Tag: photography

A Bunch of Naked Ladies (In Color, Too!)

Well, now that I got your attention, at least from the title, here are some truly lovely flowers!  These are commonly known as “naked ladies” because they flower first, lose their blooms, and then send out leaves.  It’s rather odd compared to most other plants!  These are also known as “amaryllis belladonna” which seems fitting as they are really beautiful flowers.

I got this roll of film back today.  I used my Nikon F3HP and Fuji Color 200.  The F3 was, I think, the first Nikon camera to have an autoexposure ability.  I set it on that and shot the entire roll of 36.  It did fine!  I was actually very pleased with both the film and the camera.  Scanned on a Pakon 135.

Getting Ready to Paint

Because of Ms. Fraggy (you know who you are!) I decided to pick up an adapter so I could use my Helios lens from the good old USSR.  I got one to fit my Nikon F-mount cameras.  Several years ago I bought the Praktica film camera, which I really don’t like, along with the Helios lens.  Rambling around the house and randomly taking pictures, I saw the sunlight through the plastic box in which my gouache paints live and liked the way it looked.  Baggies, paint tubes, plastic – modern life in B&W.

Camouflaged

This is a small, small bit of a larger image – only when I started looking carefully did I see this little bunny.  He was against a beige-grey background, just like him.  Only when he hops away do you see his flashy white tail.  I read somewhere that the bunnies in our area run away from predators, who follow the flashy white spot on their rumps, and then, when they think they are safe, the bunnies turn sideways, blending into the background.  Silly predator keeps on running!