_ in the zone _

Series: Dad's garden (but really, more like practice shots)
Date: July 8th, 2009

I'm currently very fascinated with the quality of bokeh in a photo. The current lens I use mostly for photography is a Canon EF-S 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 that came together with my purchase of the Canon Digital Rebel XTi, and it does not produce that great quality blurred background even when I up the aperture value and get in close to the subject.
These photos were taken with a zoom lens I bought on a whim the year (last year!?) I started digital photography, Canon EF 75-3oomm 1:4-5.6. Now, I sorta regret that I did not review the lens more thoroughly. This lens takes the photographs alright, coming from me as an amateur still; though I dislike how the view is very narrow (which is approriate of a zoom lens) and this lens does not have Image Stability, so often time my photos came out blurry due to the fact that I don't have a decent tripod to use just yet -___-; It's also very difficult to focus. And to think that I bought this lens for almost $300 back then T^T... What was I thinking?!! Obviously, I was just a rookie, jumping into digital photography right away without reading on the basics or practicing a lot. But I learned my lesson :), so it's all good. I'm thinking of selling this zoom lens since it does not do me a lot of good, and macro photography is not something I'm very fond of either.

Speaking of lens, at the moment I'm eyeing this prime lens Canon EF 50mm f1.4 that is still in the $400 price range on Amazon 0.o; Expensive, isn't it? But I tried out the lens last time I was out shooting with a friend, and the results were great! Since I'm starting to get more serious in photography now, I knew that I just have to purchase some good lens to use in the long run. I figure a good expensive lens is better than 3 or 4 average or bad lens at cheaper price. They add up just the same, and the quality will be significantly different. If only I had the money, hahah... now that is a different matter entirely, where the hell will I get the money, lol. At the moment, I'll just have to make do with my regular lens, it does its job and when it's all too bad, I still have my Photoshop and Lightroom programs to back it up, lol. Time to save and save... no more fun in a while then XD.

Photography aside, I did a little Monokuro Boo amigurumi piggie back in June as a gift for a friend's birthday and forgot to post it up :). I'm working on the black one at the moment too hehe ^^. Cute, isn't she? And yea, I know her snout is crooked, I'm still quite bad with sewing (._.)...

That's it, folks. I hope you have fun this weekend!!