a tiny world

So I recently was able to use the gift card I won in the SBIFF 10-10-10 contest. I finally had a good excuse to buy myself a macro lens and explore something totally new. I got the Canon 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro and could not be happier. It is a superb lens and I would highly recommend it. Here's an excellent review and breakdown of the lens. I had a great time taking these photos, as long as the spiders were not moving. The fruit proved to be much more cooperative models.

Please enjoy the pictures! Also, this post should bring my all time view count about 5,000 views. Thank you to everyone who has viewed so far, its encouraging to know people actually look at my work!






























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a roll of black and white film

The other day, I found my dad's old Nikon SLR. It only has manual controls, but luckily the light meter still works pretty well. I stuck with the 50mm f/1.8 already on it, grabbed a roll of B&W film from CVS, and set out taking pictures. I was really impressed by the feel of the solid metal body and lens. Everything just felt better. And the ability to compose pictures in a 35mm viewfinder is great. It makes my T2i feel like looking down a tunnel. I love film.

These pictures are flatbed scans of the 4x6 prints I got, so no crazy quality here. The only editing was to bring the white and blacks a bit further apart. Please enjoy this little experiment.



















































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quick creatures from recent days

It seems like there have a huge number of bugs and other animals around my house recently. And this always seems to happen around this time of year. Here's a few pictures of what's been crawling, hopping, and flying around.

Please enjoy as always!




It was quite a surprise to see this guy in our house.






Far too many spiders around recently for my liking.

hummingbirds of my yard

A couple days ago I decided to enjoy the gorgeous day and sit outside a while with a book. However, the aggressive hummingbirds around my house were too distracting to not take pictures. I set my camera up aimed at the feeder, hooked up my remote release and sat back to read until I heard their distinctive hum. I also took a picture of a flower.

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