The macro lens got exercised again today, and how. There’s nothing like being surrounded by a target rich environment to bring a winter wounded photographer back to life. Yes, I was snap happy.
I managed by some stroke of luck to get a moving ant fairly decently composed on a twig waving in the wind using a manually focused, circa 1985, Pentax 100mm macro lens. There was a bit of spray and pray shooting involved.
AB, 2024-04-24
AB, 2024-04-24
The lilac bushes below our front window in our home are starting to bud out and lots of fun to work with a macro lens.
The Mountain Ash by our back fence, which has looked like a dessicated corpse for the past six months, is showing signs of returning to life. Or maybe it’s becoming undead. Whatever it is, it’s an improvement.
AB, 2024-04-24
AB, 2024-04-24
I would say that two-thirds of the trees in our backyard are finally reanimating. The apple tree and the boring thing in the corner that I can never remember the name of aren’t doing much so far.
Last but not least, I found some scraggly looking back fences in the alley that runs behind my home. I showed them some love with my Kodak pancake lens, which I haven’t used for a while. It was a productive lunch hour break from work.
God, I love spring.
Today’s kit: A Canon EOS R5 with a SMC PENTAX-A 100mm f/2.8 macro lens mounted using a Fotodiox PK-EF lens adapter for the macro images, and my Kodak pancake lens for RF mount for the two landscape shots.
