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An image of Mary used as a base for modification to Stained Glass effect. (See other image). The original photograph, made in 1975, was taken with an excellent 100mm f/2.5 Rokkor lens with a glass "soft focus" filter attached.
I took these back in February, standing at a bus stop on a typical Seattle grey afternoon. The focus didn't come out the way I'd hoped it would, but the softness and the patterning have grown on me.
The light was beautiful tonight. This shot is slightly soft, but I decided I prefer it this way. Somehow the tack sharp pictures just seemed too harsh. Perhaps perfect focus isn't always the holy grail?
Most California poppies put on their show in the Spring when the sun first warms the rain-soaked earth. It seems that this one was in no rush, however. It was content to brighten my walk through the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Sanctuary on a warm July morning.
2-achromat homemade lens.
One step apodization filter made from sunglasses.
This is an old picture which I reworked with gwennie2006's suggested "stepping up the background" technique. Not sure if I got it right.
Razor scooter fun in Irvine. Canon AE-1 Program, Canon FD Softfocus 85/2.8, Cokin Orange 002 filter, Koda Tri-X expired in 1997, and exposed as ISO 200 film.
Bunch of crows were flying overhead. I've been experimenting with tape. I took two pieces of tape and put them together. Then used a hole punch to put a hole in the center.
oh, it felt so good to do a few self portraits today. i even pulled out a funky background! My backgrounds are usually heavily embroidered fabric or curtain panels. Sometimes I find fabric shower curtains that work well, too.
Jack holding Lyla. Soft focus and color desaturation done in post.
Canon 300D w/ 50mm 1.8f @ 200 ISO, 1.8f, 1/3200s
Taken Date: 2008:08:31 17:35:18
FocalLength: 135.0 mm
F-Number: F 2.8
Exposure Time: 1/160 secs
ISO Speed: 100
We like to imagine that Matsui has a very gravelly, no-nonsense speaking voice (despite her high-pitched, squeaky meowing voice), so please imagine the title of this photo being read as such.
On a day when two of the cat cohort at Maple Hoo were taking "impossible" to unimaginable heights, Matsui sat sweetly on the couch, reminding us that the more bowling-ball-inclined cats in the house were still perfect baby angels. Or something. For some reason the camera wouldn't auto-focus on her rotund back, so we ended up with an old-Hollywood, "vaseline on the lens" kinda shot of her bathing. Dreamy! Heh.