This Morning

So the practicing continues..i know i can get sharper pictures i mean look at the fuzz on the leaf if i can get that i can get that by accident i can get the perfect shot by design..i hope

I wish i could i dentify this insect...anyone?

By the way click oon the pics, there still not full sized but hey its the best i can do with blogger.

This is a wasted shot. If only i had gotten the lady bug in focus as well, i would have had 3 animals in one frame. The lady bug, the ant and the aphids (one of which the lady bug is munching) . This shot frustrates me.

Day Moth

I am happy with these even though i didnt get some parts as smart as i should have.. lol now to start shooting at f22 .

Grow little plant grow.

my new little plant on its sloping stand. i have named it Herman

Imagine if i knew what i was doing....

After dinner i spotted this insect loitering in near peppers bowl so snap took a picture. Its cropped. Then as everyone was falling asleep i decided to take the camera for a wee spin around the block.

Below is an ant cropped form the above picture for some reason I cant upload full sized pics as i said before . I really got to practice with my macro setup. I forget to test out the gear on my other camera...such is life

My neighbours must have been wondering what i was up too.

Slowly..very very slowly i reckon i will get the hang of it.

Thin Lizzie

After feeding bella i found this fella on the kitchen floor. so i snapped a couple of shots. I noticed that the pics are a little grainy when i shoot with the 350d which is 5 yrs old i reckon. I really should try the macro set up with my 20d.

Frogs Again.

Today the objective was to bag a couple of Chubby Frogs, these frogs have many nick names but I think chubby seems about right. It rained a little today and we knew it would be easier to catch them as they normally come out when the ground is nice and moist. My frog hunting buddies, Philip, Megan and Michael had caught a couple of Asian Toads and a couple of Chubby Frogs by the time I got there so I did not have to do any hunting. We also dragged Russel into our quest once again and Sherwin peddled by to take some pictures as well. I am not as pleased with my chubby frog shots as i am with my asian toads but thats my fault not the frogs. The Chubby Frogs really are a nice colour. As you can see it had puffed itself up to scare me away. All frogs released in the same location they are caught in.

Another very typical example of the Asian Toad (caught by Michael). This time with the more yellow colouration

We have become much more careful in our hunts, there seems to be an increase of snakes in the area and we came across a dead baby cobra. It was probably killed by the guys who cut the grass a few days ago. This would be the 3rd snake seen in the area in as many weeks.

As chance would have it we stumbled onto the nocturnal activities of a couple of moths. I wish i knew the species but alas i am no mothman (cue laughter)

Zoomed in and cropped.

The trees are blur. Film

Lol I just felt like posting my failures. its a beautiful tree.

A Beetle

Took some pictures of a live little beetle i found in the sink. Not the best but still i am pleased. I have cropped the pictures so u can have a loser look but also left the uncropped originals in the set.

Return of the Frog

Had an awesome time with Philip, Megan, Michael and Russ this evening. We went frogging, we caught a couple of Asian toads but no chubby frogs, next time i guess. Everyone handled the frogs! though there was a few little squeals :) . I am realy pleased with the pictures i took. I need to learn how to use this lens properly but i like what i got so far. for some reason I cant upload them full sized and i think they look much better when they are full sized so if there is anyone who wants to see them in all their glory drop me a note and I will email them to u. lol as if u would want them! Thanks to the Machado's and Russ for helping!

Film-back to start

Now i know why i love digital. all these pictures were shot on film with my Mamiya. You can see where i went wrong. These were all test run shots and not so much about the composition but more to learn how to use the camera, i reckon its going to be a long learning curve. I am pleased with the one of Caitlin on the swing aside from obvious legs cut off problem( and the oof issue)

Still there is something to say for shooting in film, its abit like smoking a cigar the rituals that go into shooting with film are many from film selection to film development and I wonder if its not the rituals I love more than the photograph. I doubt it will be my main bit of kit but I think film cameras will have a place in my camera bag for sometime to come.

Poor fellas.
The museum came out well, of course the composotion is much to scream about.
The picture at the bottom is an experiment in double expossure. I rather like how it turned out.

Darkness.

1240am

Its 1240am, just fed the little one and she went through the 120ml of milk very much like me and a can of cold coke. A loud burp and she is back to la la land. With tloml and caitlin both fast asleep i am left here watching the asian food channel while i munch on bak kwa. yes its a hard life but someones got to live it. :)

rubbish 2

I salvaged these from my rubbish night of shooting. the blue one is now my wallpaper as can be seen from my screenshot