macro photos and flower photos with extension tubes offer, in this shot at least, something akin to life without my spectacles. I’ve been feeling a little grumpy recently, and realized that I’d confined my views of photography to proper rules. After spending yesterday viewing a tiny vine and even tinier blossoms with varying degrees of [...]
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Nude poppy
Nude poppy innards without petals. Untouched from RAW. Playing with extensions tubes is a hoot! Now I’ve had to order a micro rail from Adorama.com—but look at all the money VISA saved me by not letting someone fly to Spain on my card! (Not counting the other charges on PayPal the anonymous bloke charged.) Nikon [...]
Testing new extension tubes
Poppy stamens and fluff closeup. Three brand new (one hour old!) Kenko extension tubes on the macro lens. UPS delivered the set from Adorama.com at 8 p.m. Good fun during a (lovely) rainy week. Rain feels good for the soul and dry mountains; tough on camera parts. The link has a mini-video about how the [...]