Category: Photography

Yesterday evening I had an idea of what pictures and what angle I was going to approach this challenge.Today the angle changed but surprisingly the pictures did not.Yesterday  I looked at the photo of the flower, a wildflower called Fleabane with a bloom about the size of my thumbnail,  and how the delicate petals were able to cradle a drop of rain.I looked at the hand of my Mother-In-Law and how the new ring my sister-in-law gave her shows just how delicate her aged hands are. That was yesterday.

Today I look at the drop of water in the delicate caress of the flower’s petals as a symbol of hope. Today I look at the aged hands as a blessing, for old age is a gift denied many. Why the change? Because today I received a 60-second  phone call that brings into focus why it is important to enjoy every second we have. It is because of that call that tomorrow I have to find a way to comfort old friends and grieve with them at the loss of their child. It is because of that call that I treasure today for life is truly delicate.

Angles, textures both organic or man-made, light,shadows,and reflections are everywhere but sometimes I see them individual parts of my surroundings…yet  sometimes I see them as a whole and complete composition. Here is when the  latter happens at breakfast at a local diner: Coffee as composition.

The weekend was a blur and I wasn’t sure I could slow it down enough to participate in Paula’s latest challenge. As it turns out I did not have to search very far for the shots I am using here. The photos of the cars I took Saturday night at a new cruise in our little town. I used my Sony A3000 set on a high contrast B&W setting in these captures. Still not confident enough to go fully manual in this setting but will try it soon. As far as the Sunrise pic goes I shot it with the A3000 using a old film lense and converted it to B&W in post-editing. The theme is convergence and I feel the reflections on the car’s surface fits the bill here. As for the Sunrise I just feel it works. I have words but the picture does a better job than I can at this time of night 😉

This one is from my old place on the web Pondering Things and Taking Pictures.

I am still having a blast using my old lenses on my Sony A3000. The downside to using the A3000 is the electronic viewfinder is not good at its job. he camera is great in AF focusing but the image is through the viewfinder is electronically transmitted not reflected by a mirror.Sony made a great little camera when it made the A3000 but it is a budget camera and one of the downsize is a less than stellar viewfinder. The challenge using a manual focus lens it to know when the subject is actually in focus with this camera.That being said, it is the only caveat if you are considering this camera. Still it has not stopped me from enjoying my old lenses. Here is one taken with an old Nikon 50mm f2.8 lens using the A3000’s on-board B&W with contrast mode.

With a small collection of 35mm lenses I decided to buy adapters for them so I could use it on my Sony E-mount A3000. I have a Sony A37, which uses Sony’s A-mount system, and was tempted to get the adapters to use the old manual lenses on it. I chose the A3000 for several reasons but the biggest is is much lighter than the A37. Even with its weight advantage it is relatively heavy with the old lenses attached. I have to use a mono or a tripod since there is stabilization issues with these lenses. Here is one I took tonight in between storm fronts of our Maple tree’s leaves to be using an old Vivitar lens.