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Macro Matches

I didn’t get around to having a real lunch break today so no lunchtime photowalking for me.

I decided to go to my local juggling club so I could take some juggling related photos, got half way up the road and remembered that it’s not on tonight because the hall is in use by someone else.
I got home and set up a still life only to find that the batteries in my radio flash triggers have died. I tried using lightbulbs but that wasn’t really working for me either.

So, for the second day in a row, I bring you a macro shot. I’m not 100% happy with it, but I’ve run out of steam today.

Tomorrow is a new day though, and it’s got “must try harder” written on it.

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Sticky Feet

I bought a lens reversing ring off ebay last week. It’s used to mount one of my old 50mm Pentax lenses backwards on my camera to turn it into a macro lens for next to nothing.

This setup is going to take a bit of getting used to, as the focusing ring is next to useless, so you focus by moving the camera and/or subject. Fiddly!

I dug out my old camera and took a setup shot for this, just to show you all how ghetto my studio is.

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Another Washing Machine

J and I popped into the Launderette today. I’m fascinated by launderettes. I’ve taken photos of them before, and I suspect I’ll take photos of them again. With washing machines with names like Loadstar – who wouldn’t?

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White Lines

This was possibly the most interesting photo I could find in Horsham Park.

It’s a little more interesting than the obvious tree shot I took at Hesworth Common later in the day and my Rock Balance photo wasn’t as visually interesting as I’d hoped (although it does show about as much of J as I’m allowed to get away with on here)

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Worthing Rocks!

I took a day trip to Worthing today, to occupy myself while J was at work. Worthing was in the news last month because a ship full of wood washed up on the beach in a storm. It’s taking them ages to clear up.

Still, it makes for nice wallpaper, in 2048×768 and 2560×1024 versions for dual head monitors.

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Lifesaver!

Because the reeds need saving too!

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Lost, Lonely and Lying in Liquid

Lost, Lonely and Lying in Liquid.

Shame about the lens flare though. Still, It offered more alliteration than the Picture of a Pier from the same day – and it’s more interesting than the picture I took for Plumsie.

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Pool

I dropped in to the new University staff club at lunch time, I really like the colour of their new pool table, and I like the composition of this shot.

This is pretty much how the shot came off the camera as well, I’ve tweaked the contrast slightly but done nothing apart from that.

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Uplight

Not a terrifically inspiring shot today. But then I did wake up at 3am and fail to get back to sleep – so I’ve been running on empty all day.

Still. At least it’s not another “small object on a black background” shot. Three in a row is quite enough!

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“Does exactly what it says on the skin”

Just an excuse for the title really.

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