Category Archives: Macro

Flowers, Macro, Michelle, Micky, Nader

A Punchable Flower

Before I start rambling about this picture, I should point out that AM Outdoors expert and friend of this here blog Michael Augustin corrected my assertion that yesterday’s blog featured a ground squirrel. When in fact, it was a chipmunk. A pox upon me, my good fellows.

Today’s post features a flower that I’ve always loathed. The iris. Take a look, you’ll see what I mean.


The Punchable Flower

Don’t you just want to punch that flower?

PARTICULARS

CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
FOCAL LENGTH: 70mm
APERTURE: f/5.6
EXPOSURE: 1/125
DATE: 05/31/2016 – 17:03
LATITUDE: 42.02903°
LONGITUDE: -93.62927°
PHOTO ASSISTANT: Nader Parsaei

Friend of this here blog Michelle recently pointed out that the last 2 posts have not included an answer to the CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT TRIVIA QUIZ. So today you get two answers.

THE CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT TRIVIA QUIZ

QUESTION 8

One year for Christmas I received Nirvana’s NEVERMIND for Christmas from my Grandparents. Many of my aunts and uncles were offended by what they called the album cover’s “child pornography”. My Grandpa put the cassette in his stereo, put on his headphones and listened to SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT. Upon the conclusion of listening to this song he summed it up like this, “Well it ain’t…” Which of his favorite artists did he compare to Nirvana?

ANSWER: HANK meaning HANK WILLIAMS SR.

BONUS

In 1983 I began attending Iowa State football games with my Grandpa. Where did we park?

ANSWER: Highway 30

Flowers, Macro, Mom

Hath a Charm for Pain and Woe

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My Mom’s neighbor has a patch of poppies next to the electric pole in her yard. I took a few photos of them the other day. Here is one of them:


Poppies are another flower that comes and goes too soon.

PARTICULARS

CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
ISO: 100
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm
APERTURE: f/4.5
EXPOSURE: 1/125
DATE: 05/22/2016 – 17:04
LATITUDE: 42.05607°
LONGITUDE: -93.87495°
PHOTO ASSISTANT: None

Flowers, Macro, State Fair

Flower Contest

Here is another flower photo, but it isn’t from the flower garden, it is from the flower contest.


Flower from State Fair Flower Contest

This almost concludes the State Fair pictures.

PARTICULARS

CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
ISO: 1600
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm
APERTURE: f/4
EXPOSURE: 1/160
DATE: 08/22/2016 – 15:34
LATITUDE: 41.59535°
LONGITUDE: -93.55075°
ALTITUDE: 253 meters

Flowers, Macro, State Fair

Coney

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Time to look at another flower picture from the Iowa State Fair…


Coneflower at the Iowa State Fair

I wish I had this color of coneflower in my personal garden. That is something I may have to try to remedy in 2016.

PARTICULARS

CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
LENS: 60mm f2 Macro
ISO: 1600
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm
APERTURE: f/3.5
EXPOSURE: 1/160
DATE: 08/22/15 – 18:36
LATITUDE: 41.5947°
LONGITUDE: -93.55157°
ALTITUDE: 240.7 meters above sea level

Calendar, Flowers, Macro

2014

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We’re almost to the end of this journey. Thanks for taking it with me. It has allowed me to become reacquainted with some old favorites. Hopefully you’ve become reacquainted with some old favorites or been introduced to some new favorites.

It has been educational for me to see where I’ve been. It has definitely helped me shape where I’m going. A new vision and a reinvigoration.

Enough of that… Let’s look at 2014…



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Only one more look back at the past to go.

Animals, Black & White, Brandon, Calendar, Flowers, Iowa State, Macro, Nature, Night, Photoshop, Railroad, Ruins

2013 Christmas Calendar

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This is a look back at the photos from the calendar I gave as Christmas gifts in 2012. You’ll see many of the same images from the flower calendar. I have no doubts.



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I’ve never done what one would call market research, but I did make a change to the 2015 calendar and then made a change back in the 2016 calendar. That is this. The 2015 calendar has big numbers for the dates. I found this to be aesthetically pleasing. However, some feedback I got was that this made it more difficult to write on the calendar. Therefore, I changed back to small numbers for the 2016 calendar.

I’ve also been asked why I don’t include birthdays or “different holidays” any longer. The reason for that is because of the diverse audience that the Photography 139 Calendar now reaches, I don’t know how many of those people need to know the date my nephew Brandon’s birthday (December 4). However, I could probably add International Talk Like A Pirate Day back to the calendar.

I’ve already stated that I’m going to go back to diversifying the subject matter of the 2017 calendar. I have this glorious plan of taking each photo for the 2017 calendar during the corresponding month of 2016. This means that my plan of going back to my plan of lining up certain subjects with certain months will probably go to the wayside. Sorry anybody that was getting jacked up for a frog in February of 2017. I’ll try to get a frog somewhere else… like April.

Any way, please leave any thoughts, suggestions, or ideas in the comments section. I might not act on them, but you don’t know until you try.

Calendar, Flowers, Macro

2013 Flower Calendar

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2013 was the only year I made 2 calendars. 1 for sale by the SHAMELESS PHOTOGRAPHY 139 COMMERCE DIVISION and 1 for Christmas gifts by the SHAMELESS PHOTOGRAPHY 139 GIFT DIVISION.

I thought that this would be a tradition I would continue. I was wrong. I continue to be wrong.

Here is a look at the 2013 Flower Calendar:



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I should point out that there was a submission for FRAMED that I forgot to post yesterday, so follow this link so that you can check out all the submissions:

WEEK 15 – FRAMED

Animals, Art, Black & White, Calendar, Flowers, Macro, Photoshop

2012

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Looking at these images I think I might go back to my old school way of lining up images with their months in 2017. If I walk away from the all flower calendar. I guess we’ll see how that plays out.



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I realize that the March picture means it has been 4 years since I’ve been to New York City. That seems way too long. May have to remedy that next year.

Animals, Black & White, Calendar, Christianity, Flowers, Macro, Nature, Night

2011

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As I look over this collection I am reminded that it has been too long since I’ve done some full moon photography, like the photo represented by April.

Who wants to keep me company and go do some full moon photography next full moon?



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One of my all-time favorite images is in this collection. Can you guess which one?