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Snapped this IR panorama of forest beside the Princes Highway as I headed South today.



K5 (Full Spectrum Converted) + Soligor 28/2.8 (M42) @ f8 with Hoya R72 filter. Red/blue channel swap and B&W conversion in PSE13 (Mac). A stitch of six hand-held shots (portrait format). Very pleased to find that the Soligor seems free of any IR hotspots.

K1+ Tomioka AR 55/1.2 at around f8.

Thanks to Rod for sending some sun my way! If only briefly, this cloud had a lot of rain in it.


Vivitar 19mm f3.8 on K-S2, 2 stop reverse ND grad.

And more clouds at Zoo Lake, all pink. 10 image stitched with Microsoft ICE


And Saturday's massive storm had some ill effects at Zoo Lake, like this beautiful old Willow tree, unceremoniously dumped across the walking path. Its been there for years, and has lost only a limb in the past, but this time it was the whole tree. Here cut up in order to clear the walkway.

Another copy of the SMC Takumar 35/3.5 arrived today to see if I could get better infinity focus and a smoother focus. The focus is super smooth but too dark to tell with the focus. This one is shinier too... K10D with SMC Takumar 35/3.5

I've been annoyingly sick for weeks. I have a few shots from the start of the month that I need to post. But today is the first day I've felt like taking any images in a while.



Abstract, K-1, shot with DA* 200 at f4.5 I think. Minimal manipulation - DXO clearview used to remove some haze.

Ran out of coffee cream so off to the store I go. The store and beer store share the same building. Cant buy wackybaccy in this outlet, just the bigger stores.

Light snow and -8c, so a nice night.

Another GR shot with flash. Some rusted and frosted detail on am antique piece of farm machinery.

detail of a finger-less mitt that the missus just finished:



K-5 IIs with Mamiya Macro Sekor 60mm f2.8

More compositing with DA* 55

I'm struggling with masking my human form out of the frame... more practice required to make it look natural... I'm a bit rush during these busy days.