Tuesday, February 14, 2006
more skating + 50mm 1.8
So I got a new lens in the mail last Friday, more specifically the Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8D AF. I got it for two reasons: I wanted a really fast lens to play around with to get a shallow depth of field, faster shutter speeds, etc... plus, it is really cheap! (~$100) It fits nicely into my pringles can macro adapter after I cut up my old black LEVIS shirt to fill the empty space.
I took a shot of a circuitboard (by request), as well as the read/write head of an old hard drive and the headphones symbol on my ipod. The circuit board is from a disassembled samsung A620 mobile phone from sprint, and the hard drive from a disassembled powerbook from 1992 or so. I love my pringles can!
I was busy yet again photographing my neighbors skating this evening. There are a few more pics of them in this directory. I spent about a half hour merging a sequence of billie hitting a rail which turned out alright. Click below for larger image; I also uploaded a second image at 2560x1024 for a possible dual-monitor wallpaper if you're into that sort of thing :)
Let me know what you think! I really want a speedlight to help with these kinds of shots so I don't have to shoot in 800 or 1600 ISO; I even added one to my amazon wish list! I've been looking into the SB600, which is the cheaper of the nikon speedlights, so you should buy me one :)
