view from the fish's eye
I found a new toy in the mail saturday morning, a russian made fisheye lens. no auto focus or auto exposure features, all manual like it was in the old days. took a quick test shot to see if it was working.
completely different perspective. it's closer to what it feels like to really be there. sure, the stuff at the edges is all distorted, but it allows peripheral vision. so you can put the subject in the middle and really get a feeling for the surroundings.
they had no idea what I was up to. the daughter thought she could just lean and escape another photo opp. not even close!
next stop, farmer's market.
we have three farmer's markets near our house. but the one at barton creek mall is closest and we had an old navy groupon to unload.
we love the raw sauerkraut.
kombucha on tap.
some hibiscus tea too.
had dinner at our friend's house.
the flash is nowhere near as wide as the view. makes an otherwise boring pic a bit more mysterious.
yep, he takes his PS3 controllers along. he is hooked on little big planet.
after 40 days of tumbling the rocks are done! we learned a bit and were pleased with the results. we had to add glass to the mix because we found we needed more/larger rocks. so now we also have beach glass made from our old wine bottles.
we noticed marvin had lost about 5 lbs, about 20% of his weight. vet did some blood work, gave us a bunch of pills and he's making a speedy recovery