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Another Day in the Natural World

02 Tuesday May 2017

Posted by castl23 in "photography", Digital Photography, macro photography, nature, Uncategorized

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arachnid, beetle, blur, bokeh, cactus, close up, close up photography, crab spider, crab spider feeding, cucumber beetle, flowers, hairstreak, hairstreak butterfly, insects, macro, macro photography, miikweed, milkweed bug, nature, nature in texas, nature photography, nikon, nikon digital, prickly pear, prickly pear blooms, prickly pear cactus, spider, spider feeding, succulents, wildflower, wine cup, wine cup mallow

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It altogether amazes me that people can walk right past things like this and be totally consumed by whatever device they have in hand to keep them from interacting intimately with the immediate other world around them, be it their companion walking beside them, the child in a stroller, or of sights like these flowers. Maybe the general, developing impression that there is no intelligent designer who sits outside of creation contributes to the lack of wonder at the intricacy that was designed into each of these wonders. They’re taken for granted, and the tremendous leap of faith is launched that requires believing that all this was the result of random, impersonal causes.

On the more mundane side, Nikon D7100 with 36 – 72 Series E Nikon lens reversed onto the camera body. Some were taken with 26mm extension tube, some without.

Garden Flower du Jour

25 Tuesday Apr 2017

Posted by castl23 in Digital Photography, macro photography, nature, Uncategorized

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blur, blurry background, bokeh, flower, garden, nikon 35 - 105 mf reversed, nikon d800, reversed lens, reversed lens macro, wide aperture

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With Nikon D800 and 35 – 105 manual focus lens reversed. It was shot at one of the intermediate focal lengths. It’s interesting to watch the ZOOMING change the focus.

Wide open aperture, f3.5, and 50 ISO used at 1/50 or so.

Art in My Camera

24 Monday Apr 2017

Posted by castl23 in Digital Photography, macro photography, nature, Uncategorized

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blur, blurred background, bokeh, close up flower photography, close up photography, macro, macro photography, nikon, nikon 36 - 72 lens, nikon 36 - 72 lens reversed, reversed lens

I was driving out this morning to run an errand, not intending to take any photos, no camera along with me. I then noticed that the golf course was white with dew in the early morning light and that the usual Texas wind had gone on holiday for a few minutes, at least. I thought of my new reversed lens mode of photography, so I turned my horse around and went back to put together a macro outfit.

The pictures you see pictured here were all taken mostly at the long end of the Nikon Series E 36 – 72mm lens, reversed on a Nikon D7100. You mostly think of reversed lenses as being used for insanely close work, but I found that backing up a little  gave some nicely blurred backgrounds. This is all in-camera, no post-processing voodoo to get a painterly effect.

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