Orchid
June 18, 2009
I like these kind of macro shots taken with a flash. I’m using my new Canon 270EX flash with an off camera shoe cord. This is effectively the technique used for nearly all underwater macro shots except I use two strobes underwater which minimizes the harsh single source shadows. The technique is simple and you don’t have to depend on good ambient light or a tripod. Flowers, just like many underwater critters, sometimes reflect light in interesting ways when lit up with a flash.
Sunset
June 16, 2009
Voting Signals and GTD
June 14, 2009
Robin Hanson over at the Overcoming Bias blog has a post about What Voting Signals. He links to a NY Times article that describes a change in Switzerland in which every “…eligible Swiss citizen began to automatically receive a ballot in the mail, which could then be completed and returned by mail.” The result of this natural experiment was that the voting rate unexpectedly declined.
Bug On The Edge
June 10, 2009
Madness
June 6, 2009
Clematis
June 4, 2009
Bearded Iris and Wild Phlox
June 4, 2009
Lakeside
June 3, 2009
Columbine and Friend
May 31, 2009
Lily of the Valley and Friend
May 30, 2009
Wild Phlox After The Rain
May 30, 2009
Daisies
May 30, 2009
Canon Rebel T1i HD: Magic Water (Video)
May 27, 2009
Captured at 720p on a Canon Rebel T1i. The HD version looks good but my computer can’t keep up (even allowing the full video to download first). The non-HD YouTube version doesn’t really do justice to the “magic”. The original video looks great on the camera screen :-)
