Day Two Hundred Fifty 2012

My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.
~Mitch Hedberg
(My fake sunflowers through a fish eye lens)

Day Two Hundred Forty Four 2012

Freaky Fish Eye Friday


My grandkids, Elijah and Shelby, were good sports and let me take their pictures this afternoon, using the fish eye lens on my Canon Power Shot SX 230. The fish eye distortion of the human body is totally freaky and good for a laugh. Happy TGIF, everyone!

Day Two Hundred Forty Three 2012

Fish Eye (or Bend Me, Shape Me....)





I was playing around with my little Canon Power Shot SX 230 this afternoon and discovered the fish eye setting that I had no idea was there. (Actually, I discovered several photo settings I didn’t know the camera had.) Makes me kind of sea sick just looking at these. Fun.

Day Two Hundred Thirty Nine 2011

I love macro photography. A really good, really expensive macro lens is on my wish list (are ya listenin', Santa?). Recently, I was browsing lenses on Amazon.com and found a couple of really inexpensive macro and fish eye lenses from 47th Street Photo in Brooklyn, NY. They came in today and I've had some fun experimenting with in your face photography. (And a little fish eye lens photos just for fun.) For instance, I did not realize that Geranium leaves have hair. Those ants crawling around on that dead leaf (man, we need some rain!) were minuscule, and that ornate skeleton key is teeny tiny. And that red knobby thing is one of my little hobnail votives. It's more fun than a human being should be allowed to have with a digital camera.

Day Three Hundred Thirty One 2010

"There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day."

~~Alexander Woollcott

American Author

Day Three Hundred Twenty Six 2010

This might have been a cool shot if only I'd had my fish eye lens centered on my cell phone camera lens. I'll get it right one of these days. Beautiful day, by the way. I wish I had spent more time outside.

Day Three Hundred Fourteen 2010

Let Me In

Buddy Cat thinks I'm in the house and is waiting for me to let him inside. Little does he know I'm right behind him, taking his picture. Silly kitty. I'm still trying to get the hang of my little fish eye lens for my cell phone camera. Middle of the week. Aren't you glad we're on the downhill slide to Friday?

Day Three Hundred Twelve 2010

Monday Again

I just might be the only person on the planet who wore plaid shoes today and took a picture of it with a fish eye lens on a cell phone camera. I hope my hips don't really look that wide! A picture a day for a year is not easy. Just saying.

Day Three Hundred Ten 2010

Fish Eye

I ordered some lenses for my cell phone camera. I know that sounds crazy. I certainly never had heard of such a thing, but Photojojo--a web site that is all things photography--has them. I got a fish eye, macro, and wide angle lens.

These tiny lenses stick over the regular lens of a cell phone camera.

I took this pic of my rings with the macro lens. Not too shabby for a little cell phone camera. The link for Photojojo is http://www.photojojo.com/ if you're into unusual camera accessories and photography tips. Fun stuff.