There have been all sorts of beautiful cloud formations here in San Diego today, so I took an extra little walk this evening to see if anything might be photographable (photographable?).

I took my 28-80 mm lens, my macro lens converter, and my wide angle lens converter just in case, but probably more so simply because I have not really taken those three lenses out to see what they could do, or perhaps more properly, to see what I could do with them.

I have decided that photography is not like riding a bicycle, driving a car, or talking. When one hasn't used a high quality camera and lenses for almost twenty years, well, the pictures one wants aren't always what one gets. I still think that today's camera might be like our VCRs, DVD players, and cell phones in that there are more bells and whistles than one could ever use, and just when one things that one knows how to use all the bells and whistles, the thing breaks and one has to buy a new one since no one works on the old one. A throwaway society we have become, but that's an issue for another post.

Anyway, here are some pictures that I got this evening. If you mouse over the picture, you'll get the picture information.

First up, some macro shots:

Here are three wide angle shots:

And finally, just a regular old sunset picture at 80 mm focal length:

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This week's blog posts

1. My first sales as a photographer - just like getting an ActiveRain Featured post! - 6/30/09
2. Who put the bop in marketing? - 6/29/09
3. Why are you using something in your business that's 6,000 years old? - 6/29/09