For Macro Monday, may I proudly present…my dinner.
This is a view of the pasta just before getting the boiling water treatment.
Tag: ztylus
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Fish-Eye Friday. Cause why not? -
If Mondays are going to be “Macro Monday”, then let’s make Wednesdays “Wide Angle Wednesdays”. This one was taken using the wide angle lens on the Ztylus Revolver iPhone attachment. It was taken at the Elementary School band concert tonight. As you can see, it was a pretty good turn out. Hence the need for a wide angle shot. -
I’m stealing a bit from Chuck Wendig when I declare that henceforth, Mondays shall be known as Macro Mondays.Thus, in keeping with our new theme we proudly present for your discerning pleasure, a fork.
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Playing around with the Ztylus macro lens. This is a close up of a Zebra pen. I’m not sure it’s all that interesting, but what the heck. It’s a picture. I took it today. That counts, right? -
View from the balcony of the church in the center of town. Taken with Hipstamatic with the Zytlus wide angle lens attached. -
In honor of the warmest March 9 in Boston’s history, I bring you a picture of a Christmas light.Well, sort of.
Today was in fact historic for Boston weather, as the temperature hit 75 degrees today. Which is fine by me. We’ve been fairly fortunate this winter, having not had a lot of snow. Then again, given last winter and the winter before that, we were kind of owed a milder winter. And with today’s temps, we’re starting to feel like maybe spring really is right around the corner.
One of the ways we decided to survive this winter was to embrace a Norwegian concept called koselig. It loosely translates as “cozy”. It basically involves making your home as warm and friendly as possible. This can cover a lot of ground. From extra blankets to candles, from warm slippers to wine, from friends over for dinner to fireplaces. One of the many ideas is to have as much warm light as possible. Makes sense if you think about it. Norway is pretty far to the north, and the days get super-short up there. So more light is a great way to ward off the long dark nights.
This year, in an attempt to survive another long New England winter, I strung white Christmas lights around the ceiling of the downstairs. I also hung a string of the “icicle” lights in the front window. The effect has been noticeable for us this year, making the downstairs feel a little more magical than in years past.
So today, in honor of the coming end of winter (and hopefully we’ll avoid any late season snowstorms that we’re prone to), and in anticipation of the coming spring, I’m offering up a close-up shot of one of the lights.
Taken with the Ztylus macro lens, cropped in Snapseed.
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Here I am, finding more uses for the fisheye lens than I thought. Tonight was the annual Sweetheart Dance at my daughter’s school. Actually, it used to be called the Daddy Daughter Dance, but the school changed it up this year so that moms and sons could attend. This year, it was held in the gym (it had previously been held in the cafeteria) and to capture the full scope of the space, I used the Ztylus fisheye. -
One of the lens that comes in the Ztylus lens kit is a fish eye lens. Fish eye lens are a little on the weird end of photography, I find. It gives you an really interesting picture in certain situations, but its application is so limited. How many landscapes of selfies can you really see in a fish eye view before you go “Okay, enough already, I get it, the world is bendy.”That said, I had to try the fish eye at least once. I knew the picture I wanted to capture, it was more a question about whether the fish eye lens would make it look cool or just kind of goofy. I walked along a path at work today until I came to a group of trees, pointed the camera straight up, and snapped.
I gave the picture some post-processing in Snapseed to make it more moody. I think it turned out, for the most part okay. I don’t know how often I’ll use the fish eye lens, but once in a while, it’s fun.
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Macro view of my snack this afternoon. It is an animal cracker in the shape of an elephant. That is all.
Scott Lyerly 