The writer is a Finland (located in northern Europe) based freelance web designer and photography and technology enthusiast. Sipping Designs is noteboard for ideas, discoveries and implementation.
Taken with Nikon D80 and Porst 135mm f/2.8 M42 lens and macro bellows
This is very unusual for me, a pastel colored flower photo. I don’t really like this type of photos nor understand how to take and make them but still I ended up with this on day 64 of my project 365.
On Friday I tested my M42 mount macro bellows with M42 mount Porst 135mm f/2.8 lens (@ f/8) and Nikon D80 digital SLR camera. The colors turned out so bright that I had to tweak them in Photoshop.
My Project 365 (also in Flickr) has not gone as I planned. I haven’t had the time to plan my daily photos nor the time or energy to go out to look for photo opportunities. So far I’ve missed only 4 days (out of 59) until yesterday but most of my (recent) photos have been snap shots at home. I’m so glad that spring is nearly here. The day is getting longer and soon there will be lots of colors and photo ops outdoors.
Here are two most recent Project 365 photos (Saturday and Sunday). Photo enhancement was not on my…
I have a LBA, lens buy addiction. It extends beyond lenses too, I crave for cameras, films and exposure meters. Here are three of my latest purchases.
Nikon Series E 28mm f/2.8 wide angle lens arrived from Netherlands. I will use it with both digital SLR (Nikon D80) and film SLR (Nikon EM). Series E lenses were designed and manufactured for the low-end amateur SLR, Nikon EM, at the end of 1970s. The series include 8 lenses, and I currently have 3 of them. 28mm lens will give a 75-degree angle on Nikon EM and approximately 54-degree angle on DX…
Today I didn’t pick up my camera. I’m skipping another Project 365 Day. So far, I’ve missed four days: 2, 14, 37 and 43. It does not look good but I still try to hang on.
Taken with Welta Weltax on Ilford FP4+ 125 black and white film (medium size)
Nikon D80 and Nikon Series E 50mm f/1.8 AI-S
Nowadays I see bokeh everywhere. I cannot watch TV or movies or even drive a car without noticing bokeh circles all over the place. It’s a disease!
On Monday (8th of February, day 39 of my 365) I was sitting in my car in traffic lights, waiting for the green light. It was snowing and the snow flakes melted on the windshield. I stared at the red light and noticed that the melting snow flakes made nice bokeh effect when I didn’t focus on them.
So, in the evening I went to sit into…
