Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Snow

Well I finally made it outside again, although, I'm still stuck in macro mode. I was trying to get a really nice, well structured snowflake. These flakes are all a couple days old, I need to get out quicker then that, while it's still snowing, I think.




Posted by Joel MacKenzie at 8:00 AM
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8 comments:

  1. Framing Images and MemoriesFebruary 11, 2009 at 12:30 PM

    Pretty cool shots. When I saw the second one it reminded me of an ocean wave coming towards shore. You have inspired me to look for a macro lens!

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  2. JessFebruary 11, 2009 at 10:41 PM

    wow, I'm...speechless. This is phenomenal. What on earth kind of zoom lens are you using?!?!

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  3. Joel MacKenzieFebruary 11, 2009 at 10:57 PM

    Thanks.

    For these, I'm using the lens that came with my camera (EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS) with Extension Tubes. I talked about Extension Tubes about 8 posts ago, if you're interested.

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  4. J.L.VelezFebruary 12, 2009 at 6:59 PM

    Joel,
    These are breathtaking. I actually like that there is not a clearly defined snowflake in the first couple. Also, thank you for your comment yesterday. I'm not discouraged at all and I appreciate your knowledge and advice. I really want to get my own camera (the one I use now is a Nikon D50 and is actually Steve's old camera!) and I had been looking at the exact model you have for a months. Just saving my pennies! I will try your advice. It's definitely going to be worth the effort, seeing what you have done with your macros!

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  5. JessicaFebruary 13, 2009 at 12:31 PM

    These truly are amazing. I missed your popsts on Extension Tubes, but am back tracking right now.

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  6. HOLLYHOWEphotographyFebruary 16, 2009 at 3:45 PM

    i agree with all of the above!!! WOW!!! phenomenal macros, joel!!! wtg!!!

    on another note...how do you mark your photos with '©2009 joel mackenzie'??! thanks for your help!

    keep these fab photos comin'!!! do you post everyday??! ha! that may change when the baby comes! ;DDD

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  7. Joel MacKenzieFebruary 16, 2009 at 3:54 PM

    Thanks!

    I use The GIMP (http://gimp.org/) for all of my editing needs. To speed things up, I found a script for GIMP that allows me to add the text with one button, but you could use the text tool too.

    I try to post three times a week (Mon, Wed, and Fri). So far I've done pretty good with keeping up, we'll see when the baby comes. I suspect my subject matter will be quite limited for a while though :)

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  8. Sabine Peters - Artwork & PhotographieFebruary 23, 2009 at 6:17 PM

    Really very, very great!

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