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I was just about to leave the pier after visiting with my brother and his family, today they were flying double red flags which means nobody in the water except surfers if they are tethered to there boards, and of course they are. Two guys had been trying to catch a wave for a good hour and when we were ready to go I waited, everyone got halfway down the pier and this guy caught a wave long enough for four quick shots. Focused at the full 400mm.

This is the imitation Macro scene setting on the camera with a matchbox car and a Tamron 18-400mm. This time with Edge shaving cream as the surf and the same paper backgrounds. Still not as good as a Macro lense but much happier with these shots.

These are for a project. Not completely satisfied with either approach but I kind of like the first one best. It was actually shot with a Macro lens the second and third shot with the Macro scene settings on the camera (I'm not happy with my waves). The lighting was an issue using a regular lens and the Macro scene settings. Just using my zoom and manual settings would have done a better job I think but the second and third picture was what we were supposed to use. The scene settings don't do the justice of the Macro lense when it comes to allowing for a shallow depth of field though. I'll have to improve my paper background and start over tomorrow. Also my editing is off a little as the colors don't match but will blame it on the moon.

I took these in 2002 with a cardboard fuji and lost the negatives. A friend scanned the prints for me but scanned them in color (which brought out flaws, lots of lines) so I had to convert them back to black and white in Lightroom, I did as litle editing as possible except some extra vignetting on a few where the flash didn't provide as much as I wanted, plus the watermark. Otherwise, they are pretty much as is. I did add a camera profile to correct the lense distortion and cardboard Fuji is not an option.

I figured I better post a few more pics of my new roommate Chuck the Wonder Dog.

I had considered a new Kitten but couldn't comit but apparently it has been decided. This litte rat was outside the hose on Christmas Eve. I was supposed to go out of town but I was waiting for a check that had somehow been mailed to the wrong address, so I had to spend Christmas alone instead of going to Tampa, then this little thing shows up. I guess it's a sign.