Shooting with the Quantaray / Sigma 70-300 DL Lens

"Low Water Crossing"
Nikon D80, Quantaray 70-300DL
f4.5 @ 1/500"

Back around the turn of the century, when I was still shooting film, one of my favorite lenses for my AF bodies was the Quantaray / Sigma 70-300DL Macro lens. It was lightweight, sharp, and focused pretty darn quick.

High Dynamic Range Images

HDRI Image "Junk Car"
Nikon D80, Tamron 28-80
3 Exposures: -2.0, 0.0, +2.0

A cool technology is "High Dynamic Range Images", or HDR/HDRI. Basically it's taking multiple exposures of a subject at various exposure settings. Software is then used to combine the different exposures into a single image.

Exploring the "Wet Look"

Orange and Bronze Ballpoint Pen
(http://www.mantadesigns.com)

This time I'm using a piece of white swirled art glass. $6 or so at Hobby Lobby. They have a wide range of textures and colors. This white has translucent swirls that can pick up the color of whatever is underneath.