I'm still trying to get back on schedule after being gone for four days. I'm a bit behind on my posts but hope to get caught up with days 153 - 156 by the end of the week. I have a lot of photos to go through. It took me four hours to download them …
Day 147 – Irises
Today is one of those cold, windy days where it isn't much fun being outside. The sun is going in and out between clouds, but the wind is just too much for me. So I took my photos inside using a white and black background. I go back and forth on whether I like using …
Day 143 – Hazelnut Macro
I picked up a couple of hazelnuts off the sidewalk today and thought they would be a good subject to practice with my new macro lens. These nuts were about the size of a dime and I was happy to see how well the macro lens picked up the detail on such a small subject. …
Day 141 – Macro Lens
While I was in Portland, I picked up a new macro lens at Pro Photo Supply. The people there were very helpful and knowledgeable and I narrowed it down to a 90mm Tamron macro lens. It helped that there is a $50 rebate going on now. Today I went out to try it out. It …
Day 136 – Days of Old
I know I'll be dating myself with this post, but when I learned to type, I started on a manual typewriter. You know . . . the ones where you had to put about 10 pounds of pressure on a key in order to get it to strike the ribbon. We developed strong, fast fingers …
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