i love the statue photo! i'm wondering about the light aberrations in photos one and three though, do you know why that happened? (in the waterfall photo i see floating blue dots above the lights, and in the third photo it looks like the green tree behind your head is ghosted upside down between you and kyle.)
I know, I just spotted those today. It has been driving me nuts. I need to do more research. It was a good nikon lens. It wasn't an easy night. I had the lens wide open, and by good lens I mean good for a beginner. apparently that is fixable later, I just need to learn that part yet.
it is a weird effect. were you using a UV filter, or any other filter on your lens? it seems like the light is reflecting off some outer lens element, but inverted...maybe a filter could cause that type of ghosting? although i always have a filter on my lenses and i've never gotten that before.
What a cool way to ring in the new year! Looks like you were bundled up for that cold weather. I like the scarf on the statue and the blue light stream that was created.
My education began in the Greater Chicago Catholic school system. So the title to this post make me giggle. When I was a little girl and it was raining outside, the nuns would tell us to "Put on your rubbers!" before we went out into the rain. This was back before kids were fragile snowflakes and a light rain was O.K. to go run around on a paved parking lot next to the church where a vicious game of dodge ball was considered healthy, but I digress. Here I will tell the story of how I learned way more than I ever thought I would about the history of contraceptives (ironic, considering my early childhood huh?) Skip ahead 28 years to my first full time "permanent" job in archaeology. I had moved sight unseen to Boise for the job and had no idea what I was getting into. Lucky me got hired to finish the project from hell that none of their staffers wanted to handle- a huge survey of over 200 sites that had been shoddily completed in the field that still...
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i love the statue photo! i'm wondering about the light aberrations in photos one and three though, do you know why that happened? (in the waterfall photo i see floating blue dots above the lights, and in the third photo it looks like the green tree behind your head is ghosted upside down between you and kyle.)
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DeleteI know, I just spotted those today. It has been driving me nuts. I need to do more research. It was a good nikon lens. It wasn't an easy night. I had the lens wide open, and by good lens I mean good for a beginner. apparently that is fixable later, I just need to learn that part yet.
Deleteit is a weird effect. were you using a UV filter, or any other filter on your lens? it seems like the light is reflecting off some outer lens element, but inverted...maybe a filter could cause that type of ghosting? although i always have a filter on my lenses and i've never gotten that before.
DeleteI did have a UV filter on at the time.
DeleteWhat a cool way to ring in the new year! Looks like you were bundled up for that cold weather. I like the scarf on the statue and the blue light stream that was created.
ReplyDeleteNice pics! We took Chelsea out for a walk yesterday...14˚. Good god, it's been cold.
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