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Rolleiflex 2.8F,
80mm Xenotar taking lens with Rolleinar no 2,
Bergger BRF-400 film, ISO 400 (out of date),
Developed in Rodinal 1+25 for 7.5 mins at 20C,
Scanned at 3200dpi using Epson F-3200 scanner,
Processed in CS3
I recently acquired a, quite rare, Rollinear no2 close-up accessory for my Rolleiflex 2.8F twin lens reflex camera. The Rolleinar comprises two auxillary lenses. One lens fits over the main taking lens of the camera and allows closer focusing. A second lens, with a prism, fits over the camera's viewing lens and allows you to focus correctly and compensates for parallax.
Normally, the closest focusing distance of the 80mm Xenotar taking lens is about 1m. With the Rolleinar no2 attached, it will focus in the range 33cm to 50cm. You can also get a weaker Rolleinar no1 or a stronger Rolleinar no3. Using a Rolleinar drastically reduces DOF.
This picture is from my first roll using the Rolleinar no2.
Ways to Teach Yourself Yoga Practicing yoga exercise is an ever-growing fad in the United States and worldwide. The 2016 Yoga exercise in America Study found that 36 million Americans practice yoga, and 34 percent of Americans said that they would want trying yoga in the following year....
Some of the kids were practicing their roping in a well-lit spot. I was happy.
From the Georgia High School Rodeo Association rodeo in Franklin, Georgia.
Nikon D7200 -- Nikon 200-500mm 5.6E ED VR
420mm
F5.6@1/500th
ISO 400
Nope. No crop. No processing. No nothing. Just straight out of the camera.
(RDO_9360)
©Don Brown 2019
A high jumper warms up for the competition.
Black-and-white renditions of photos shot at the Iowa State High School Classic, which bills itself as the largest high school indoor track and field meet in the country.
Worship team practice on Sunday morning before the service.
Some of the songs we did include:
10,000 Reasons - Matt Redman
Magnificent - Matt Redman
God Is Able - Hillsong
Worship The Great I AM - Gateway Worship
Give them a listen on YouTube.
"Take a 'practice makes progress' attitude, rather than practice makes perfect. While perfection might be the goal, celebrating progress is much like aiming for a personal best," writes Derrin Cramer in her new book, 'The Beginner's Guide to Life on the Bright Side'.
The background image is taken from a photo by Marcin Wichary.
I found myself so angry this morning while reading people’s excuses for using Ai. So many people stating they use it to do creative tasks because they’re “not ✨talented✨ like the rest of us.”
I stand behind the idea that with most people whose work you appreciate, it’s not a matter of raw talent blessed to them by the gods. It’s WORK. It’s pure drive, effort, stupidity, and the willingness to do things over and over no matter how bad your results may be until slowly they’re not so bad anymore.
I am so tired of seeing Ai and thinking about it, let alone hearing lazy people (and I mean this with as little harshness as I can manage, people are being made lazier by the day by these sorts of things) make excuses why it’s ok for them to not try and to just get a dopamine hit from that social media like/favorite.
I spend so much time practicing in different photography conditions, trying different settings on my camera, & experimenting with techniques. I am not just naturally talented, although I know I have an eye for composition/framing. (Which, again, as evidenced from my film scan of a 1995 sunset & powerlines sky photo I recently posted… I’VE HAD TO PRACTICE AT FOR YEARS.) The same goes for my illustrating, my sewing, my style/fashion projects, my writing, and my small forays into music making.
I am a creative person who tries everything and does their best to hone various skills so I can best combine all facets of my creativity to create multi-media art. Sometimes that means YouTube videos, sometimes that means collage work, and sometimes that means doing styling/hair/makeup, setting up a scene, photographing it, creatively editing it, and making a collage from all of that or illustrating digitally over my images.
None of it is just raw unfiltered natural talent, it’s skill borne by constantly making bad art, taking bad photos, and writing shitty songs or stories.
The entitlement behind these excuses is infuriating. The more I see people lean into instant gratification demands instead of just being new to something and learning, the more I worry about the fate of people’s mental states. I know it’s disheartening to want to “be a great photographer/illustrator/writer” and start in at it and not instantly be applauded for how earth shattering your work is, but know that the people you admire have been putting in the work.
Some mornings I go out to practice night photography and I’m being lazy. I don’t want to take the tripod or use my remote and on those mornings I come back with nothing to share because I took a bunch of blurry grainy photos. Sometimes there is nothing to come of a photo session/walk but a learning experience and I am frustrated but grateful every time.
I took 3x as many shots this morning than you’re seeing here but this is all that came out even semi-acceptable for me because I didn’t want to dig out my remote and the settings I was using meant every little wobble, no matter how imperceptible, caused blurriness.
Please, when you have someone in your life who is destroying the very planet we live on, the only one we have, and lining the pockets of the corrupt ultra wealthy who run these scam Ai sites to “make art,” sit them down and talk to them. Lead them away from it.
Talk openly about your struggles as a creative, show the work that goes into taking your photos that people love. Be transparent and helpful to people who are interested in getting started and please, never ever play it off as just “natural talent.”
ODC-Essentials
With Covid-19 looming over us, social distancing has become an essential in our daily lives!
A border collie practicing the sport of agility.
Owner handler: Cindy Brick
ADCH, NATCH, MACH9, Ch. Topshelf Pizzazz UD, TDX, HT, VCD3
or, more simply, "Ariba".
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My oldest child takes piano, she practices (almost daily) with encouragement ( :
I have some baggage concerning this however, when I was her age my mother also wanted me to play piano, I even took some lessons, but I just wasn't interested-I had better things to do. Well guess what hindsight is always 20/20 right, I wish I had stuck with the lessons. I do tell my daughter this "keep it up, you will be thankful one day" I wonder if she believes me! Hopefully so.
Practice your mousing skills with the following Mousercise | Elementary mouse practice game | Practice using the mouse
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