One of the cool things my new tripod can do is work at (right) angles. I pull the center column all the way up, release a lever, and tip the column over to whatever angle I want. Today I set it parallel to the ground – actually, the table or the floor in this case. …
(And Merry Christmas too.) A little over a week ago, I watched a video that Mike Moats had made a few months back about a new tripod from Vanguard – the VEO 3+ 263AB. Vanguard is using this new model to replace the Alta Pro 263AB. (They have other similar updates / replacements from one …
I’ve been waiting and waiting for the milkweed pods in our front yard to burst. They finally did yesterday (11/3/20). Now we have seeds scattered all over the yard. I took these shots of some seeds still clinging to the pods and one on the ground today.
In my previous two posts, I told you about the Canon T2i camera body and the Canon 100mm macro lens that I use to take all my macro photos. I have a fair amount of other pieces of equipment that I use less often (or never, to date). Like some of the options on my …
See that lens description in the headline above? That’s what it says (minus the “My”) on my Canon macro lens. If you’re not yet familiar with macro lenses, much of that may not mean anything to you. So, I’m going to break it down piece by piece and explain what each of those words and …
