Through my looking glass

Carrot top

toves — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:50:41 +0000

So apparently a few of my Lensbaby macro shots are going to be used on the back of a Lensbaby user manual! Woo hoo!

The news inspired me to take out the macro kit and play in the kitchen again, this time with some carrot leaves.

Tagged: carrot, green, leaves, lensbaby, macro, nikon d40, orange, photography

Things are looking up

toves — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:21:32 +0000

So I just sold my first photo – for $450! And last night I finished a 50,000 word novel in just 30 days as part of the National Novel Writing Month challenge. Yay! I’m celebrating by catching up on a month’s worth of DVR recordings, reading, cleaning out my iTunes library, trying this newfangled Google Wave malarky, cooking a proper meal and sleeping in past 8am! Amazing!

Tagged: buildings, business district, cross processing, elite chrome, film, geometry, photography, skyscrapers, toronto, vivitar ultra wide and slim, xpro

Pretty in pink

toves — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:53:25 +0000

I finished off the mystery roll in my Lubitel TLR, and discovered a few gems within, going back several months! Remember my early morning mist shoot back in May?. Well look at this blushing beauty, made all sorts of delicious pinks and reds by cross-processing some Fuji Astia slide film in C41 chemicals! Yay!

Tagged: astia 100f, cornell university, cross processing, film, ithaca, lubitel, mist, new york, photography, pink, red, tree, xpro

Rolling

toves — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:12:46 +0000

Man, I love this tree.

Tagged: danby, fields, film, hill, kodak gold 100, lensbaby, om1, photography, tree

Feral panic

toves — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:52:21 +0000

Someone suggested this looked like it was taken from the point of view of the prey, and exuded a feeling of feral panic. Not exactly what I was aiming for, but it kinda fits. And feral panic just sounds cool, so we’ll go with that

Another lovely use of the Lensbaby, which I took out for a walk recently at a nature preserve in Danby. More to come!

Tagged: danby, field, film, forest, grasses, kodak gold, lensbaby, Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve, ny, om1, photography, spooky, trees

Niagara Niagara

toves — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:19:03 +0000

Finished off a mystery roll in my Lubi and found this double exposure from Niagara Falls. Probably not exactly what I was intending, but I like!

Tagged: canada, double exposure, film, fuji 160, lubitel 166, medium format, niagara falls, photography, purple, twin lens reflex

Autumn leaves

toves — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:13:59 +0000

I’ve rediscovered my love for the Lensbaby after taking it out for a stroll to capture the fading colors of fall. Wowsers!

Tagged: autumn, blur, colors, fall, film, foliage, kodak gold, leaves, lensbaby, new york, om1, photography

Shrooms

toves — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:13:59 +0000

Richard took this one, actually. Isn’t it fab? So proud!

Tagged: fillmore glen state park, moravia, mushrooms, nature, new york, nikon d70, ny, photography

Fairy glen

toves — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:14:43 +0000

Some friends came to visit, so I took them to the mystical Watkins Glen waterfalls, and couldn’t resist snapping a few awe of nature shots. It’s always impossibly dark in there, so it was a bit of a challenge, but here’s one of the better results.

Tagged: nature, new york, nikon d70, photography, waterfall, watkins glen

Blown away

toves — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:52:41 +0000

Tagged: 50mm 1.8, bokeh, film, fluff, kodak gold 100, macro, new york, om1, onondaga park, photography, syracuse, weed