Darren Holloway

Click on this self portrait for larger view via Flickr. Click on “Original Size” for 10 megapixel file and look deeeepppply into my eyeeeessss….

The story of the picture:

1. Discover that my Canon 5D Mark 2 can output to my television set.
2. Put macro lens on camera. Set for manual focus.
3. Put pillow on chair. Put chin on pillow.
4. Focus camera while looking at television.
5. Take off glasses without moving
6. Click shutter to take picture

This was the best of the approximately 50 times I tried. It is hard to keep your head perfectly still. And my eyeball is still out of focus – the photo appears focussed about 4-5 millimeters in front of my eyeball.

Of course, what’s really creepy is how much the human pupil resembles a sea anemone…

You know what really sucks? Long weekends where it rains on and off the whole time.

That is, unless you have a macro lens… Click on any for a bigger version.

Photos from the 2009 Shiny Stockings Ball are up.

A few weeks ago, my Dad said “Hey, you’re this big shot photographer – why are there no new photos of you?”

Well, because I’m not big on self portraits. Fortunately, my friend Larry is turning into an even bigger photo geek than me, and he occasionally catches me at dances… Granted, he was probably taking a picture of the cute girl, and I just happened to be dancing with her ;)

Freda, a co-worker of mine, forwarded me an email that this weekend would be a negative tide at Half Moon Bay. This refers to the day every year where the tide is at its lowest level, and there are lots of tidal pools to look at.

So, on Saturday, I packed up my camera, my new tripod, and my macro lens, and drove out to Half Moon Bay.

After about a 2 km walk, I rounded the corner of a cliff, and saw the tide pools. The water was about 500 metres from the beach, which was good, given the gazillion people who were there.

This seagull seems to be saying “what’s with all the stupid humans today?

For the first 200 metres or so, I walked on rocks. After that, it was pretty much all walking on mussels. Several people had brought buckets and screwdrivers, and were busy collecting mussels for dinner.

Of course, the really interesting stuff was the finds in the tidal pools… Like this Sea Urchin.

Some kind of Sea Sponge…

Anemone!

This is a close-up of a pair of starfish. They were hard as a rock.

And, of course, seaweed.