Little Cat, Big Bed

I recently re-covered a big bean-bag for our dog who is recovering from a major leg surgery... apparently Steve has other plans for the bean-bag.

Think that bed is big enough for him?

Observations

Play Time

I was playing around with my camera this afternoon, and tried out a couple new techniques.  The first one is shown in the first two photos; it is called Free Lensing.  You actually remove the lens from your camera and hold it in front of the camera, you can then tilt the lens to cause distortion in the image.  You usually end up with a diagonal plane of focus running through the photo depending on which way you tilt the lens.  All of the examples I have seen are usually done with a wider angle lens than the 50mm I was using.  I'll definitely have to play around with this technique some more.

The second technique I tried is a sort of cheater macro, for those who don't have an actual macro lens.  For this you remove the lens from your camera and turn it backwards and hold it in front of the camera. Finding the focus can be difficult as it involves moving closer and further from the subject until you find the focal point, and its a small focal point.

Mount Tolmie

The wild flowers are out on Mount Tolmie near our house, so I took the opportunity to play around a little.  The first photo is a composite of several photos (as you can see from the bottom right, photoshop had some trouble with the grass).

Ocean Discovery

We had family visiting for Easter weekend, including our little nephew Ben.  We decided to take him to the Ocean Discovery Center in Sydney to see the "Uncle Puss" (Octopus).  His favorite part by far was petting the Sea Stars in the tidal pool.

Port Renfrew Pics

I spent another beautiful weekend in Port Renfrew this weekend, once the monsoon let up anyway.

Morning fog on the San Juan River

Sun set after the rain.

A sunset HDR.

May 2012

These shots were from my kayak camping trip to Discovery Island last spring.