My great-grandmother’s hatpins (she was born in 1859) made an interesting subject for my macro lens today. I am trying to do a quick post before I go out this morning, so I don’t have much time to play with the editing today. I actually liked the out of focus results better than the in focus ones, but I chose an image where there is focus on one of the hatpins. The cylindrical objects in the back are actually bokeh/reflections from surrounding pins.
f/4.5, 1/80, ISO 500, 85mm
UPDATE!
It is now almost midnight, and, while my husband watches some basketball recorded earlier, I am taking the time to look again at the hatpin photos from today. I fiddled with one and applied a texture- and I really like it (even though it breaks a design rule and has FOUR objects, not 3 or 5)!
So…I am updating my blog and adding another photo- which is now my REAL photo of the day!
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How wonderful that you have your great grandmother’s pins. They make a beautiful and luminous subject. I like the composition with only one in focus. It is more dramatic and the bokeh effect of the other pins is lovely.
Nice to have some things from your g/g mother. Loving your lens.
Lovely….and sentimental too!