Fun with the Olloclip

I recently acquired an Olloclip.  This is a nifty little iPhone attachment that contains 3 different camera lens - fisheye, macro, and wide angle.  The macro is limited...but insane; you have to get uber close (within an inch for it to focus on your subject).  The fisheye is fun.  I haven't really found a whole lot of use for the wide-angle, but I'm sure it'll be useful.

I first tried it out at John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez.

Here are a couple from that day, but you can check out more of them at this link.

Yesterday, I played around with the Olloclip some more; this time at the Clayton Valley Pumpkin Farm.  They were busy setting up for Christmas season.  Lincoln and Chester (the resident dog) wandered around...finding things to pee on...while I searched for a subject to shoot.  They have an impressive patch of sunflowers which were basically done blooming and I was going to continue walking by but then I noticed a bee working on one of the flowers and just like that I settled on my photo subject.  The combination of the moving bees and the swaying plants made getting a clear macro shot nearly impossible.  To get the 15 photos I posted, I probably took near 50 photos.

Here's a sample, but check out all of them at this link.

Of course, none of this would be possible without the impressive compact camera on the iPhone.  I continue to be surprised by the quality and detail I can capture with this camera.

Olloclip's website

Photography Adventure

Went on a Photography Adventure today.  Hiked along some of my favorite spots and took pictures of the same thing with 3 different cameras (4 including my Fish-eye, but those photos deserve their own post).  Below are some of those photos with details regarding which shot is from which camera in the caption.  Either my iPhone 4s, my 8 year old Canon EOS Rebel (takes 35 mm film), or my Canon Powershot Digital.  All are unedited/unadjusted.  I really wish 35mm wasn't so costly, because I absolutely love having control of my lens.

35 mm. iPhone. Pocket Digital

35 mm (top). Pocket Digital (left). iPhone (right).

Pocket Digital (top). iPhone (left). 35 mm (right)

35 mm (top). iPhone (bottom).

Pocket Digital.

iPhone.

 Any favorites?

Flowers at the Zoo

Pretty flowers at the zoo today.

Clayton from Peacock Ridge

Stroll along Peacock Ridge between rain showers.

I wonder if there use to be a forest of oak trees before livestock took up residence??

Not a religious statement.  The cross just happened to make for an interesting foreground.

No stroll is complete without a picture of Linc.

Rolling A Doobie

Lincoln showing us all how to enjoy the simple things.  Like rolling in the grass...I mean...rolling in the astro-turf.