Macro Teaser

Steel ruler detail - mm marks on brushed stainless steel

This post is a teaser of things to come. It teases me because I am dying to see what is possible using my Canon 5Dii when the adapter finally arrives. And it is a teaser because these examples are very casual photographs that were more about testing to see that the gear will work than about taking good pictures – very little attention to lighting, to backgrounds, to set up, and so on. So, what am I talking about?

Gear, I am afraid. Serious macro gear. My regular readers will know I love macro photography. And that is why the picture above is of a steel ruler, the black lines are 1mm marks on its edge. If you couldn’t care less about gear, then just look at the photos, they have short captions without too much gear talk in them.

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Beach Stairs V

Beach Stairs IV

Beach Stairs III

Beach Stairs II

Glowing Kelp

Before I lift my views to the stairs themselves, I feel it necessary to give this one glimpse of the beach beneath my feet. Since the rest of this series is black and white, a little reminder mid series of the colour is not a bad thing.

This is a bonus picture for today – mostly because I like the light and emphasized colour from the yellowish light.

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Beach Stairs I

Park steps 4

This post takes us back to the beach in front of Beacon Hill Park after a rather long absence. This time it was a nice fall day not long after the sun came up with good light. As the logs warmed up in the sun they were steaming off the frost that featured in yesterday’s post on my windshield prior to heading down here).

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Frost Brocade