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I have no experience of macro photography but despite this I decided to purchase the Sony FE 90mm Macro. It is described as follows: A 90mm prime telephoto lens with 1:1 macro capability, it provides an f/2.8 maximum aperture for low light effectiveness and shallow depth of field control. Compatible with full-frame E-Mount cameras, it can also be used on APS-C E-Mount cameras with an angle of view equivalent to a 135mm lens in the 35mm/full-frame format.
Because of my lack of experience I did not find it easy to use and also the optical steady shot switch was set to on. As the lens was mounted on a 7RMk2 which has it own stabilisation there was some conflict which impacted on my attempts to focus.
At a later date I will try this lens with my VG10 and NEX-7 bodies.
The wig I'm selling does NOT fit Unoa. That one's already sold. The wig I still have is the exact same wig in a smaller size, 5-6". MonstroDesigns, bright red, "Long in front" model.
I have many possessions that I simply love and would never want to lose. My family (my grandson is never too far away) and health are more important to me than material possessions, I love my trusty Nikon, my Apple gear, going to the gym, going for a run and the list goes on an on. However, when I wake up in the morning I do so to music, I come downstairs and turn on music, music is streamed through our home and I guess then that music is what keeps me going!!
Our Daily Challenge - ONE THING YOU WOULD KEEP
No post processing in this one. The colors were incredible that day and i was lucky to capture what we were feeling.
Space fans have been sending their names to Mars and other extraterrestrial destinations for more than two decades, and it’s that time again: From now until Sept. 30, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is taking names for the Mars 2020 rover mission.
All you have to do is type your name and location into an online form on NASA’s website and hit the “Send” button. You’ll instantly get the opportunity to print out or save a souvenir boarding pass, listing more than 300 million miles’ worth of faux frequent-flier award points.
Once all the names pass muster, they’ll be handed over to JPL’s Microdevices Laboratory to be etched onto a silicon chip with an electron beam. Each line of text will be a mere 75 nanometers wide — which is less than a thousandth the thickness of a human hair.
That’s small enough to get more than a million names inscribed onto a dime-sized microchip. But even at that rate, it’s likely to take more than one chip to do the job. After all, more than 2.4 million names were etched on two chips that were sent to Mars on NASA’s InSight lander last year.
If anything, the Mars 2020 rover will be an even bigger deal, thanks to its role in NASA’s accelerating campaign to look for evidence of ancient life on Mars.
“We want everyone to share in this journey of exploration,” Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington, said in a news release. “It’s an exciting time for NASA, as we embark on this voyage to answer profound questions about our neighboring planet, and even the origins of life itself.”
The 2,300-pound, car-sized rover is due for liftoff in mid-2020, with touchdown on the Red Planet scheduled for February 2021. The rover’s main mission at Jezero Crater will be to explore what’s thought to be the site of an ancient river delta on the edge of a giant impact basin. The crater’s rocks and soil may contain organic molecules and other traces of microbial life.
“The delta is a good place for evidence of life to be deposited and then preserved for the billions of years that have elapsed since this lake was present,” Mars 2020 project scientist Ken Farley said last November, when NASA revealed where the rover would be going.
The plutonium-powered rover will collect samples for saving up, with the intention of finding a way to return the samples during a future round trip to Mars. NASA also plans to pack a mini-helicopter on the rover, along with an experiment aimed at producing oxygen from Mars’ thin carbon-dioxide atmosphere.
Such a technology could come in handy when astronauts set up shop on the Red Planet, perhaps as early as the 2030s. And who knows? Decades or centuries from now, interplanetary explorers might well be able to recover the name-laden microchips from the Mars 2020 rover’s frame. Let’s just hope they bring their microscopes.
None of the flies (or other insects) in my photos are frozen or dead. None have been manually 'posed'. All are photographed alive and well in their natural environment, unless they are being killed or eaten by another insect in the photo.
Having a bit of fun with Midjourney.
PROMPT: Caroline Catz age 25, face, color pencil, in the style of muted watercolor palettes, incredibly lifelike, hyperdetailed drawing, meticulous detail --ar 47:64
Explored
I must have the greatest group of contacts on Flickr! You make me smile, laugh out loud and care about your day. And you show that you care about me. We are all here for photography but I am finding something much more.
Feeling much better - the fever broke and the infection in my hand is getting better. I don't own any slinky high heel shoes because falling down isn't much fun but do have a black cape and a short black dress. As for running towards the sheep, I wonder what Freud would say?
Took this shot of fuzzy face while in Montana the other day - it was such a treat to see them all wooly like this. Don't know when I'll tire of seeing deer in the wild.
Yesterday I photographed a cancer patient who is in remission as he went for his bi-yearly tests to make sure the cancer hasn't come back. They injected radiation into him before doing a Pet Scan. It was humbling to hear his story, to see him smile and to get a glimpse of what it must be like to be counting down time until he has been in remission for five years - it has been three now. Counting my blessings.
I'm having quite the dilemma. Could really use anyones help, feedback, comments, you name it. I convinced my husband earlier this year to buy me Aperture. Well, after seeing so many cool things on Flickr done in LR, I decided to "test drive" it and hopefully do the same in Aperture. Don't think it is quite working. I'm really liking the results I'm getting in LR.
Here's one. What's your opinion on this???
Tools: Contax 167MT, Zeiss 50mm 1.7, Kodak Portra 160. I have a decade worth of photos, check out my albums! Find me on Instagram & please like Millie Clinton Photography on Facebook! These images are protected by copyright, please do not use them for any commercial or non-commercial purposes without permission. To preserve my passion for my hobby, I stopped taking on clients in 2021 and now only occasionally make money from photography through licensing agreements. For enquiries, contact me on social media. If you want to support me in another way, check out my Amazon wish list or check out my eBay store!
Have you ever met a witch woman? How about meeting a witch woman in a secluded African village?
Sheree and I did on a hot afternoon in January. We were going to a school, but the principal seemed to think we wanted to meet the village witch woman first.
There were two young men out front, eying us suspiciously as we neared.
Inside the hut...and it WAS a hut...she sat on the floor, contemplating a pile of sea shells, coins and beads in front of her.
I always view fortune tellers with a watermelon sized grain of salt. (If they're so good, how come they didn't buy Google stock fifteen years ago?)
Anyway: our escort told us we could ask anything we wanted.
"Will I ever find a woman?" asked one of men on our tour. His voice quavered just a little.
She consulted the sea shells. She pushed them around with a cane. Then she nodded. Yes...the lonely man would be lonely no longer. He settled back, content.
There were a couple more awkward questions...no one got bad news. Everyone got good news. Most tipped her. Am I cynical for thinking that no one would have tipped at all if they'd gotten bad news?
It was an experience...a great experience. Interesting, even.
Gee...I guess she knew I'd say that one day.
Damn.
Photo Credit 1: By Paul Hermans (Own work) , via Wikimedia Commons
Over the last few years, I have seen a rise in the popularity of Phalaenopsis as house plants. For good reason, too. Their needs are simple and are very hearty in a typical household environment. Phalaenopsis Orchids come in an array of beautiful colors that can bring a festive splash or flora in your home. How do I know? Because I have one in my little orchid collection.
With the love of these little plants increasing, there is an ever-growing community of orchid lovers on the internet. If you love orchids as I do, I want to share eight unbelievable things you probably never knew about orchids.
1. Ice Orchids Are Mini Phalaenopsis
Yes, you heard me correctly. Ice orchids are just miniature hybrid versions of the Phalaenopsis species of orchid.
Don't get me wrong. These mini phals are beautiful, dainty, and are delightful to have in any collection. I just don't want you to be misled by false hype.
2. They Have a Life Cycle
Like most plants and animals on the planet, these little beauties have a life cycle. Since the Phalaenopsis can be grown year-round as a houseplant, their cycle is not seasonal.
First, new leaves will grow from the base of the plant. Next, a stem with a node that looks like a mitten will grow. These are called flower spikes, but the orchid will usually only throw one spike per cycle.
As the spike continues to grow, more nodes will form along the new growth. From these nodes, buds will start to form. Healthy buds will swell in size and burst into bloom. A well cared for ice orchid can bloom for up to 3 months at a time.
Finally, after the last flower shrivels and falls, the plant will go back to a semi-dormant stage as it gathers energy and nutrition to start the cycle over again.
3. Using Ice to Water your Orchid is Harmful
As a general rule, orchids do not care for cold, nor they like having their feet wet. Ice orchids are a marketing gimmick. Watering your orchids with ice can be harmful, especially is it touches their leaves and roots.
Orchids like good drainage, and plenty or air. The ice orchids that you get in grocery stores and super stores like Wal-Mart are likely in either soil or moss. These hold too much moisture without enough air. The orchid is, in a sense, drowning.
It is best just to mist and water your ice orchid just as you would any other Phalaenopsis. Just make sure you repot it into the proper pot with orchid bark after it finishes blooming.
Photo Credit 2 By No machine-readable author provided. Kugamazog~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). - No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid
4. They are known as the Moth Orchid
No, really. It is true. The genus Phalaenopsis is a Greek generic name. It is likely that it refers to the word Phalaena, which is the family of a kind of moth. If you get a chance to see some pictures of the Phalaena moths while they are flying, you might see a resemblance to some species of Phalaenopsis.
5. Phalaenopsis Orchids can be Stubborn
Many new orchid fanatics get their plants from supermarkets or big box stores. A great deal of these orchids has been forced into bloom so they will be shown to buyers. If you started out that way, as I know I did, it was a significant effort to learn their habits.
Even with the best care: repotting, orchid medium, the right light, moisture, and temperature, they can still take a couple of years to bloom again. The shock of the forced bloom makes it take that much longer to recover enough to grow and bloom again for you.
Photo Credit 3: By Guillaume Paumier (Own work) , via Wikimedia Commons
6. They can get Stressed Out!
When you bring a new plant home, or transition them into a different medium, they can get just as stressed as we do. They just display it in a differently. Sometimes the leaves will get soft, but not mushy. It may look a little wilted. The best advice for this is just to be patient, and care for it properly, and it will heal itself. Phalaenopsis are pretty resilient with proper treatment.
7. Orchids can Reproduce Asexually
Orchids, like other plants, can produce seeds through sexual breeding, but did you know that orchids can reproduce asexually, too? With no help from its human caretakers or wild pollinators, orchids can make babies on their spikes. The baby plants are called keikis.
A keiki is an exact clone of the parent plant. This is common in Phalaenopsis orchids, as well as Dendrobiums, and Epidendrums. These babies can be removed once you see it growing roots of its own, and placed into its home.
This video from the American Orchid Society shows you just how easy it is to repot a keiki.
Photo Credit 4: Public Domain--fb207 ( pixabay.com/en/orchid-phalaenopsis-rosa-green-525197/ )
8. Phalaenopsis is the Perfect Orchid for Beginners
As you start on your journey of orchid-husbandry, it is recommended to read all you can. When you are prepared to obtain your first plant, getting a Phalaenopsis is a good choice. They are not as temperamental as other orchids and do very well in the typical household. There are hundreds of varieties and hybridizations in any combination of colors you could ever want.
I have been an orchid addict for a long time. My personal collection is small but satisfying. I have a couple of Phalaenopsis myself, including one of the Just Add Ice orchids. We all live quite happily with the vanilla and Brassia orchids, as well as a couple of bromeliads. They are my children with leaves. Come to the orchid side. We are waiting for you. nikisessentials.com/8-unbelievable-things-you-probably-ne...
Some of you may have noticed that, unfortunately, owing to the fact that a certain person based in Kent who sells truck photos on eBay commercially has been lifting my images from this album and selling them I have had to remove 2300 photos that didn't have a watermark. I have now run around 1700 through Lightroom and added a watermark with the intention of bulk uploading them again. Rather than watermark the existing (hidden) files in Flickr one at a time it will be easier to do it this way. I definitely won’t be adding individual tags with the make and model of each vehicle I will just add generic transport tags. Each photo is named after the vehicle and reg in any case. For anyone new to these images there is a chapter and verse explanation below. It is staggering how many times I get asked questions that a quick scan would answer or just as likely I can’t possibly answer – I didn’t take them but just to clarify-I do own the copyright- and I do pursue copyright theft.
This is a collection of scanned prints from a collection of photographs taken by the late Jim Taylor A number of years ago I was offered a large number of photographs taken by Jim Taylor, a transport photographer based in Huddersfield. The collection, 30,000 prints, 20,000 negatives – and copyright! – had been offered to me and one of the national transport magazines previously by a friend of Jim's, on behalf of Jim's wife. I initially turned them down, already having over 30,000 of my own prints filed away and taking space up. Several months later the prints were still for sale – at what was, apparently, the going rate. It was a lot of money and I deliberated for quite a while before deciding to buy them. I did however buy them directly from Jim’s wife and she delivered them personally – just to quash the occasional rumour from people who can’t mind their own business. Although some prints were sold elsewhere, particularly the popular big fleet stuff, I should have the negatives, unfortunately they came to me in a random mix, 1200 to a box, without any sort of indexing and as such it would be impossible to match negatives to prints, or, to even find a print of any particular vehicle. I have only ever looked at a handful myself unless I am scanning them. The prints are generally in excellent condition and I initially stored them in a bedroom without ever looking at any of them. In 2006 I built an extension and they had to be well protected from dust and moved a few times. Ultimately my former 6x7 box room office has become their (and my own work’s) permanent home.
I hope to avoid posting images that Jim had not taken his self, however should I inadvertently infringe another photographers copyright, please inform me by email and I will resolve the issue immediately. There are copyright issues with some of the photographs that were sold to me. A Flickr member from Scotland drew my attention to some of his own work amongst the first uploads of Jim’s work. I had a quick look through some of the 30 boxes of prints and decided that for the time being the safest thing for me to do was withdraw the majority of the earlier uploaded scans and deal with the problem – which I did. whilst the vast majority of the prints are Jims, there is a problem defining copyright of some of them, this is something that the seller did not make clear at the time. I am reasonably confident that I have since been successful in identifying Jims own work. His early work consists of many thousands of lustre 6x4 prints which are difficult to scan well, later work is almost entirely 7x5 glossy, much easier to scan. Not all of the prints are pin sharp but I can generally print successfully to A4 from a scan.
You may notice photographs being duplicated in this Album, unfortunately there are multiple copies of many prints (for swapping) and as I have to have a system of archiving and backing up I can only guess - using memory - if I have scanned a print before. The bigger fleets have so many similar vehicles and registration numbers that it is impossible to get it right all of the time. It is easier to scan and process a print than check my files - on three different PC’s - for duplicates. There has not been, nor will there ever be, any intention to knowingly breach anyone else's copyright. I have presented the Jim Taylor collection as exactly that-The Jim Taylor Collection- his work not mine, my own work is quite obviously mine.
Unfortunately, many truck spotters have swapped and traded their work without copyright marking it as theirs. These people never anticipated the ease with which images would be shared online in the future. I would guess that having swapped and traded photos for many years that it is almost impossible to control their future use. Anyone wanting to control the future use of their work would have been well advised to copyright mark their work (as many did) and would be well advised not to post them on photo sharing sites without a watermark as the whole point of these sites is to share the image, it is very easy for those that wish, to lift any image, despite security settings, indeed, Flickr itself, warns you that this is the case. It was this abuse and theft of my material that led me to watermark all of my later uploads. I may yet withdraw non-watermarked photos, I haven’t decided yet. (I did in the end)
To anyone reading the above it will be quite obvious that I can’t provide information regarding specific photos or potential future uploads – I didn’t take them! There are many vehicles that were well known to me as Jim only lived down the road from me (although I didn’t know him), however scanning, titling, tagging and uploading is laborious and time consuming enough, I do however provide a fair amount of information with my own transport (and other) photos. I am aware that there are requests from other Flickr users that are unanswered, I stumble across them months or years after they were posted, this isn’t deliberate. Some weekends one or two “enthusiasts” can add many hundreds of photos as favourites, this pushes requests that are in the comments section ten or twenty pages out of sight and I miss them. I also have notifications switched off, I receive around 50 emails a day through work and I don’t want even more from Flickr. Other requests, like many other things, I just plain forget – no excuses! Uploads of Jim’s photos will be infrequent as it is a boring pastime and I would much rather work on my own output.
The Kinks - Have a Cuppa Tea
Whatever the situation whatever the race or creed,
Tea knows no segregation, no class nor pedigree
It knows no motivations, no sect or organisation,
It knows no one religion,
Nor political belief
Have a cuppa tea, have a cuppa tea,
have a cuppa tea, have a cuppa tea,
Halleluja, halleluja, halleluja, Rosie Lea
Halleluja, halleluja, halleluja Rosie Lea
Jan 16, 2009 #237
Today i took the opportunity to use a Sony NEX-7 [Crop-Sensor] with a Sony-Zeiss Full-Frame 35mm 1.4f lens.
I have recently read that using a full-frame lens with a crop sensor may not produce better results than using a lens designed from a crop-sensor camera and in fact the images will be less sharp.
When starting out, many photographers choose to go with a crop body and invest in full frame lenses. This is usually recommended as a good approach as you can keep your lenses and swap out your body for something newer down the road, eventually leading to that high quality full frame sensor that you always wanted. However some experts, especially Tony Northrup, claim that starting out with the full frame lens and crop bodies does not provide you with the sharp images.
In my case I had a top end full frame camera [Canon 1DSIII] with a set of very expensive glass and I was not at all happy as the combination was way too heavy and totally unsuitable for street photography. About five years ago I decided that I needed a better solution and after using a Sony NEX-5 for about a year I decided to purchase a NEX-7 and switch from DSLR to Mirrorless [at the time that was a big gamble]. In theory it would be possible to use my Canon lenses with the NEX-7 but in reality it was not a workable solution. The NEX-7 featured a crop-sensor so I purchased a set of suitable Sony lenses and they were not expensive.
My reason for getting the NEX-7 and associated lenses was greatly reduced weight coupled with the fact that my equipment did not attract unwelcome attention.
The NEX-7 performed way beyond my expectations and I was really pleased and then towards the end of last year because the camera was giving problems at random I threw all logic out the window and took an ever bigger gamble by purchasing a Sony A7RMkII full frame mirrorless camera which is larger and heavier than the NEX-7.
To be honest, there is no comparison between the two cameras, the A7R is very much superior and while it is heavier it is actually easier to use. Also the Canon lenses actually work with the A7R but using the necessary adaptor was a pain and added weight. However the Canon lenses showed what the A7RMkII could do so I decided that maybe I should consider getting some native Sony FE prime lenses and then I discovered that they all were expensive and heavy [ unless I got manual focus lens such as the Loxia ]. Anyway I ended up with a set of primes [and no cash] but I now have serious weight issue especially when I travel.
I was planning to use the NEX-7 as a backup or when I travel but the crop-lenses are not very good so it would make no sense to leave my full-frame lenses behind so a possible solution would to bring along one of the FE primes [35mm 1.4f] but then I came across discussions online claiming that FE lenses underperform when used with a crop-sensor. Of course there is another issue in that the NEX-7 is at the end of its life and needs to be replaced by something like the A6300 but as I already said I have no spare cash.
Have you been Naughty or Nice? You can see that Mandy has been naughty and Clem has been nice. I hope Santa brings you want you ask for if you've been nice. Merry Christmas.
(p.s. after I finished this, my Mister saw Clem in the tree, so he's been naughty too, but don't tell Santa!)
Some of you may have noticed that, unfortunately, owing to the fact that a certain person who sells truck photos on eBay commercially has been lifting my images from this album and selling them I have had to remove 2300 photos that didn't have a watermark. I have now run around 1700 through Lightroom and added a watermark with the intention of bulk uploading them again. Rather than watermark the existing (hidden) files in Flickr one at a time it will be easier to do it this way. I definitely won’t be adding individual tags with the make and model of each vehicle I will just add generic transport tags. Each photo is named after the vehicle and reg in any case. For anyone new to these images there is a chapter and verse explanation below. It is staggering how many times I get asked questions that a quick scan would answer or just as likely I can’t possibly answer – I didn’t take them, but, just to clarify-I do own the copyright- and I do pursue copyright theft.
This is a collection of scanned prints from a collection of photographs taken by the late Jim Taylor A number of years ago I was offered a large number of photographs taken by Jim Taylor, a transport photographer based in Huddersfield. The collection, 30,000 prints, 20,000 negatives – and copyright! – had been offered to me and one of the national transport magazines previously by a friend of Jim's, on behalf of Jim's wife. I initially turned them down, already having over 30,000 of my own prints filed away and taking space up. Several months later the prints were still for sale – at what was, apparently, the going rate. It was a lot of money and I deliberated for quite a while before deciding to buy them. I did however buy them directly from Jim’s wife and she delivered them personally – just to quash the occasional rumour from people who can’t mind their own business. Although some prints were sold elsewhere, particularly the popular big fleet stuff, I should have the negatives, unfortunately they came to me in a random mix, 1200 to a box, without any sort of indexing and as such it would be impossible to match negatives to prints, or, to even find a print of any particular vehicle. I have only ever looked at a handful myself unless I am scanning them. The prints are generally in excellent condition and I initially stored them in a bedroom without ever looking at any of them. In 2006 I built an extension and they had to be well protected from dust and moved a few times. Ultimately my former 6x7 box room office has become their (and my own work’s) permanent home.
I hope to avoid posting images that Jim had not taken his self, however should I inadvertently infringe another photographers copyright, please inform me by email and I will resolve the issue immediately. There are copyright issues with some of the photographs that were sold to me. A Flickr member from Scotland drew my attention to some of his own work amongst the first uploads of Jim’s work. I had a quick look through some of the 30 boxes of prints and decided that for the time being the safest thing for me to do was withdraw the majority of the earlier uploaded scans and deal with the problem – which I did. whilst the vast majority of the prints are Jims, there is a problem defining copyright of some of them, this is something that the seller did not make clear at the time. I am reasonably confident that I have since been successful in identifying Jims own work. His early work consists of many thousands of lustre 6x4 prints which are difficult to scan well, later work is almost entirely 7x5 glossy, much easier to scan. Not all of the prints are pin sharp but I can generally print successfully to A4 from a scan.
You may notice photographs being duplicated in this Album, unfortunately there are multiple copies of many prints (for swapping) and as I have to have a system of archiving and backing up I can only guess - using memory - if I have scanned a print before. The bigger fleets have so many similar vehicles and registration numbers that it is impossible to get it right all of the time. It is easier to scan and process a print than check my files - on three different PC’s - for duplicates. There has not been, nor will there ever be, any intention to knowingly breach anyone else's copyright. I have presented the Jim Taylor collection as exactly that-The Jim Taylor Collection- his work not mine, my own work is quite obviously mine.
Unfortunately, many truck spotters have swapped and traded their work without copyright marking it as theirs. These people never anticipated the ease with which images would be shared online in the future. I would guess that having swapped and traded photos for many years that it is almost impossible to control their future use. Anyone wanting to control the future use of their work would have been well advised to copyright mark their work (as many did) and would be well advised not to post them on photo sharing sites without a watermark as the whole point of these sites is to share the image, it is very easy for those that wish, to lift any image, despite security settings, indeed, Flickr itself, warns you that this is the case. It was this abuse and theft of my material that led me to watermark all of my later uploads. I may yet withdraw non-watermarked photos, I haven’t decided yet. (I did in the end)
To anyone reading the above it will be quite obvious that I can’t provide information regarding specific photos or potential future uploads – I didn’t take them! There are many vehicles that were well known to me as Jim only lived down the road from me (although I didn’t know him), however scanning, titling, tagging and uploading is laborious and time consuming enough, I do however provide a fair amount of information with my own transport (and other) photos. I am aware that there are requests from other Flickr users that are unanswered, I stumble across them months or years after they were posted, this isn’t deliberate. Some weekends one or two “enthusiasts” can add many hundreds of photos as favourites, this pushes requests that are in the comments section ten or twenty pages out of sight and I miss them. I also have notifications switched off, I receive around 50 emails a day through work and I don’t want even more from Flickr. Other requests, like many other things, I just plain forget – no excuses! Uploads of Jim’s photos will be infrequent as it is a boring pastime and I would much rather work on my own output.