{"id":417,"date":"2006-12-29T01:46:21","date_gmt":"2006-12-29T06:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/12\/29\/floral-pick-up-lines-2\/"},"modified":"2006-12-31T10:20:26","modified_gmt":"2006-12-31T15:20:26","slug":"floral-pick-up-lines-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/12\/29\/floral-pick-up-lines-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Floral pick up lines"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }\n.flickr-yourcomment { }\n.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }\n.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"flickr-frame\">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/335165473\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/150\/335165473_5fad6294d4.jpg?w=840\" class=\"flickr-photo\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n\t<span class=\"flickr-caption\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/335165473\/\">Floral pick up lines<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/nicmcphee\/\">Unhindered by Talent<\/a>.<\/em><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\">\n\tFor Xmas, I got the spiffy Canon 100mm macro lens (the same one <a href=\"http:\/\/danflies.com\/\">Dan<\/a> let me play with <a href=\"http:\/\/unhinderedbytalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/11\/16\/different-sorts-of-futures\/\">a month ago<\/a>), and I&#8217;ve been having <em>way<\/em> too much fun with it.  It&#8217;s a great macro, but it&#8217;s also a really nice general purpose lens.  At f2.8 it&#8217;s quite useful in lower light situations, and the 100mm length makes a nice portrait lens.<\/p>\n<p>Hee, hee, hee.  Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/WeatherGirl\/\">WeatherGirl<\/a> for the very generous gift!<\/p>\n<p>I also got a <em>very<\/em> cool <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joby.com\/gp3.html\">Gorrilapod SLR-zoom<\/a> (by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joby.com\/\">Joby<\/a>) from Linda and John.  That little puppy&#8217;s hardly come off the camera.  It&#8217;s light enough you don&#8217;t mind having it there, and you can bend the legs to make a pretty reasonable shoulder stock.  I got some quite usable shots at 1\/8th of a second up at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/peri\/\">Pea Ridge National Military Park<\/a> that way which I&#8217;ll have to share later.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had a <em>very<\/em> merry christmas :-).  Hope you have as well&#8230;<\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li>No related posts.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Floral pick up lines, originally uploaded by Unhindered by Talent. For Xmas, I got the spiffy Canon 100mm macro lens (the same one Dan let me play with a month ago), and I&#8217;ve been having way too much fun with it. It&#8217;s a great macro, but it&#8217;s also a really nice general purpose lens. At &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/12\/29\/floral-pick-up-lines-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Floral pick up lines&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[11,25,20],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-6J","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":399,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/11\/16\/different-sorts-of-futures\/","url_meta":{"origin":417,"position":0},"title":"Different sorts of futures","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"16 Nov 06","format":false,"excerpt":"Different sorts of futures, originally uploaded by Unhindered by Talent. Our friend (and UMM alum) Dan Flies [Flickr] [blog] was out for a visit over the weekend, and he brought his huge pile of new camera gear, including more than a few lenses that I covet. I got to play\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":421,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/01\/02\/leather-pen-and-paper\/","url_meta":{"origin":417,"position":1},"title":"Leather (Pen and paper)","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"2 Jan 07","format":false,"excerpt":"Leather (Pen and paper), originally uploaded by Unhindered by Talent. More fun with my new macro :-). (Having this wonderful lens definitely changes the way I see certain things!) These are both gifts from my wonderful wife, although both from years past. 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Between the driving back and forth to Arkansas (28 hours on the road in the last month), helping my folks, and trying to get my courses ready (classes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":469,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/02\/13\/cold-hieroglyphs\/","url_meta":{"origin":417,"position":3},"title":"Cold hieroglyphs","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"13 Feb 07","format":false,"excerpt":"Cold hieroglyphs, originally uploaded by Unhindered by Talent. 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