)
I played around with a few options, before eventually settling on this, in a nod to the countless cups of coffee I will drink, and the scenes that I hope these lenses will capture for me this year.
This was lit by daylight coming through my skylight, which put parts of my face into rather deep shadow, so I used a notebook as an impromptu reflector.
The 85mm f/1.2's extremely shallow depth of field was a bit too extreme wide open, and blurred the cup and lenses into oblivion, so I stopped down to f/2 to bring them back a bit.
This is the first outing for the MP-E 65mm macro lens on the R5.
I have been a bit bait-and-switched by this virus today - I woke up feeling quite a bit better, and a couple of hours later, my temperature shot up again.
One more after the jump.
Still feeling pretty rough today, but I did eventually manage to drag myself out for a walk in the late afternoon to escape the cabin fever.
I rather liked the way the Moon and Venus fitted into the crook of this street light.
I'm suffering under the cudgels of some particularly nasty virus at the moment, so this seemed an appropriate subject today - if it wasn't for the invention of Paracetamol and Ibuprofen, I think I'd be confined to bed in some kind of delirious fever dream state.
I snapped a quick pic of these lichens on a fence yesterday, and went back today to try and get a better shot with some lights and focus stacking.
The R5 has an internal focus bracketing function that operates at quite high speed, reducing the chance for movement or lighting changes to spoil the shot, so I used that instead of dragging the WeMacro rail out into the middle of a field.
These little trumpets are evidently Pixie Cup Lichen (Cladonia asahinae). I thought they were rather interesting.
One more after the jump.
