the writing about photography:
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New Vintage Lens! Nikkor AI-S 20mm f2.8
I bought a converter to use my old Nikkor f-mount lenses on my fuji x-t50 a little while ago, and since the f-mount lenses are plentiful and solid, I’ve known I’d be picking up a few more in future for a while – it was just a matter of meeting the right lens, as they…
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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…
