Georanosaurus Mach Fossils Unveiled

Welcome to the G.Mach Museum of slightly weird and unsettling objects. This is the world unveiling of specimen G22: the fossilized teeth of the mighty Georanosaurus Mach. I had to get a night guard made recently because apparently I grind my teeth at night. So in preparation for that, they made me a set of dental molds, which I found fascinating and grotesque at the same time. These photos are mother nature's fault. Since winter arrived this week, and we're not mountain adventuring, I got bored...

Fun with Closeup Diopters

In a weedy, overgrown ravine not far from our place, I have found a bit of a photographic haven for myself. In the latest adventure, Anita and I braved the mosquitos and set out determined to capture a large dandelion-like weed in full bloom, using the sunny f/16 method with my Kiev88, Fuji Velvia and a set of macro diopters. And then of course, my camera bag had my Holga with one shot left on the roll, so we shot a macro with that one too. I love how soft the Kiev shots turned out (colour), and I especially love how grainy the Holga one came out (B&W).

Red Dot Test Shots

I finally had a chance to spend a few minutes with Anita's new baby, and I have to say I'm thoroughly impressed for a point and shoot (albeit one that cost more than many mid-range DSLRs)... Noise levels are quite low, and the fast 2.0 lens at the wide end makes shooting at ISO 100 - 200 under low light conditions possible. And my favourite discovery so far is that at 24mm and a close focusing distance of less than a cm, you can get some really neat wide angle macros that you'd be hard pressed to reproduce with an SLR. On with the samples.


One of my two DIY pinhole cameras. Obviously, I messed with the curves and levels on this shot so it's not an accurate representation of what the Leica can do straight out of camera.




Wide Angle Macro of some nuts in a tupperware container.


I love papercraft models.


Some fun with wide angle closeup distortion.




Echinaceau capsules inside the bottle.

Macro

Just messing around with my Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 and some extension tubes.