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Shell Creek Road,
San Luis Obispo Co., California
Our group, organized by the Cal Poly Botany Dept., had the blessing of the Sinton family to go behind a locked gate to property off the roadway which I had not seen previously. Sincere gratitude for this special treatment as well as the welcome to their property along the road for the public over these many years.
I enjoy taking these shots, and have done so ever since taking this one flic.kr/p/8xybfW with a Pentax 645, back in 2009 or so. The effect of the barrel distortion and vignetting really captured me.
However, when I saw this shell on Traeth Ynyslas, I did not have my 645 with me - it is languishing, awaiting repair to the winding mechanism; rather, I had an ME Super and a K-S1 with a choice of 50mm DA-L or 28mm Pentax-M lenses. It was bright, and windy, and the light was complicated, so I opted for the old Pentax-M Lens on the K-S1, as it would allow me to have a few goes, as it were. I am convinced that 'digital' makes me lazy, though it does force me to learn from my mistakes and disappointments quickly. Anyway, I didn't frame it properly. I'll crop it, I thought to myself ...
And so, to my first attempt at recreating one half of a vignetting distortion; the change in exposure is awkward enough to balance, the blurring much more so. It didn't go too badly, but is not perfect. Hopefully not too obvious, however.
Lesson learnt.
Again.
Ynyslas bay, Pentax K-S1, Pentax-M 28mm, September 2020.
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my mom called when I took this photo.
mom: what are you doing?
me: taking pictures.
mom: of what?
me: egg shells.
mom: what?
me: egg shells.
mom: nevermind.
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Am Boden stand mein Yongnuo YN685, auf diesem befand sich eine Klopapierrolle. Darauf die Muschel. So konnte ich erreichen, dass das überschüssige Licht effektiv abgeblockt wurde und wirklich nur die Innenseite der Muschel beleuchtet wurde. Ausgelöst wurde der Blitz mit einem Yongnuo YN-622C-TX.
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On the floor stood my Yongnuo YN685, on it was a roll of toilet paper. On it was the shell. This way I could make sure that the excess light was effectively blocked and only the inside of the shell was illuminated. The flash was triggered by a Yongnuo YN-622C-TX.
the macromondays group's theme for today is "natural shells" and this is one contender. methinks this is the one i found on one of my trips to the NL :)
"macro mondays" "natural shells" possibility
As I walk along the deserted beach
I feel the damp sand surronding my feet
I feel the cool relaxing breeze creep up upon me with ease
As I look out at the restless waves my thoughts unwind like restless days
The beach is a very quiet and calming place
A black walnut shell inside of it’s other shell.
Juglans nigra, the eastern American black walnut, is a species of deciduous tree in the walnut family, Juglandaceae, native to North America. It grows mostly in riparian zones, from southern Ontario, west to southeast South Dakota, south to Georgia, northern Florida and southwest to central Texas
Black walnut is an important tree commercially, as the wood is a deep brown color and easily worked. Walnut seeds (nuts) are cultivated for their distinctive and desirable taste. Walnut trees are grown both for lumber and food, and many cultivars have been developed for improved quality wood or nuts.
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