Photography & Blog by Adam Montoya

The brown of New Mexico is getting a slight green tint and all the little creatures are coming out of hiding. So  I have been out shooting macros for the past week or so. Here are some examples. The first is a shot of some ants. To get this one, i used a Vivitar 28mm f2.8 lens stopped down to f11. Attached to it was around 60 mm of cheap ebay extension tube. Attached to that was my camera of course (Pentax *ist DL). I used my Sigma EF-500 DG Super flash off camera. I triggered it with a set of ebay radio triggers (16 channel).  I was actually pretty amazed with the detail. Click on it to see a larger version.

These next couple images are others that I liked from the past day or so.

All Photos Copyright 2002-2009 Adam Montoya

Well that was a fast (and intense) first semester. Finals are all done. Though I still have to attend two more days of clinicals before I get my 2 week break.  Then on to the summer semester.

This photo is one I took on World Pentax Day 2009 (create by PentaxForums.com)I converted to black and white in the GIMP. Shot with my new (to me) Sears 135mm Macro lens. It “macro” portion of the lens is more like a closeup element. With macro shots, objects of interest seem sharp, yet unsharp. Almost like viewing a dream.  A very fun effect.

I am also changing the theme of my photo site, mountainfort.com, as I was getting tired of the black background. A new logo is in the works as well. In other web news, Airsoft New Mexico has changed over from xoops to Joomla about a month early. If you were a member of the old site, you need to sign up again. We have added a lot of new community features to the site including a shoutbox for registered users.