Random Sampler

Well I finally got the shot. I have been trying with these droplet shots to get 2 stacked on top of each other. Irene Muller has some wonderful images in which I got the idea. Check out some of her work, very inspirational. I don't drink coffee so I used brown food coloring and milk. When I do it again, I will probably try cream to get a more distinctive white. You can see my set up, don't mind the messy kitchen. The purple mixture was my first failed attempt at making brown, but I did get a decent shot with that batch also. I figured that I took about 150 shots to get 2 that I liked. The next three are using Scott's macro lens, I took them a week or so ago.


Here are a few outtakes from the refinery shots I got a few weeks back.

I have seen a few burned out light shots on dp challenge and thought that I would try it out. The third shot shows the set up. I constructed a switch, plug-in assembly to get the shot. I will probably try it again, the only problem is that it is messy. The fourth shot in this series, well you tell me how I got it.

These shots were taken with the Scott's macro lens, you can see the light box that I constructed. Not real professional but it works.

A couple green house out takes.

Comments are welcome as always...

Greenhouse and Refinery

This Saturday we had a photo guild shoot at a local greenhouse. You can see the greenhouse in the first panoramic. It is nice to see some color and flowers even though it was snowing outside. Also I was able to borrow a macro lens from Scott and Tami. Thanks again, Scott. You see that the lens takes very nice pictures. I also took a couple shots around the house. Kaitlyn is my eye model as always. The next shot was some water droplets on a cd.


I have been thinking about taking some shots at work because we have had some terrific sunrises. You can tell from the pictures that it was a nice and clear morning. I think that it was about 10 F outside and my fingers got a bit chilly. I really like my sigma 10-20 lens. Like always, please leave comments and what you like and don't like. ~Erik

New Lens

Well I got a couple new lenses this week for the camera. I had a lens in mind but I talked to a guy at Ritz cameras and he persuaded me otherwise. I didn't really end up taking his advice either. I originally wanted a 18-200mm Nikon VR lens but I ended up getting the Sigma 10-20mm and the Nikon 50mm 1.8. The 50mm lens seems to work very nice. The first 3 pictures below were taken with this lens, at $110 this is a great value lens. I have been messing around with still shots and I have a lot to learn. You can see my attempt in the first picture below. The 1.8 is nice for shooting indoors, the 2nd and third pictures were taken without a flash. That third picture I was messing around in gimp for an effect that I have seen on dpchallenge. The 10-20 lens is great for landscape type shots. I am most excited about this lens as it opens up some possibilities that weren't available with my old lenses. You can see that it has a fish eye effect, the last shot in the series is using this lens adapted from a tutorial I found on dpchallenge. Kind of a different look but I kind of like it. ~Erik

Owen and Greenhouse...

Last but not least we get to our little monster Owen. One word to describe Owen: WAAAAAAAAAAAAA! He is a mama's boy to the extreme, and even at 13 months he wants to be held constantly or he is screaming. But, look at that cute face - I guess that makes up for it. He also is super cuddly and lovey which is different from how our girls were as babies. He is pretty somber most of the time, but he can get silly along with everyone else. He likes to growl, click his tongue, blow on his mom's tummy and laugh at his "sists" (that's sisters in Owen language). He is a sweet baby, and, hey, I'm sure he'll grow out of this phase of wanting Mom to never leave his side, right? ~Angela


This Saturday we had a photo guild shoot at a local greenhouse. You can see the greenhouse in the first panoramic. It is nice to see some color and flowers even though it was snowing outside. Also I was able to borrow a macro lens from Scott and Tami. Thanks again, Scott. You see that the lens takes very nice pictures. I also took a couple shots around the house. Kaitlyn is my eye model as always. The next shot was some water droplets on a cd.


I have been thinking about taking some shots at work because we have had some terrific sunrises. You can tell from the pictures that it was a nice and clear morning. I think that it was about 10 F outside and my fingers got a bit chilly. I really like my sigma 10-20 lens. Like always, please leave comments and what you like and don't like. ~Erik