Serendipity

I was reading this Macro Monday post by Cee at Cee’s Photography this morning. And it reminded me that I had been given a fortune cookie in honor of Lunar New Year that I had forgotten to open.  So, I opened it and here is what I found:

ISO 400 4mm 0ev f/2.7 1/50

Good advice for any week, but I have a project due this week and a test, so I guess I should get to work.

I shot this photo using my point and shoot on its macro setting, in part to copy the style of Cee’s post;  seemed fitting since her post was the inspiration for this one.  I also thought that using the macro setting would draw attention to the fortune and blur the background nicely.

I edited this a bit in Photoshop, cropping, straightening, and sharpening the image.  Then I headed off to school, ready to invest my time wisely!

Cheers!

Fall is here

It is getting cooler and the leaves are turning.  It was raining and I got this shot in front of my house:

ISO 320 70mm f/5 1/13

I love the color of fall!

Cheers!

Macro photography or snack time?

Or in this case, both:

ISO 100 f/10 0.5s 105mm

While I was working on a macro assignment I got hungry.  At least I got the photo first, an empty plate probably wouldn’t have been as interesting of a photo.

Cheers!

Fun with Macro

This week in my digital photography class we are covering macro photography.  I don’t have a macro lens, but it is fun to see how close I can get:

ISO 100 135mm f/14 0.3 sec

Look what is lurking out front, a meerkat!  I used a tripod to get this photo.

Cheers!