Your B&W pictures are brilliant. I really must get to grips with my camera next year and get out taking proper photos. Do you think you could e-mail me a copy of the B&W picture of our D at the bottom of your page? Last picture I have of the two of you is 15 years old!!
Funny thing; I just realized your husband's name is David. We're Barbara and David too. I never hear of a Barbara less than around 60; seems the name went out of favor quite a while ago. My David has short white hair which was black when I met him 36 years ago. Hmmm, what does that say about me?
Fancy that, another Barbara & David! I'm in my forties and I was the only Barbara in my school, I think I was named after a sister of my Dad's who died when she was a child. I quite like my name, get called Bee quite a lot! (I never, ever answer to Babs!!!). As for the hair... well I have to colour mine to hide the 'executive glints' as my hairdresser puts it. I totally blame David for this, whereas his hair loss is nothing to do with me :O)
Catching up as usual! I love your photographs and I love reading about, and seeing, your cats! Pepper sounds very like our Molly! She's a girl who lets us know what she wants, too, very vocally, and is very bright! The coloured umbrella on the black and white photo is so good! I wish you could visit and do some photography training with me!
Thank you all for your kind comments. The photo was taken using my 18-55mm lens, with a Hoya Close Up +4 filter on it (I bought it from a Flickr friend). Penny, I would love to come visit with you, all that lovely snow (and the vegan food) :O) A lot of the time with my photos it's trial and error, I do get lots of ideas and tips from photography magazines and Flickr though.
Barbara, I just got some extension rings in the post, which I ordered on eBay (I'm a bit of an eBay novice, so was surprised when they turned up!) I'm going to try some close up stuff with them, as I'm getting really frustrated with my 17.5 - 45mm lens, which is not focusing closely enough for what I want. I have an Olympus E520 which uses the 4 thirds system, so you double the size to get the old size, if you see what I mean. So 17.5mm is the old 35mm and, obviously, 45mm is 90mm. I think I've explained that correctly... Penny
I get many more views on my posts than comments, so please if you drop by, stop and say hello. Otherwise I'll start getting paranoid and neurotic, and worry that nobody likes me... sniff sniff...
Your B&W pictures are brilliant. I really must get to grips with my camera next year and get out taking proper photos.
ReplyDeleteDo you think you could e-mail me a copy of the B&W picture of our D at the bottom of your page? Last picture I have of the two of you is 15 years old!!
LOL! Got a few more wrinkles since then and David has a lot less hair! Will email you the pic :O)
ReplyDeleteFunny thing; I just realized your husband's name is David. We're Barbara and David too. I never hear of a Barbara less than around 60; seems the name went out of favor quite a while ago. My David has short white hair which was black when I met him 36 years ago. Hmmm, what does that say about me?
ReplyDeleteFancy that, another Barbara & David! I'm in my forties and I was the only Barbara in my school, I think I was named after a sister of my Dad's who died when she was a child. I quite like my name, get called Bee quite a lot! (I never, ever answer to Babs!!!). As for the hair... well I have to colour mine to hide the 'executive glints' as my hairdresser puts it. I totally blame David for this, whereas his hair loss is nothing to do with me :O)
ReplyDeleteLovely plants...lovely picture...;-D
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photograph and a photograph of a beautiful plant. (I'm very pedantic sometimes!)
ReplyDeleteCatching up as usual! I love your photographs and I love reading about, and seeing, your cats! Pepper sounds very like our Molly! She's a girl who lets us know what she wants, too, very vocally, and is very bright!
ReplyDeleteThe coloured umbrella on the black and white photo is so good! I wish you could visit and do some photography training with me!
Penny
Perfect depth of field, and a great illustration of why I want a macro lens. Trouble is, I need the DSLR to go with it :(
ReplyDeleteWhat a stunning close-up!
ReplyDeleteLovely. Wish I were that clever!
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your kind comments. The photo was taken using my 18-55mm lens, with a Hoya Close Up +4 filter on it (I bought it from a Flickr friend). Penny, I would love to come visit with you, all that lovely snow (and the vegan food) :O) A lot of the time with my photos it's trial and error, I do get lots of ideas and tips from photography magazines and Flickr though.
ReplyDeleteThat looks real cold !
ReplyDeletethanks for your comment on my cat blog. My photo blog is Keyhole pictures.
Barbara, I just got some extension rings in the post, which I ordered on eBay (I'm a bit of an eBay novice, so was surprised when they turned up!) I'm going to try some close up stuff with them, as I'm getting really frustrated with my 17.5 - 45mm lens, which is not focusing closely enough for what I want. I have an Olympus E520 which uses the 4 thirds system, so you double the size to get the old size, if you see what I mean. So 17.5mm is the old 35mm and, obviously, 45mm is 90mm. I think I've explained that correctly...
ReplyDeletePenny
I like it... interesting close up :)
ReplyDeleteGreetings Halina
It this that time of the year :-) Nicely caught.
ReplyDeleteso delicate.
ReplyDeleteLove this shot, great in B&W. Thanks for the comment on my cat, she is my baby! Anesha :)
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