Taking a minute away from the Eat Local Challenge
... to talk about photography. I took this picture of my friends' baby a couple weeks ago. It was part of a series that I took while testing out a lens from Ziplens. I had rented the 85 mm f/1.4D Nikon for my Vietnam trip and was thrilled with the results. That lens is just a gem of a piece of equipment. But at $1,000 retail, it's a mite pricey for my budget. The lens I used for the picture below (and for these pics of my cousins) is the 85mm f/1.8D from Nikon. The price for this lens is much more reasonable at around $420. You give up some speed, and the boke is not quite as luxurious, but for $600 less, I think it seems to be a really excellent lens. This will be going on my wish list ...
In other news, I posted on Bay Area Bites today about my 72 hours in Portland a few weeks ago. Check it out!
And to continue the complete randomness of this post, click on this picture of my mother doing a "trick shot" at a car race expo a few weeks ago. Funniest. Thing. Ever.
Ohmygod that photo is hilarious! I wonder if there is some food blogger equivalent--like a head peeking out of the bathroom at the French Laundry.
Posted by: Amy Sherman | April 24, 2007 at 03:42 PM
That is one cute baby.
Posted by: Norlinda | April 25, 2007 at 09:30 PM
Hay,
Semi recently purchased the new 105 VR Micro rig. While I believe the older AF-D lens is a better buy, the VR technology is pretty darned nice!
Biggles
Posted by: Dr. Biggles | April 26, 2007 at 03:14 PM
Bathroom?
Posted by: cookiecrumb | April 26, 2007 at 03:51 PM
Gosh darn it- you just keep that bundle of cute baby away from my hormones...
;)
Posted by: McAuliflower | April 27, 2007 at 10:03 PM