the writing about photography:
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New Macro Conversion Lens!
My partner gave me this Raynox DCR-250 Super Macro Conversion Lens for christmas! It clips onto the end of all my other lenses, and lets me take photos like these: It’s going to be an incredible tool when the bugs are back in the spring, but in the meantime I want to learn more about…
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Achievement! 1000+ Observations on iNaturalist!
In honour of taking enough photos and spending the time to categorize them and crop them and geotag them and sort them into distinct observations to have crossed the 1000 observations milestone on iNaturalist, I wanted to pick up where the Exposure Therapy for Bugs post I wrote left off: photographing animals and plants and…
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heard you was…
…talkin shit (done in tribute to an infinitely delightful series of photos by msd on the curious quail blog)
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Camera people – what bags do you love?
I now have a beautiful new digital mirrorless camera + gorgeous telephoto lens to take on adventures! But I cannot willingly do so without a protective case. What I’d like is a very lightweight sling or messenger style bag that lets me keep my camera assembled, so I can easily pull it out and then…
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Cellphone Photography: All About White Balance
Okay, this first in-depth cellphone photography post is going to be about white balance. One of the things that I often struggle with is getting the colors to look right on my phone. If you’ve ever tried to photograph a sunset, or anything at twilight, or anything in a dramatically lit room, you might have…
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Digital Camera Blogging
Folks seemed interested and excited about my Your Cellphone Camera’s Digital Processing Settings and You post, so I think I’m going to do some more specific posts about different things you can do to your digital photos, and I’m going to use Open Camera to demonstrate them on my phone because it’s free for any…
