Hammonasset Beach in Connecticut is covered in these shells. Finding a spot where they take up the entire viewfinder wasn’t difficult. Deciding whether I like the color or b&w version better was tough.
Canon PowerShot G12
ISO 100
f.8
1/100 sec
Archive for the ‘Macro’ Category
Shells, Shells, Shells 1 comment
San Francisco – not the usual tourist snapshots 3 comments
I was on just a quick visit to San Francisco last week, but it was still worthy of a few pictures. The first 3 are at the Wells Fargo Museum:
A promotion on Union Square, with lots of pretty girls handing out balloons. Caught them during their photo shoot:
Old-fashioned barber shop on Valencia Street:
All shot with iPhone, Hipstamatic app
Hand Study 5 comments
Playing around with HDR and B&W effects:
Ice Flowers Leave a comment
At -20 degrees at night in Vermont, the windows get nicely frosted. Brrrr! Ice flowers are less common these days, since everyone now has double-paned windows, where these formations rarely show up. These were on a single-paned garage window.
Canon EOS 7D, 100mm f/2.8 Macro Lens
ISO 200
f/2.8
1/125
Winter Beachcombing 1 comment
With very little to see in winter, my attention turns to the really small things on the beach:
iphone Hipstamatic
lens: Americana
film: Pistil
Reflections on the Pavement 2 comments
Caught these while walking the dog one morning, and thus mostly looking down.
Snow Cone Leave a comment
I didn’t taste it, but it looked exquisite to me:
Canon EOS 7D, EF 24-70mm
ISO 100
50mm
f/2.8
1/800 sec
Antique Toys (and celebrating a milestone) 4 comments
Today my blog crossed the threshold of 10,000 all-time views. Thanks to everyone for your comments, visits, and encouragement over the last 2 years!
Now on with the regular post: A visit to the local antique store is always a source for great macro photography, even when I just have my iphone with me. Here’s what I found when strolled through there last week:
All Shots taken with iPhone Hipstamatic
Frosty Dog Walk 5 comments
Bark Leave a comment
Macro in the Morning Leave a comment
Details of a recent morning walk:
Ice Sculptures 1 comment
I discovered these ice formations during a walk through the Vermont woods yesterday morning:
Art Walk in the Backyard 1 comment
I shot these while walking our dog on a crisp morning. Even in black&white, nature is gorgeous:
Canon EOS 7D, 24-7omm EF f/2.8, B&W conversion with SilverEfex
Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections 2 comments
I was inspired by The Strobist, a great blog about lighting that I recently discovered, to try some of my own lighting experiments. Ingredients: Objects in my house (shell found on the beach today, an antique spur from a flea market in Buenos Aires, and a Buddha head I picked up in Taiwan), a piece of glass, a sheet of white paper, a sheet of black paper, and two lights. And my camera, with a macro lens. And 2 hours to spare.
Playing With Fire Leave a comment
With nature providing fewer opportunities for color photography, I decided to do some indoor photography, experimenting with ‘macro pyro photography'(my personal technical term):
ISO 2000, -4 ev, f/2.8, 1/8000
ISO 2000, f/2.8, 1/100
ISO 2000, f/2.8, 1/20, add’l lighting from flashlight
All photos taken with Canon EOS 7D, EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro IS USM
Forest Oddities Leave a comment
Only in the fall, when all the leaves are down, do you start noticing some of the other, equally beautiful things of the forest: mushrooms, bark, fungi.
First Frost 7 comments
Fall is definitely here: we had the first frost in CT, and that provided some nice photo opportunities:
All images shot with Canon EOS 7D, 100mm Macro lens f/2.8
Vermont Colors – Day 7: Up Close 2 comments
This time I enjoyed getting very very close to my subject. Fortunately, the mushrooms didn’t move much. The frog was a bit more challenging – took about 3 minutes to get close enough for this macro shot.
Canon EOS 7D, 100mm EF-L f2/8
Vermont Colors – Day 5: Early Morning 4 comments
Finally had a day featuring a sunrise, and I was amply rewarded with beautiful light. Mixed with the early morning dew, it created some great photo opportunities:
Vermont Colors – Day 4: Black and White 3 comments
After the overdose of vibrant colors my eyes were subjected to during the first few days in Vermont, I decided to take a break from the colors. Instead, I focused on textures and contrasts to come up with some black & white photographs:
Forest Mushroom
Birch Bark
Pond Reflections
Mr. Blue Sky Leave a comment
Today the sky was so blue I just had to post some pictures of it. And the fall blooms provided a nice contrast. It was the kind of gorgeous day that made me think of one of my favorite songs that always gets my feet tapping: ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ by ELO (“Sun is shining in the sky, there ain’t a cloud in sight…”).
All photos shot with iphone Hipstamatic.
Seagull’s view of beach 1 comment
Another gorgeous day at the local beach – as seen by the many seagulls walking around.
Morning Dew Leave a comment
I am discovering that the iPhone is great for capturing the details of life.
Desert Colors 2 comments
Fun in my parent’s backyard in Phoenix with a macro lens.
Shot with Canon EOS 7D, 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens
Snapshots For Sore Eyes 