my daily image

Thursday, May 21, 2026

26-5-21

New lens number 2. The ultrawide fisheye was intriguing, but I remembered the one lens I sold a billion years ago (well, maybe 2010 or so, may as well be a billion years ago) was a Nikon "holy trinity" lens; a 14-24mm zoom. It was an obnoxiously heavy and large lens, but the rectilinear 14mm photographs it took were lovely thing. But it weighed a kilogram.

TTArtisan makes a brilliant 14mm f/2.8 lens. All metal. Nice smooth action. Very well made. And about an eighth the price of a Nikkor 14-24mm. Half the weight too.

Bathrooms are incredibly intimate spaces. Here's all 14mm of mine.

26-5-20

26-5-19

Two new lenses in my life. TTArtisan lenses. Cheap, relatively, in the world of modern day camera equipment. One is an 11mm f/2.8 fisheye. I took yesterday's photo with this lens as well but put it through lens correction filters 3 times to get it rectilinear, because fisheye lenses are a bit of a novelty at the best of times.

Including today.

But we take ourselves too seriously.

A fisheye lens is a fun thing. It's been a long time since I've had one, and I don't think I'll use it a lot, but I'm glad I have it.

Saturday, May 16, 2026

26-5-16

26-5-15

26-5-14

These aren't my shoes.

Somewhere along the line I stopped throwing out my shoes when they wore out. Everywhere you go, your shoes, boots, sandals, whatever, there they are. I can look at the small box of worn out boots and know that everywhere I've been, something in that box has been there with me.

I don't know whose shoes these are. I don't know where they've been. I'm sure there are stories there.

26-5-13

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26-5-11

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Saturday, April 18, 2026

26-4-18

Liminal spaces. It's all the rage in photography these days.

26-4-17

26-4-16

26-4-15

26-4-14

26-4-13

This is a "portable" typewriter; considerably smaller than most mechanical typewriters. It has quirks. I think it needs some fixes. But it sure is neat. It's about as small as a typewriter gets. Pretty neat stuff.