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In the early 1920's, Racine, Wisconsin had an NFL Franchise (in fact, it had a couple of franchises until the new league gained traction in several other markets). One of the most well-known was the Racine Legion. The logo above is a "reimagining" of what that logo would have looked like if the franchise were in play today.

CHEAP MACRO REVISITED

Earlier I posted some experimental shots I did with the PHOTODIOX aluminum MACRO TUBES. They were a cheap, serviceable way to shoot macro, and while it will not be able to come anywhere near the quality of a macro lens, it  offered cheap result– with a  few limitations. You have NO DOF unless you do the "aperture lock" trick (see the web for aperture using macro tubes). Even then, you will get a bit of the image that is vignetted, and you need to have good light and a motionless tripod.

I decided to try out he AGFA macro lens filters on an 18-55 kit lens. For about 15 bucks, you do have slightly more DOF, but (dependent on the filter quality and light conditions) may have blurred vignette edges. It seems to be greater on the +10 filter. I shot mostly yard flowers on this test (more to come perhaps), but fairly happy for the price.

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A great shot taken by a pretty great kid. He used a bridge camera to capture this spot  just feet away from busy traffic and city noise. The feeling of this lagoon-y area seems like the kind of secluded spot that you can refocus on life in.

Kyuho Kim: Gravity

Experiment Water droplets. One of my sons jokingly quipped that this could be done with paint, milk, or pigs blood. I used water and a glass pyrex dish that I could slide paper under (which accounts for the pyrex logo in every shot…sigh…should've used an unbranded dish or a plastic container).

I also used colored paper as flash reflectors, and an off-camera YN560II flash aimed at the  paper. Used another reflector opposite (almost camera-left) angled a bit. Had some ambient daylight as well.

You need to manually focus on the point where your water droplets fall (AF won't lock in on it otherwise) and use a tripod. I shot at sync speed (1/200 for Canon consumer-end) manual flash, 1/4 to 1/2 for most shots.

You'll get the feel for your flash and camera on this exercise. It is ALL timing. The coveted "crown splash" shot (top) was literally in 3–4 out of over 170 shots.

Want to try again sometime with constants (my LED hardware store light and a few Fluorescent clip lamps).

Helsinki Design Week by Kokoro & Moi

Raison D'etre...

Just to picture-share with family, friends, and other folks who may "get me." I post when I  have enough stuff to justify it, and when I have enough spare time. The subject content is dependent on my daily whim, and hopefully something you'll find moderately cool. I may share the occasional cool article as well.