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This is a satirical look at modern critiques of some very famous photographs.  I was just chatting with a friend who attended a photo group meeting where people offered up photos for critique and one person made most of the satirical arguments, except he actual meant them. 

The lesson?  Sometimes making art requires breaking a few rules.

http://theonlinephotographer.blogspot.com/2006/06/great-photographers-on-internet.html

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もひとつおまけにほほえみ写真。
Nちゃんです。

彼女も役者さん。
ちょとお気に入り写真です。だってこの一連の中でね、ピントが一番ね、…なんですが逆にバッチリピントが合いすぎて、ご本人様には若干不評。(笑)
すっぴんを後悔されてましたが、いや十分おきれいでございますよ姐さん。私だって普段すっぴんぴんですよ。

はー、あとやっとスキャンが追いつきました。現像済みのやつらに。
これで安心してまた撮れます。
出雲旅行の写真とか、またアップしていきたいと思いますー。

I just bought a pretty cheap Albinar 28mm f/2.8 macro lens for the XD-11 and gave it a test drive today. 

Unfortunately after I finished the roll I realized I had the ISO on the camera set incorrectly.  The ISO of the film was 160 and I had it set to 125.  It wasn't a disaster, but all the photos were slightly overexposed so I corrected them in Photoshop.

The depth of field is pretty shallow as well which led to some cool flower shots that almost look like paintings. 

Take a look.

Yes, I live in Massachusetts and have a neighbor with cactus planted in their front yard.  Surprisingly I think it's actually alive and survived our winter. 

I loved the contrast in this photo.

These blossoms are clearly a bit past their prime, but this was the sharpest of the pictures I took of them.  It was windy today so sometimes I just snapped and hoped the focus was good.

I took all of the flower shots with the lens wide open at f/2.8 and the effect in some is pretty cool; they almost look like paintings.

I got my first roll back from the new Hi-Matic.  I was a bit worried that a camera that old would have light leaks but that's not the case.  Apparently it was so lightly used that even that wasn't a concern. 

I took a couple of shots in the backyard:

This shot is of part of the Boston skyline.  I forgot to turn the meter on for this one so I have no idea how the camera exposed it. 

I used my favorite test subject for most of these shots, I'm sure you're all familiar with her by now.

And since Fluffy is a monochromatic cat, I desaturated and cropped one of the bed shots. 

I decided I wanted to learn some more about rangefinder cameras and was able to get a Minolta Hi-Matic 9 on eBay for about $55 including shipping.  It looks like it has barely been used and I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of pictures it takes. 

I ran across this on Flickr and wanted to share.  LeicaR8 and his sister were cleaning up their  father's effects after he passed away and found a bunch of film negatives.  They went ahead and developed them and found that they were all taken while their dad was piloting C-47 cargo planes in Europe during WWII.  Dad had a Leica screw mount camera with a 35mm Elmar lens for most of these shots. 

Here are three of my favorites.  If you are a fan of photography, it's worth your time to check this out.

 

 

Today, I met up with my friend, Rupal, to a Girl's Day Out. We were running around doing window shopping, hanging out in a local bookstore, and then we dropped into this Internet Cafe for a bite to eat. It is another one of our bone-chilling days here in Chicago, so we are trying to tank up on Lattes, nibble on salads, and do a little Net-surfing, all before the next snow wave hits us. This has been one very long week, and I'm so happy to just go to all my favorite blog sites to see what's happening on the other side of the rainbow.

 

Oh, the site of the day is http://jpgmag.com, go check it out.