104: Nasturtiums & Halos

I glanced at these well-grown nasturtium seedlings on the kitchen windowsill and noticed the fascinating pattern of shapes they cast.
I've chosen to use my mirror lens again today because I'm getting to love the weird out-of-focus highlight rings. To accentuate the effect here, I sprayed a fine mist of water onto the window behind the plants, as the background looked decidedly lacklustre without it.

Plus, yet again another one-take wonder! Maybe I'm economising on the shutter actuations because of my ~500 frame animation blowout from a few weeks ago. I should hopefully be getting another [old & cheap] DSLR to animate with. I'm quite excited about the prospect of it...

Settings: f/8, 1/30, ISO 200, 500mm Tamron SP mirror lens, tripod.

102: Soft Light Rings

Spooky effects from a hanging lampshade and a mirror lens. It rather looks like evening light seen through a bushy canopy.
Deliberately out of focus, of course. I didn't even try, as when the lampshade came into focus the whole image detracted from the effect I liked shown here.

Settings: f/8, 1/160, ISO 200, 500mm Tamron SP mirror lens, 50mm extension, tripod.

092: Daffodils & Light Rings

Settings: f/8, 1/160, ISO 200, 500mm Tamron SP mirror lens, tripod.

080: The Squirrel Branch

Standing with my tripod and zoom lens by a gate in some local woods, I took a few decent images of birds today: A chaffinch, some great tits and a blue tit. This squirrel appeared and decided to watch me, probably waiting for the satisfaction of seeing me step in the nearby dog turd (which never happened.)
Instead, I captured it squatting like this in mid-scratch, its leg in a grey blur.

Settings: f/6.3, 1/125, ISO 400, Tamron 70-300, tripod.