Macro

Martini
Originally uploaded by null photography.

Trying out my dad's new Macro lens (AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED).
It's awesome, especially with the VR mode, I handheld shot this with VR on while indoors and low lighting at 1/30sec. I took alot of pictures with it. My gf collects coins so I grabbed all of them and shot them with my tripod, the macro lens and as close as 1:1 while fitting the whole coin in the picture. I got about 30+ pictures of different coins. I might turn them into a collage or mosaic.

Full Moon

Full Moon
Originally uploaded by null photography.

Google Calendar launched today, and one of the calendars that I added to mine was lunar phases. It said today at 12:40pm was a full moon. So tonight I grabbed my tripod, 70-300mm lens and d70s and headed outside. Luckily I remembered to spot meter the moon to get a correct exposure. When I was done I tried the normal meter and it severly overexposed the moon, it was a big white blob.
I've been waiting a while to get a full moon shot and luckily I saw it was tonite and it was a clear night.

Manual

OTrain
Originally uploaded by null photography.

This was the first time that I attempted shooting manual mode out in the 'wild'. Usually when I'm out, especially at an event, I shoot in Program, Aperture Priority or Shutter Priority to make sure I get the best shot as quickly as possibly. I also want to make sure I don't come back home with crappy shots. But I decided to shoot in manual mode that day because I wasn't looking for anything specific to shoot I just wanted to fool around with my camera. I was also trying out my polarizing filter on the water, it worked nicely but the water was pretty gross looking so I didn't too much with those shots.
I think black and white photography is becoming a favourite of mine. And I really like doing 'cutout' shots where the photo is mainly b&w with a small amount of color (usually red) in a very specific region. Such as the red on the train in this shot.
I can't wait for everything to start getting their color back. We've had some pretty nice weather here lately but everything is muddy and blah out.