We have an amaryllis growing in the kitchen; it was a Christmas gift from a friend. It’s coming along nicely, and a few days ago it was lit by the early morning sun. I loved the rim lighting, and thought I would try and capture it. The plant is growing near the window, hence the […]
Category Archives: Equipment tips
A friend recently gave me a bellows attachment. Bellows allow you to get the lens away from the camera body, and this gives you more magnification. It was made for an M42 screw-thread mount camera system (think 1950/60’s Pentax or Praktica), so making it work with my Olympus MFT system needed an adapter. Having done […]
After my last blog post about fungi in Savernake Forest, I went back a week later and had another fungi-spotting wander with a friend. We were walking back to our cars when my friend spotted this delicate little clump of Mycena fungi amongst the fallen beech leaves. I immediately got my bin liner out again […]
I’m doing my first remote talk to a camera club soon. I’m using GoToMeeting for that one, but I’m happy to work with other conference systems, such as Zoom. I charge my usual fee, but there’s no travel costs, so your club could be anywhere in the country, or even further afield. Current talks: “Movement […]
The cameras on mobile phones continue to get more and more accomplished, with AI and computational photography coming to the fore. My Huawei Mate 10 Pro has both those features but I also have a nice low tech device that helps me make images. It’s a clip-on macro lens made by Bauhn. I got it […]