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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 “Project 365 objectives” list but I could add it. Because 2010 has been lacking great photos so far, I’ve tried to make snap shots better by tweaking them in Photoshop. It’s almost embarrasing how into fake retro look I am at the moment. This feeling reminds me of 2003 when I was 19 and got my first own computer, a PC laptop bundled with Photoshop Elements 2. It was fun to discover all the photo enhancement features.
Nikon D80 and Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D, available light
Nikon D80 and Nikon Series E 28mm f/2.8 AI-S, available light from the right
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 my car again (the car was safely in the parking lot) and took a few photos of the windshield bokeh. The white balance is set based on the light in the car. The lamp posts outside gave the turquoise touch to the photo. I added only a hint of light in Camera RAW.
Click on the photo on the left to see it in larger size.
You can also follow my Project 365 photo stream in Flickr.