by Kay~Kacey on 5/31/2011
Remember back in 2008 when SuperGuy & I went to Carmel? Well, I fell in love with the agapanthus there. Totally in love. I took this photo back then. See how beautiful they are?
Well, SuperGuy bought some this spring and planted them here in a bunch of planters. They are nearly ready to open, and I cannot wait!!
I foresee a big old long photo session coming on, don’t you? Ah, purple flowers. :heart: I was a bit worried with the late frost and numerous hail storms, but they didn’t fail me. Now, it’s just a waiting game…
They won’t winter over here, so SuperGuy will pull them and do whatever magic it is he does to plants that don’t winter here, then plant them back again next spring. When they are all in full bloom, I’ll show you how adorable my courtyard looks with them.
(May 31??? Where did the month go??)
by Kay~Kacey on 1/12/2011
Okay, good news, bad news on the new Kenko teleconverter. Yes, I get closer to the birds. I have to really REALLY nail exposure to get a crisp picture though. But the most annoying thing? It produces horrible chromatic aberation. (That purple fringe you sometimes see at the edge of something really dark against something really light.)
Here is an example:
See the purple around the bird? Annoying. It did that with branches against the snow too. I do have this photoshop action called Purple Fringe Killer that I can run that takes most of the purple out. I wish I could give credit to the original author of this action, but I haven’t been able to find it. The action is floating around the internet. There is a write up about chromatic aberation here, (in regards to HDR photography, but I get the purple fringe with this teleconverter and also my 85 1.8mm.) Anyway, at that site there is a link to download the action at the bottom of her post. Try it out if you’re having a problem.
Here is the photo after using the Purple Fringe Killer Action:
See how almost all of the purple edge of the bird is gone? I’ll upload some more photos I took in tomorrow’s blog post. Right now the jury is still out on whether I like this teleconverter or not…
As an aside…it started snowing yesterday at 4:30…yes, too dark to get decent photos…then stopped today at 7:00 am. Yes, too dark to get a good photo. REALLY? Don’t they know I’ve been waiting to take the perfect bird in the snow photo?
by Kay~Kacey on 8/19/2010
I’m sorry, I just can’t help myself.
I can even find purple in almost any flower!
See? Purple. I rest my case. It’s everywhere. Calling my name. Begging to be captured. It is not my fault!!
Yes, this is surely purple. Probably pretty but I don’t really like them. They have taken over the flowerbed and they attract all kinds of flying bugs. What’s up with that? SuperGuy has promised we don’t have to have them again next year. Good. they are monstrous too. They hide my pretty rose bushes. You remind him next spring. None of the cockscomb, okay?
