Unidentified by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-M 100mm f2.8 at f6.7, 1/180s, and ISO 560
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Doctor's Office by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-K 17mm f4.0 Fisheye at f5.6, 1/45s, and ISO 100
I ran into a new problem with my fisheye lens today. I had a hard time keeping my fingers out of the image! Both of the images I posted at Flickr today had to be cropped a little because of this.
Only one camera went out with me today, armed with the A50f2.8 Macro and the 1.4x-S converter which was sometimes on the camera, sometimes off. I came away with a few shots I think are decent.
Here's the best of the bunch.
Wild Rose by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K.1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-A 50mm f2.8 Macro at f11, 1/250s, and ISO 400
I didn't get much worth a darn today. Most of my images looked muddy with weird color, so converting to monochrome helped most of them some. Here's today's catch.
Empty by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-M 28mm f3.5 at f5.6, 1/20s, and ISO 800
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Ball of Light by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-M 120mm f2.8 at f4.0, 1/500s, and ISO 560
I'm kind of upset tonight. I found a fairly decent size scratch on the barrel of one of my lenses that I don't think was there earlier today, and I can't figure out how it got there. It's just cosmetic, but given how much I baby my stuff and how hard I try to keep everything nice, it really twists my noodle. I've ordered a paint pen that should cover the damage easily, but the mystery remains... how long has it been there and where did it come from?
Oh well... on with today's photos.
Dogwood by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-M 400mm f5.6 at f16, 1/250s, and ISO 400
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Poppy by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-K 24mm f2.8 at f2.8, 1/250s, and ISO 200, closest focus distance
It was a photo heavy day today. I took probably 40 photos in total, keeping 19. A dozen or so were shot in the backyard of the wife's arrangement of petunias in the sunlight, and the remainder were shot on the daily walkabout where I had a "getting to know you again" session with my telephoto lens. Here's today's catch.
Mostly Petunias by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-K 55mm f1.8 with 12mm auto extension tube at f11, 1/180s, and ISO 100
St. John's Wort by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-M* 300mm f4.0 with 57mm auto extension tubes at f11, 1/90s, and ISO 2200 at minimum focus distance
and a bonus frame because this kid's expression is priceless...
Water Slide by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-M* 300mm f4.0 at f11, 1/1000s, and ISO 800
I shot 26 photos today, tossed 12 and kept 14. One of my objectives for this month is to shoot less and keep more. Not sure I'm succeeding, but I was pretty happy with today's keepers.
Here's a couple for this challenge.
Cloudscape by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-A 20mm f2.8 at f11, 1/60s, and ISO 100
Hidden Cherry by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-M 100mm f4.0 Macro with 1.4x-S Converter-A at f11, 1/250s, and ISO 800
I had a fairly frustrating day with my macro lens trying to get a clean shot of some blue flowers at 1:1. I failed to get a shot due to wind, camera shake, both, or just plain bad manual focus. I find I often struggle using this lens. The shallow depth of field at f2.8 makes finding the plane of focus difficult when magnification gets high.
Anyway, here's today's catch.
Blackberry Flowers by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-A 100mm f2.8 Macro at f5.6, 1/250s, and ISO 560
Doors by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-M 40mm f2.8 at f5.6, 1/180s, and ISO 400
The day didn't allow for much photography or "me time" in general, so here's the best I could muster, taken in the parking garage where we picked up our rental car.
Platz by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-K 35mm f3.5 at f11, 1/4s, and ISO 400
Shake Reduction did a bang-up job keeping this in shape.
Got some time to import and edit a few shots while visiting with relatives, which consists so far of a lot of board gaming using hand-painted miniatures like these.
Gaming by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-K 50mm f1.2 at f2.8, 1/45s, and ISO 400
There were no opportunities for photography today, so only this safety shot.
Lego X-wing by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-M 35mm f2.0 at f2.0, 1/125s, and ISO 6400, in-camera jpg with Gold preset
We went to a craft store today. I took my camera. Here's a couple of shots. Posting a bit early because this place, which is already full, will be crawling with relatives in the next few hours. I'm guaranteed no peace for the rest of the day.
Cat Baskets by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-M 20mm f4.0 at f8.0, 1/30s, and ISO 1600
Yarn by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-M 20mm f4.0 at f8.0, 1/60s, and ISO 1600
Still visiting relatives, the dog and I got a chance to sneak away down to the creek. He got in the water, but not before I got a shot of this handsome fellow.
Frog by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-A* 200mm f4.0 Macro ED at f9.5, 1/500s, and ISO 1100, significantly cropped
I was a tourist in the town I grew up in today, at least for about an hour because the town is pretty small. Here's the county courthouse from almost right underneath it. I've been shooting in RAW+JPG since landing in the US, using the new Gold profile, and I quite like it.
Courthouse by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-M 35mm f2.0 at f8.0, 1/500s, and ISO 100
One more for today. This is a statue of the second most famous person to come from this town. The first most famous, of course, is me, but Annie Oakley is almost as well known. I shoot almost as well as she did, but since I'm using a Pentax, nobody really pays any attention.
Annie Oakley by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-M 35mm f2.0 at f4.0, 1/250s, and ISO 100
We drove from Ohio to Kansas City on this day. Wesley and I stopped for gas, snacks, and to visit the world's largest rocking chair and mailbox, among other very large things, in Casey, Illinois.
June 28th was our heavy travel day. We took an Amtrak train from Kansas City to Chicago and a flight from Chicago to Frankfurt. We had a few hour layover in downtown Chicago where I took this photo. You can see the haze heavy in the air from the Canadian wildfires.
Downtown Chicago by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-M 20mm f4.0 at f11, 1/250s, and ISO 100
