Between Christmas and my birthday, combining gifts from my sweetheart and my (photography-loving) Dad, I managed to acquire some fantastic new equipment. I have a Canon SLR, and got this FABULOUS 50 mm 1:1.4 lens and a 12mm extended lens…which has basically put me in camera heaven. I am still putzing, a lot, and learning how to use these new UP CLOSE! settings, but I am really loving what I have so far. None of these photos are cropped, they are this close straight out of the camera. (!!!) *Click on any photo to embiggen.
Baby succulent, this tiny little plant is only about 3 inches tall, I really love how you can see all those little bumps on the leaves!
Geranium leaf, complete with TINY INDVIDUAL HAIRS! I just, I can’t handle it!
Mr. Blue Eyes, who kindly let me get all up in his face while I was taking dozens of pictures of his eyeball, his eyelashes (swoon!) and his eyebrow.
Pink oil paint, I mixed this for a painting that is almost done, I love how you can see the different colors of red and pink and white all marbled together.
Fiery oil paint, it’s amazing how the layers of red and yellow show up here, and also the ridges in the dried paint. Gaaaah, I am so in love!
SwoonSigh.
Green knitted blanket, i.e. texture texture texture!
Mr. Blue Eyes’ cajun popcorn, absolutely not my cup of tea, but the ridges and color variations are pretty!
I still have a lot to learn, but I am loving looking at so many things from a completely different perspective, and I really love that this new (dreamy!) equipment can capture so much detail. Check out the rest of my Flickr set.
The succulent and the blanket are my favorite. Their textures are so beautiful and eye catching.
Thank you! I love how this new lens has completely changed how I look at normal, everyday, household items. Hello, texture! Hello, color!
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I have an f/1.4 and i LOVE it. Great shots, lady!
Oh man, I’m….I’m suddenly a woman on a mission to f/1.4 ALL THE THINGS!
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Beautiful!
Shanks! 🙂
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Beautiful! Looks like you’ll be having a lot of fun 🙂
Yes, yes! Has been lovely!
(Also, not sure how I didn’t see this comment earlier! So sorry!)
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